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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Christian Plattner. All rights reserved.
+ * Please refer to the LICENSE.txt for licensing details.
+ */
+
+package ch.ethz.ssh2;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.ServerSocket;
+
+import ch.ethz.ssh2.channel.ChannelManager;
+import ch.ethz.ssh2.channel.LocalAcceptThread;
+
+/**
+ * A <code>LocalPortForwarder</code> forwards TCP/IP connections to a local
+ * port via the secure tunnel to another host (which may or may not be identical
+ * to the remote SSH-2 server). Checkout {@link Connection#createLocalPortForwarder(int, String, int)}
+ * on how to create one.
+ * 
+ * @author Christian Plattner
+ * @version 2.50, 03/15/10
+ */
+public class LocalPortForwarder
+{
+	final ChannelManager cm;
+
+	final String host_to_connect;
+
+	final int port_to_connect;
+
+	final LocalAcceptThread lat;
+
+	LocalPortForwarder(ChannelManager cm, int local_port, String host_to_connect, int port_to_connect)
+			throws IOException
+	{
+		this.cm = cm;
+		this.host_to_connect = host_to_connect;
+		this.port_to_connect = port_to_connect;
+
+		lat = new LocalAcceptThread(cm, local_port, host_to_connect, port_to_connect);
+		lat.setDaemon(true);
+		lat.start();
+	}
+
+	LocalPortForwarder(ChannelManager cm, InetSocketAddress addr, String host_to_connect, int port_to_connect)
+			throws IOException
+	{
+		this.cm = cm;
+		this.host_to_connect = host_to_connect;
+		this.port_to_connect = port_to_connect;
+
+		lat = new LocalAcceptThread(cm, addr, host_to_connect, port_to_connect);
+		lat.setDaemon(true);
+		lat.start();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the local socket address of the {@link ServerSocket} used to accept connections.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public InetSocketAddress getLocalSocketAddress()
+	{
+		return (InetSocketAddress) lat.getServerSocket().getLocalSocketAddress();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Stop TCP/IP forwarding of newly arriving connections.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public void close() throws IOException
+	{
+		lat.stopWorking();
+	}
+}