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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+package com.sun.nio.sctp;
+
+/**
+ * A class that represents an SCTP association.
+ *
+ * <P> An association exists between two SCTP endpoints. Each endpoint is
+ * represented by a list of transport addresses through which that endpoint can
+ * be reached and from which it will originate SCTP messages. The association
+ * spans over all of the possible source/destination combinations which may be
+ * generated from each endpoint's lists of addresses.
+ *
+ * <P> Associations are identified by their Association ID.
+ * Association ID's are guaranteed to be unique for the lifetime of the
+ * association. An association ID may be reused after the association has been
+ * shutdown. An association ID is not unique across multiple SCTP channels.
+ * An Association's local and remote addresses may change if the SCTP
+ * implementation supports <I>Dynamic Address Reconfiguration</I> as defined by
+ * <A HREF="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5061">RFC5061</A>, see the
+ * {@code bindAddress} and {@code unbindAddress} methods of {@link SctpChannel},
+ * {@link SctpServerChannel}, and {@link SctpMultiChannel}.
+ *
+ * <P> An {@code Association} is returned from an {@link
+ * SctpChannel#association SctpChannel} or an {@link
+ * SctpMultiChannel#associations SctpMultiChannel}, as well
+ * as being given as a parameter to {@link NotificationHandler
+ * NotificationHandler} methods.
+ *
+ * @since 1.7
+ */
+public class Association {
+    private final int associationID;
+    private final int maxInStreams;
+    private final int maxOutStreams;
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes a new instance of this class.
+     */
+    protected Association(int associationID,
+                          int maxInStreams,
+                          int maxOutStreams) {
+        this.associationID = associationID;
+        this.maxInStreams = maxInStreams;
+        this.maxOutStreams = maxOutStreams;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the associationID.
+     *
+     * @return  The association ID
+     */
+    public final int associationID() {
+        return associationID;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the maximum number of inbound streams that this association
+     * supports.
+     *
+     * <P> Data received on this association will be on stream number
+     * {@code s}, where {@code 0 <= s < maxInboundStreams()}.
+     *
+     * @return  The maximum number of inbound streams
+     */
+    public final int maxInboundStreams() {
+        return maxInStreams;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the maximum number of outbound streams that this association
+     * supports.
+     *
+     * <P> Data sent on this association must be on stream number
+     * {@code s}, where {@code 0 <= s < maxOutboundStreams()}.
+     *
+     * @return  The maximum number of outbound streams
+     */
+    public final int maxOutboundStreams() {
+        return maxOutStreams;
+    };
+}