protected override BindingObject BuildBindingObject(IPAddress inetAddr,
                                                            DhcpLink clientLink, DhcpMessage requestMsg)
        {
            V4AddressBindingPool bp =
                (V4AddressBindingPool)FindBindingPool(clientLink.GetLink(), inetAddr, requestMsg);

            if (bp != null)
            {
                bp.SetUsed(inetAddr);   // TODO check if this is necessary
                IaAddress iaAddr = new IaAddress();
                iaAddr.SetIpAddress(inetAddr);
                V4BindingAddress bindingAddr = new V4BindingAddress(iaAddr, bp);
                SetBindingObjectTimes(bindingAddr,
                                      bp.GetPreferredLifetimeMs(), bp.GetPreferredLifetimeMs());
                // TODO store the configured options in the persisted binding?
                // bindingAddr.setDhcpOptions(bp.getDhcpOptions());
                return(bindingAddr);
            }
            else
            {
                log.Error("Failed to create V4BindingAddress: No V4BindingPool found for IP=" +
                          inetAddr.ToString());
            }
            // MUST have a BindingPool, otherwise something's broke
            return(null);
        }
        /**
         * Builds a binding pool from an V4AddressPool using the given link and filter.
         *
         * @param pool the V4AddressPool to wrap as an V4AddressBindingPool
         * @param link the link
         * @param linkFilter the link filter
         *
         * @return the binding pool
         *
         * @throws DhcpServerConfigException if there is a problem parsing the configured range
         */
        protected V4AddressBindingPool BuildV4BindingPool(v4AddressPool pool, link link,
                                                          linkFilter linkFilter)
        {
            V4AddressBindingPool bp = new V4AddressBindingPool(pool);
            long leasetime          =
                DhcpServerPolicies.EffectivePolicyAsLong(bp, link, Property.V4_DEFAULT_LEASETIME);

            bp.SetLeasetime(leasetime);
            bp.SetLinkFilter(linkFilter);

            List <IPAddress> usedIps = iaMgr.FindExistingIPs(bp.GetStartAddress(), bp.GetEndAddress());

            if ((usedIps != null) && usedIps.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (IPAddress ip in usedIps)
                {
                    //TODO: for the quickest startup?...
                    // set IP as used without checking if the binding has expired
                    // let the reaper thread deal with all binding cleanup activity
                    bp.SetUsed(ip);
                }
            }
            log.Info("Built v4 address binding pool: " + bp.GetStartAddress().ToString() + "-" +
                     bp.GetEndAddress().ToString() + " size=" + bp.GetSize());
            return(bp);
        }