Mina connection problem

[Kevin Smeltzer]

I am having a problem connecting to my a Mina based server from a Mina
based client application.

The client appreas to connect using this code:

session = connectFuture.getSession();

The server log shows that the client connects and the client's
sessionOpened(IoSession session) method is called:

   public void sessionOpened(IoSession session) throws Exception {
        
                clientListener.doConnect( session );

   }

In the clientListener.doConnect method the connection is still valid
and everything seems to be working perfectly:

public void doConnect( IoSession session) {

                System.out.println(session);
                client.sendRequest ( new bgClientRequest ( request ) );
                
}

Then, in the sendRequest method, the session is null before I have
even done any processing!

What is happening?
Does an IoSession member of my IoHandlerAdapter class get destroyed somehow?
If so, why?

Thanks everyone.

Kevin Smeltzer