protected void doStart() throws ElasticsearchException {
        try {
            ....
            multicastChannel = MulticastChannel.getChannel(nodeName(), shared,
                    new MulticastChannel.Config(port, group, bufferSize, ttl, networkService.resolvePublishHostAddress(address)),
                    new Receiver());//將receiver注冊(cè)到channel中
        } catch (Throwable t) {
          ....
        }
    }

private void handleNodePingRequest(int id, DiscoveryNode requestingNodeX, ClusterName requestClusterName) {
           ....
            final DiscoveryNodes discoveryNodes = contextProvider.nodes();
            final DiscoveryNode requestingNode = requestingNodeX;
            if (requestingNode.id().equals(discoveryNodes.localNodeId())) {
                // 自身發(fā)出的ping，忽略
                return;
            }
　　　　　　　　//只接受本集群ping
            if (!requestClusterName.equals(clusterName)) {
          　　...return;
            }
            // 兩個(gè)client間不需要ping
            if (!discoveryNodes.localNode().shouldConnectTo(requestingNode)) {return;
            }
　　　　　　　　//新建一個(gè)response
            final MulticastPingResponse multicastPingResponse = new MulticastPingResponse();
            multicastPingResponse.id = id;
            multicastPingResponse.pingResponse = new PingResponse(discoveryNodes.localNode(), discoveryNodes.masterNode(), clusterName, contextProvider.nodeHasJoinedClusterOnce());
　　　　　　　　//無法連接的情況
            if (!transportService.nodeConnected(requestingNode)) {
                // do the connect and send on a thread pool
                threadPool.generic().execute(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        // connect to the node if possible
                        try {
                            transportService.connectToNode(requestingNode);
                            transportService.sendRequest(requestingNode, ACTION_NAME, multicastPingResponse, new EmptyTransportResponseHandler(ThreadPool.Names.SAME) {
                                @Override
                                public void handleException(TransportException exp) {
                                    logger.warn("failed to receive confirmation on sent ping response to [{}]", exp, requestingNode);
                                }
                            });
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                            if (lifecycle.started()) {
                                logger.warn("failed to connect to requesting node {}", e, requestingNode);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                });
            } else {
                transportService.sendRequest(requestingNode, ACTION_NAME, multicastPingResponse, new EmptyTransportResponseHandler(ThreadPool.Names.SAME) {
                    @Override
                    public void handleException(TransportException exp) {
                        if (lifecycle.started()) {
                            logger.warn("failed to receive confirmation on sent ping response to [{}]", exp, requestingNode);
                        }
                    }
                });
            }
        }
    }

public void ping(final PingListener listener, final TimeValue timeout) {
       ....
　　　　//產(chǎn)生一個(gè)id
        final int id = pingIdGenerator.incrementAndGet();
        try {
            receivedResponses.put(id, new PingCollection());
            sendPingRequest(id);//第一次發(fā)送ping請(qǐng)求
            // 等待時(shí)間的1/2后再次發(fā)送一個(gè)請(qǐng)求
            threadPool.schedule(TimeValue.timeValueMillis(timeout.millis() / 2), ThreadPool.Names.GENERIC, new AbstractRunnable() {
                @Override
                public void onFailure(Throwable t) {
                    logger.warn("[{}] failed to send second ping request", t, id);
                    finalizePingCycle(id, listener);
                }
                @Override
                public void doRun() {
                    sendPingRequest(id);
　　　　　　　　　　　　//再過1/2時(shí)間再次發(fā)送一個(gè)請(qǐng)求
                    threadPool.schedule(TimeValue.timeValueMillis(timeout.millis() / 2), ThreadPool.Names.GENERIC, new AbstractRunnable() {
                        @Override
                        public void onFailure(Throwable t) {
                            logger.warn("[{}] failed to send third ping request", t, id);
                            finalizePingCycle(id, listener);
                        }
                        @Override
                        public void doRun() {
                            // make one last ping, but finalize as soon as all nodes have responded or a timeout has past
                            PingCollection collection = receivedResponses.get(id);
                            FinalizingPingCollection finalizingPingCollection = new FinalizingPingCollection(id, collection, collection.size(), listener);
                            receivedResponses.put(id, finalizingPingCollection);
                            logger.trace("[{}] sending last pings", id);
                            sendPingRequest(id);
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　//最后一次發(fā)送請(qǐng)求，超時(shí)的1/4后
                            threadPool.schedule(TimeValue.timeValueMillis(timeout.millis() / 4), ThreadPool.Names.GENERIC, new AbstractRunnable() {
                                @Override
                                public void onFailure(Throwable t) {
                                    logger.warn("[{}] failed to finalize ping", t, id);
                                }
                                @Override
                                protected void doRun() throws Exception {
                                    finalizePingCycle(id, listener);
                                }
                            });
                        }
                    });
                }
            });
        } catch (Exception e) {
            logger.warn("failed to ping", e);
            finalizePingCycle(id, listener);
        }
    }