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using System;

namespace org.apache.qpid.client
{
    public interface ClientInterface
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Establish a connection with the broker using the given parameters
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="host">host name</param>
        /// <param name="port">port number</param>
        /// <param name="virtualHost">virtualHost the virtual host name</param>
        /// <param name="username"> username user name</param>
        /// <param name="passwor">password password</param>
        void connect(String host, int port, String virtualHost, String username, String passwor);

        /// <summary>        
        /// Close this client
        /// </summary>
        void close();

        /// <summary>
        /// Create a session for this connection.
        /// The returned session is suspended
        /// (i.e. this session is not attached to an underlying channel)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="expiryInSeconds">Expiry time expressed in seconds, if the value is less than
        /// or equal to 0 then the session does not expire.</param>
        /// <returns>A newly created (suspended) session.</returns>
        ClientSession createSession(long expiryInSeconds);

        /// <summary>      
        /// If the communication layer detects a serious problem with a connection, it
        //  informs the client's ClosedListener
        /// </summary>        
        /// 
        ClosedListener ClosedListener { set; }
    }
}