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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/>.
+ *
+ * Calls the given Statusnet IM architecture enqueuing method to enqueue
+ * a new incoming message
+ *
+ * @category  Phergie
+ * @package   Phergie_Driver_Statusnet
+ * @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_Driver_Statusnet extends Phergie_Driver_Streams {
+    /**
+     * Handles construction of command strings and their transmission to the
+     * server.
+     *
+     * @param string       $command Command to send
+     * @param string|array $args    Optional string or array of sequential
+     *        arguments
+     *
+     * @return string Command string that was sent
+     * @throws Phergie_Driver_Exception
+     */
+    public function send($command, $args = '') {
+        return parent::send($command, $args);
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Returns the array of sockets
+    *
+    * @return array Array of socket resources
+    */
+    public function getSockets() {
+        return $this->sockets;
+    }
+}
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