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+#ifndef QPID_BROKER_CONNECTION_H
+#define QPID_BROKER_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 "OwnershipToken.h"
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace management {
+class ObjectId;
+}
+namespace types {
+class Variant;
+}
+
+namespace broker {
+
+/**
+ * Protocol independent connection abstraction.
+ */
+class Connection : public OwnershipToken {
+public:
+    virtual ~Connection() {}
+    virtual const management::ObjectId getObjectId() const = 0;
+    virtual const std::string& getUserId() const = 0;
+    virtual const std::string& getMgmtId() const = 0;
+    virtual const std::map<std::string, types::Variant>& getClientProperties() const = 0;
+    virtual bool isLink() const = 0;
+    virtual void abort() = 0;
+};
+}} // namespace qpid::broker
+
+#endif  /*!QPID_BROKER_CONNECTION_H*/