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+#ifndef QPID_MESSAGING_CONNECTION_H
+#define QPID_MESSAGING_CONNECTION_H
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+#include <string>
+#include "qpid/client/ClientImportExport.h"
+#include "qpid/client/Handle.h"
+#include "qpid/messaging/Variant.h"
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace client {
+
+template <class> class PrivateImplRef;
+
+}
+
+namespace messaging {
+
+class ConnectionImpl;
+class Session;
+
+class Connection : public qpid::client::Handle<ConnectionImpl>
+{
+  public:
+    static Connection open(const std::string& url, const Variant::Map& options = Variant::Map());
+
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN Connection(ConnectionImpl* impl = 0);
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN Connection(const Connection&);
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN ~Connection();
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN Connection& operator=(const Connection&);
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN void close();
+    QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN Session newSession();
+  private:
+  friend class qpid::client::PrivateImplRef<Connection>;
+
+};
+
+struct InvalidOptionString : public qpid::Exception 
+{
+    InvalidOptionString(const std::string& msg);
+};
+
+QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN void parseOptionString(const std::string&, Variant::Map&);
+QPID_CLIENT_EXTERN Variant::Map parseOptionString(const std::string&);
+
+}} // namespace qpid::messaging
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_MESSAGING_CONNECTION_H*/