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+<?php
+/**
+ * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Extends the bot class (Phergie_Bot) to allow connection and access to
+ * sockets and to allow StatusNet to 'drive' the bot
+ *
+ * @category  Phergie
+ * @package   Phergie_Extended_Bot
+ * @author    Luke Fitzgerald <lw.fitzgerald@googlemail.com
+ * @copyright 2010 StatusNet, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html AGPL 3.0
+ * @link      http://status.net/
+ */
+class Phergie_Extended_Bot extends Phergie_Bot {
+    /**
+    * Set up bot and connect to servers
+    *
+    * @return void
+    */
+    public function connect() {
+        $ui = $this->getUi();
+        $ui->setEnabled($this->getConfig('ui.enabled'));
+
+        $this->loadPlugins();
+        $this->loadConnections();
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Get the sockets used by the bot
+    *
+    * @return array Array of socket resources
+    */
+    public function getSockets() {
+        return $this->getDriver()->getSockets();
+    }
+}
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