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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;
+
+/**
+ * Convenience class to make it easier to connect to GoogleTalk. You can also use
+ * XMPPConnection to connect to Google Talk by specifying the server name,
+ * service name, and port.
+ *
+ * @author Matt Tucker
+ */
+public class GoogleTalkConnection extends XMPPConnection {
+
+    public GoogleTalkConnection() throws XMPPException {
+        super("talk.google.com", 5222, "gmail.com");
+    }
+}