}

    /**
     * Test that connect() calls connect() on the underlying connection.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    @Test
    void testConnect() throws Exception {
        // Act
        ntlmConnection.connect();

        // Assert
        verify(mockConnection).connect();
        // Connection should be established after connect
    }

    /**

    protected boolean usePersistentHandles = false;
    /** Timeout for durable handles in milliseconds */
    protected long durableHandleTimeout = 120000; // 2 minutes
    /** Maximum number of retry attempts for handle reconnection */
    protected int handleReconnectRetries = 3;
    /** Directory to store persistent handle state */
    protected String handleStateDirectory;

    // Directory leasing configuration fields
    /**

const DefaultTimeout = 10 * time.Second

const (
	offline = iota
	online
	closed
)

// NetworkError - error type in case of errors related to http/transport
// for ex. connection refused, connection reset, dns resolution failure etc.
// All errors returned by storage-rest-server (ex errFileNotFound, errDiskNotFound) are not considered to be network errors.
type NetworkError struct {
	Err error
}

    
    // Getters and increment methods
}
```

## 12. Future Enhancements

1. **Directory Leases**: Extend lease support for directories
2. **Lease Key Persistence**: Save lease keys for reconnection
3. **Parent-Child Relationships**: Implement hierarchical leases
4. **Lease Sharing**: Support lease sharing across handles

        // Resource state changed - may need to reconnect
        log.info("Resource change detected for: {}", notification.getResourceName());

        // Schedule reconnection attempt
        scheduleReconnection(getContext().getConfig().getWitnessReconnectDelay());
    }

    /**
     * Handle client move events
     */

     */
    long getDurableHandleTimeout();

    /**
     * Property {@code jcifs.smb.client.handleReconnectRetries}, defaults to 3
     *
     * @return maximum number of retry attempts for handle reconnection
     */
    int getHandleReconnectRetries();

    /**
     * Enable SMB3 Multi-Channel support
     *
     * Property {@code jcifs.smb.client.useMultiChannel} (boolean, default true)
     *

    if (witnessClient != null) {
        witnessClient.close();
    }
    super.logoff();
}
```

### 5.2 Tree Connection Integration
```java
// In SmbTree.java
public void connectWithWitnessSupport() throws IOException {
    // Perform normal tree connection
    super.connect();
    
    // Register for witness notifications for this share
    if (session.isWitnessEnabled()) {

import okhttp3.internal.tls.OkHostnameVerifier
import okio.Buffer

/**
 * A connection to a remote web server capable of carrying 1 or more concurrent streams.
 *
 * Connections are shared in a connection pool. Accesses to the connection's state must be guarded
 * by holding a lock on the connection.
 */
class RealConnection internal constructor(
  val taskRunner: TaskRunner,
  val connectionPool: RealConnectionPool,

	dialer        ConnDialer
	authFn        AuthFn

	blockConnect chan struct{}
}

// newConnection will create an unconnected connection to a remote.
func newConnection(o connectionParams) *Connection {
	c := &Connection{
		state:              StateUnconnected,
		Remote:             o.remote,
		Local:              o.local,
		id:                 o.id,

 */
interface Connection {
  /** Returns the route used by this connection. */
  fun route(): Route

  /**
   * Returns the socket that this connection is using. Returns an
   * [SSL socket][javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket] if this connection is HTTPS. If this is an HTTP/2
   * connection the socket may be shared by multiple concurrent calls.
   */
  fun socket(): Socket