public static Object getMethod(Object ob) {
    Object obj = null;
    try {
      obj = region.get(ob);
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      fail("Failed while region.get");
    }
    return obj;
  }
open a socket to be used in synchronizing two asyncInvocations
geode-core/src/distributedTest/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/PutAllGlobalDUnitTest.java