/**
   * openConnections: open the connection to the master. has retry mechanism
   *
   * @return: true if the connection is built, false if failed
   */
  public boolean openConnections() {

    _log("Try to connect to Master...");

    int i = 0;
    while (true) {

      boolean isConnected = connect();

      if (!isConnected) {
        i++;
        if (i == DropboxConstants.MAX_TRY) {
          break;
        }
        _log("Cannot connect to Master, retry " + i);
        try {
          Thread.sleep(DropboxConstants.TRY_CONNECT_MILLIS);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
          if (!_server.noException()) {
            _elog(e.toString());
          }
          if (_server.debugMode()) {
            e.printStackTrace();
          }
          _log("Retry connection is interrupted");
          break;
        }
      } else {
        _log("Success!");
        return true;
      }
    }
    _log("Failed");
    return false;
  }
  /** listen: start to listen if there is any clients connected */
  public void listen() {

    // Firstly spawn a new thread and then the main thread
    // also start listening
    _userNet = new DropboxFileServerUserNet(_server, _userOut, _userIn, _userSock);
    _userNet.start();

    /* Use main thread, cannot be stopped */
    while (_sock != null && !_sock.isClosed()) {
      try {
        String line = NetComm.receive(_in);
        _dlog(line);
        parse(line);
      } catch (Exception e) {
        if (!_server.noException()) {
          _elog(e.toString());
        }
        break;
        // Break the loop
      }
    }

    /* Clear */
    // Close main thread
    clear();
    // Cancel the listening thread and retry
    _server.cancelListeningThread();
    /* Also cancel all of the syncers */
    _server.cancelSyncers();
    // Retry after
    try {

      _log(
          "The connection to master is broken,"
              + " reset everything and retry connection after "
              + DropboxConstants.TRY_CONNECT_MILLIS
              + " milliseconds");

      Thread.sleep(DropboxConstants.TRY_CONNECT_MILLIS);

    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      if (!_server.noException()) {
        _elog(e.toString());
      }
      if (_server.debugMode()) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
    }
    _server.run();

    clear();
    _log(_threadName + " is stopped");
  }