#ifndef QPID_MESSAGING_CONNECTION_H
#define QPID_MESSAGING_CONNECTION_H

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#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*/