// for recovery notices to manage cleanup of hand-off bindings
WatchdogService watchdogService =
txnProxy.getService(WatchdogService.class);
nodeId = watchdogService.getLocalNodeId();
localHandoffSpace = DS_HANDOFF_SPACE + nodeId;
watchdogService.addRecoveryListener(this);
// get the start delay and the length of time between hand-off checks
PropertiesWrapper wrappedProps = new PropertiesWrapper(properties);
handoffStart = wrappedProps.getLongProperty(HANDOFF_START_PROPERTY,
HANDOFF_START_DEFAULT);