/** Returns a connection with the given service host. */
private TCPConnection getConnection(ServiceAddress address) throws IOException {
TCPConnection c;
synchronized (connection_pool) {
c = connection_pool.get(address);
// If there isn't, establish a connection,
if (c == null) {
c = new TCPConnection();
c.connect(password, network_interface, address);
connection_pool.put(address, c);
} else {
c.addLock();
}
}
return c;
}
