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+//sacrificial-socket.d.ts is the type definition file for sacrificial-socket.js
+//
+//because the sacrificial-socket client is just a class constructor
+//the way to import this into TypeScript is with:
+//	import SS = require('sacrificial-socket');
+
+declare namespace SS {
+        export interface connOpts{
+                enabled?: boolean;
+                replayOnConnect?: boolean;
+                intervalMS?: number;
+        }
+
+	export interface ssOpts{
+                reconnectOpts?: connOpts;
+        }
+}
+
+
+declare class SS{
+        constructor(url: string, opts?: SS.ssOpts);
+
+        noop(): void;
+
+        onConnect(callback: (event: any) => void): void;
+        onDisconnect(callback: (event: any) => void): void;
+
+        on(eventName: string, callback: (data: any) => void): void;
+        off(eventName: string): void;
+
+        emit(eventName: string, data: any): void;
+
+        close(): any;
+}
+
+
+export = SS;