/**
   * Creates and starts the {@link #sendKeepAliveMessageThread} which is to send STUN keep-alive
   * <tt>Message</tt>s to the STUN server associated with the <tt>StunCandidateHarvester</tt> of
   * this instance in order to keep the <tt>Candidate</tt>s harvested by this instance alive.
   */
  private void createSendKeepAliveMessageThread() {
    synchronized (sendKeepAliveMessageSyncRoot) {
      Thread t = new SendKeepAliveMessageThread(this);
      t.setDaemon(true);
      t.setName(getClass().getName() + ".sendKeepAliveMessageThread: " + hostCandidate);

      boolean started = false;

      sendKeepAliveMessageThread = t;
      try {
        t.start();
        started = true;
      } finally {
        if (!started && (sendKeepAliveMessageThread == t)) sendKeepAliveMessageThread = null;
      }
    }
  }
  /** Starts this <tt>PacketTransformer</tt>. */
  private synchronized void start() {
    if (this.datagramTransport != null) {
      if (this.connectThread == null && dtlsTransport == null) {
        logger.warn(
            getClass().getName()
                + " has been started but has failed to establish"
                + " the DTLS connection!");
      }
      return;
    }

    if (rtcpmux && Component.RTCP == componentID) {
      // In the case of rtcp-mux, the RTCP transformer does not create
      // a DTLS session. The SRTP context (_srtpTransformer) will be
      // initialized on demand using initializeSRTCPTransformerFromRtp().
      return;
    }

    AbstractRTPConnector connector = this.connector;

    if (connector == null) throw new NullPointerException("connector");

    DtlsControl.Setup setup = this.setup;
    SecureRandom secureRandom = DtlsControlImpl.createSecureRandom();
    final DTLSProtocol dtlsProtocolObj;
    final TlsPeer tlsPeer;

    if (DtlsControl.Setup.ACTIVE.equals(setup)) {
      dtlsProtocolObj = new DTLSClientProtocol(secureRandom);
      tlsPeer = new TlsClientImpl(this);
    } else {
      dtlsProtocolObj = new DTLSServerProtocol(secureRandom);
      tlsPeer = new TlsServerImpl(this);
    }
    tlsPeerHasRaisedCloseNotifyWarning = false;

    final DatagramTransportImpl datagramTransport = new DatagramTransportImpl(componentID);

    datagramTransport.setConnector(connector);

    Thread connectThread =
        new Thread() {
          @Override
          public void run() {
            try {
              runInConnectThread(dtlsProtocolObj, tlsPeer, datagramTransport);
            } finally {
              if (Thread.currentThread().equals(DtlsPacketTransformer.this.connectThread)) {
                DtlsPacketTransformer.this.connectThread = null;
              }
            }
          }
        };

    connectThread.setDaemon(true);
    connectThread.setName(DtlsPacketTransformer.class.getName() + ".connectThread");

    this.connectThread = connectThread;
    this.datagramTransport = datagramTransport;

    boolean started = false;

    try {
      connectThread.start();
      started = true;
    } finally {
      if (!started) {
        if (connectThread.equals(this.connectThread)) this.connectThread = null;
        if (datagramTransport.equals(this.datagramTransport)) this.datagramTransport = null;
      }
    }

    notifyAll();
  }