private boolean send(Packet packet, Address target, SendTask sendTask) {
Connection connection = getConnection(target);
if (connection != null) {
return connection.write(packet);
}
if (sendTask == null) {
sendTask = new SendTask(packet, target);
}
int retries = sendTask.retries;
if (retries < RETRY_NUMBER && ioService.isActive()) {
getOrConnect(target, true);
// TODO: Caution: may break the order guarantee of the packets sent from the same thread!
scheduler.schedule(sendTask, (retries + 1) * DELAY_FACTOR, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
return true;
}
return false;
}
