public void reserveConnections(long startTime,long ackTimeout,long ackSDTimeout){
  for (Iterator it=cons.iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
    Connection con=(Connection)it.next();
    con.setInUse(true,startTime,ackTimeout,ackSDTimeout,cons);
    if (ackTimeout > 0) {
      con.scheduleAckTimeouts();
    }
  }
}

public void reserveConnections ( long startTime , long ackTimeout , long ackSDTimeout ) { for ( Iterator it = cons . iterator ( ) ; it . hasNext ( ) ; ) { Connection con = ( Connection ) it . next ( ) ; con . setInUse ( true , startTime , ackTimeout , ackSDTimeout , cons ) ; if ( ackTimeout > 0 ) { con . scheduleAckTimeouts ( ) ; } } }
set connections to be " in use " and schedule alert tasks
