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+/**
+ * All rights reserved. Licensed 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.
+ */
+package org.jivesoftware.smack;
+
+/**
+ * The AbstractConnectionListener class provides an empty implementation for all
+ * methods defined by the {@link ConnectionListener} interface. This is a
+ * convenience class which should be used in case you do not need to implement
+ * all methods.
+ * 
+ * @author Henning Staib
+ */
+public class AbstractConnectionListener implements ConnectionListener {
+
+    public void connectionClosed() {
+        // do nothing
+    }
+
+    public void connectionClosedOnError(Exception e) {
+        // do nothing
+    }
+
+    public void reconnectingIn(int seconds) {
+        // do nothing
+    }
+
+    public void reconnectionFailed(Exception e) {
+        // do nothing
+    }
+
+    public void reconnectionSuccessful() {
+        // do nothing
+    }
+
+}