diff --git a/smack-bosh/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/bosh/XMPPBOSHConnection.java b/smack-bosh/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/bosh/XMPPBOSHConnection.java
index b03f03c33..da03f04a0 100644
--- a/smack-bosh/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/bosh/XMPPBOSHConnection.java
+++ b/smack-bosh/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/bosh/XMPPBOSHConnection.java
@@ -86,10 +86,7 @@ public class XMPPBOSHConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
     private final BOSHConfiguration config;
 
     // Some flags which provides some info about the current state.
-    private boolean connected = false;
-    private boolean authenticated = false;
     private boolean isFirstInitialization = true;
-    private boolean wasAuthenticated = false;
     private boolean done = false;
 
     // The readerPipe and consumer thread are used for the debugger.
@@ -217,18 +214,6 @@ public class XMPPBOSHConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
         }
     }
 
-    public String getUser() {
-        return user;
-    }
-
-    public boolean isAuthenticated() {
-        return authenticated;
-    }
-
-    public boolean isConnected() {
-        return connected;
-    }
-
     public boolean isSecureConnection() {
         // TODO: Implement SSL usage
         return false;
diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
index a6b59f827..d3e8299c8 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
      */
     protected String user;
 
+    protected boolean connected = false;
+
     /**
      * 
      */
@@ -283,18 +285,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
         return port;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public abstract String getUser();
-
     @Override
     public abstract String getConnectionID();
 
-    @Override
-    public abstract boolean isConnected();
-
-    @Override
-    public abstract boolean isAuthenticated();
-
     @Override
     public abstract boolean isSecureConnection();
 
@@ -405,6 +398,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
      */
     public abstract void loginAnonymously() throws XMPPException, SmackException, IOException;
 
+
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isConnected() {
+        return connected;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isAuthenticated() {
+        return authenticated;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final String getUser() {
+        return user;
+    }
+
     protected void bindResourceAndEstablishSession(String resource) throws XMPPErrorException,
                     IOException, SmackException {
 
diff --git a/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/DummyConnection.java b/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/DummyConnection.java
index 725329c6c..349e134fb 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/DummyConnection.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/DummyConnection.java
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.TopLevelStreamElement;
  */
 public class DummyConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
 
-    private boolean authenticated = false;
     private boolean anonymous = false;
     private boolean reconnect = false;
 
-    private String user;
     private String connectionID;
     private Roster roster;
 
@@ -65,6 +63,8 @@ public class DummyConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
         for (ConnectionCreationListener listener : XMPPConnectionRegistry.getConnectionCreationListeners()) {
             listener.connectionCreated(this);
         }
+        connected = true;
+        user = "dummy@" + config.getServiceName() + "/Test";
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -114,29 +114,11 @@ public class DummyConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
         return roster;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getUser() {
-        if (user == null) {
-            user = "dummy@" + config.getServiceName() + "/Test";
-        }
-        return user;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean isAnonymous() {
         return anonymous;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isAuthenticated() {
-        return authenticated;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isConnected() {
-        return true;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean isSecureConnection() {
         return false;
diff --git a/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java b/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java
index 13151600c..b7666fc7c 100644
--- a/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java
+++ b/smack-tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/tcp/XMPPTCPConnection.java
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ public class XMPPTCPConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
     private Socket socket;
 
     private String connectionID = null;
-    private boolean connected = false;
 
     /**
      * 
@@ -342,14 +341,6 @@ public class XMPPTCPConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
         return connectionID;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getUser() {
-        if (!isAuthenticated()) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        return user;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Install a parsing exception callback, which will be invoked once an exception is encountered while parsing a
      * stanza
@@ -478,11 +469,6 @@ public class XMPPTCPConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
         afterSuccessfulLogin(true, false);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isConnected() {
-        return connected;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean isSecureConnection() {
         return usingTLS;
@@ -492,11 +478,6 @@ public class XMPPTCPConnection extends AbstractXMPPConnection {
         return socketClosed;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isAuthenticated() {
-        return authenticated;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Shuts the current connection down. After this method returns, the connection must be ready
      * for re-use by connect.