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+/**
+ * $RCSfile$
+ * $Revision$
+ * $Date$
+ *
+ * Copyright 2003-2004 Jive Software.
+ *
+ * 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;
+
+/**
+ * Implementors of this interface will be notified when a new {@link XMPPConnection}
+ * has been created. The newly created connection will not be actually connected to
+ * the server. Use {@link XMPPConnection#addConnectionCreationListener(ConnectionCreationListener)}
+ * to add new listeners.
+ *
+ * @author Gaston Dombiak
+ */
+public interface ConnectionCreationListener {
+
+    /**
+     * Notification that a new connection has been created. The new connection
+     * will not yet be connected to the server.
+     * 
+     * @param connection the newly created connection. 
+     */
+    public void connectionCreated(XMPPConnection connection);
+
+}