/**
   * Dispatch a serialized command to the BackEnd and get back a serialized response. Mutual
   * exclusion with itself to preserve dispatching order
   */
  public synchronized byte[] dispatch(byte[] payload, boolean flush) throws ICPException {
    // Note that we don't even try to dispatch packets while the
    // device is not reachable to preserve dispatching order.
    // If dispatching succeeded in fact this command would overcome
    // any postponed command waiting to be flushed.
    if (myDisconnectionManager.isReachable()) {
      // The following check preserves dispatching order when the
      // device has just reconnected but flushing has not started yet
      if (waitingForFlush && !flush) {
        throw new ICPException("Upsetting dispatching order");
      }
      waitingForFlush = false;

      int sid = outCnt;
      outCnt = (outCnt + 1) & 0x0f;
      myLogger.log(Logger.FINE, "Issuing outgoing command " + sid);
      try {
        JICPPacket pkt =
            new JICPPacket(JICPProtocol.COMMAND_TYPE, JICPProtocol.DEFAULT_INFO, payload);
        pkt.setSessionID((byte) sid);
        pkt = deliver(pkt);
        myLogger.log(Logger.FINE, "Response received " + pkt.getSessionID());
        if (pkt.getType() == JICPProtocol.ERROR_TYPE) {
          // Communication OK, but there was a JICP error on the peer
          throw new ICPException(new String(pkt.getData()));
        }
        return pkt.getData();
      } catch (IOException ioe) {
        // Can't reach the BackEnd. Assume we are unreachable
        myLogger.log(Logger.WARNING, "IOException on output connection", ioe);
        myDisconnectionManager.setUnreachable(false);
        throw new ICPException("Dispatching error.", ioe);
      }
    } else {
      throw new ICPException("Unreachable");
    }
  }
    public void run() {
      if (cnt == 0) {
        // Give precedence to the Thread that is creating the BackEnd
        Thread.yield();

        // In the meanwhile load the ConnectionListener if any
        try {
          myConnectionListener =
              (ConnectionListener)
                  Class.forName(props.getProperty("connection-listener")).newInstance();
        } catch (Exception e) {
          // Just ignore it
        }
      }
      myId = cnt++;
      myLogger.log(Logger.INFO, "IM-" + myId + " started");

      // Prepare an initial dummy response
      JICPPacket rsp = new JICPPacket(JICPProtocol.RESPONSE_TYPE, JICPProtocol.DEFAULT_INFO, null);
      while (active) {
        try {
          // Prepare the connection for next incoming command
          refreshConnection();

          myDisconnectionManager.waitUntilReachable();
          // Deliver the response to the previous incoming command and wait for the next one
          // If we are delivering the response to an exit command, set active to false to avoid an
          // annoying stack trace
          // (due to the fact that the back-end will close the connection instead of sending further
          // commands) and exit
          if (this == terminator) {
            active = false;
          }
          JICPPacket cmd = deliver(rsp, myConnection);
          myKeepAliveManager.update();
          if (cmd.getType() == JICPProtocol.KEEP_ALIVE_TYPE) {
            // Keep-alive
            if (myLogger.isLoggable(Logger.FINER)) {
              myLogger.log(Logger.FINER, "Keep-alive received");
            }
            rsp = new JICPPacket(JICPProtocol.RESPONSE_TYPE, JICPProtocol.OK_INFO, null);
          } else {
            // Command
            byte sid = cmd.getSessionID();
            if (sid == lastSid) {
              myLogger.log(Logger.WARNING, "Duplicated command received " + sid);
              rsp = lastResponse;
            } else {
              myLogger.log(Logger.FINE, "Incoming command received " + sid);
              byte[] rspData = mySkel.handleCommand(cmd.getData());
              myLogger.log(Logger.FINE, "Incoming command served " + sid);
              rsp = new JICPPacket(JICPProtocol.RESPONSE_TYPE, JICPProtocol.DEFAULT_INFO, rspData);
              rsp.setSessionID(sid);
              lastSid = sid;
              lastResponse = rsp;
            }
          }
        } catch (Exception e) {
          if (active) {
            myLogger.log(Logger.WARNING, "Exception on input connection", e);
            // Note that the boolean value passed to setUnreachable() only indicates if the
            // unreachability was detected by a missing keep-alive
            myDisconnectionManager.setUnreachable(false);
          }
        }
      }
      myLogger.log(Logger.INFO, "IM-" + myId + " terminated");
    }