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+/*
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+using System;
+
+namespace Apache.Qpid.Messaging
+{
+    public delegate void ExceptionListenerDelegate(Exception ex);
+
+  public interface IConnection : IDisposable, ICloseable
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The connection listener that has been registered with this connection.
+        /// </summary>
+        IConnectionListener ConnectionListener
+        {
+            get;
+            set;
+        }
+
+        ExceptionListenerDelegate ExceptionListener { get; set; }
+
+        string ClientID { get; set; }
+
+        /// <return>the maximum number of sessions supported by this Connection</return>     
+        int MaximumChannelCount
+        {
+            get;
+        }
+
+        IChannel CreateChannel(bool transacted, AcknowledgeMode acknowledgeMode);
+        IChannel CreateChannel(bool transacted, AcknowledgeMode acknowledgeMode, int prefetch);
+        IChannel CreateChannel(bool transacted, AcknowledgeMode acknowledgeMode, int prefetchHigh, int prefetchLow);
+
+        void Start();
+        void Stop();
+    }
+}