diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/rss/OperationSetTypingNotificationsRssImpl.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/protocol/rss/OperationSetTypingNotificationsRssImpl.java
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-/*
- * SIP Communicator, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
- *
- * Distributable under LGPL license.
- * See terms of license at gnu.org.
- */
-package net.java.sip.communicator.impl.protocol.rss;
-
-import java.util.*;
-
-import net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol.*;
-import net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol.event.*;
-import net.java.sip.communicator.util.*;
-
-/**
- * Implements typing notifications for the Rss protocol. The operation
- * set would simply mirror all outgoing typing notifications and make them
- * appear as incoming events generated by the contact that we are currently
- * writing a message to.
- *
- * @author Emil Ivov
- */
-public class OperationSetTypingNotificationsRssImpl
-    implements OperationSetTypingNotifications
-{
-    private static final Logger logger =
-        Logger.getLogger(OperationSetTypingNotificationsRssImpl.class);
-
-    /**
-     * All currently registered TN listeners.
-     */
-    private List typingNotificationsListeners = new ArrayList();
-
-    /**
-     * The provider that created us.
-     */
-    private ProtocolProviderServiceRssImpl parentProvider = null;
-
-    /**
-     * The currently valid persistent presence operation set..
-     */
-    private OperationSetPersistentPresenceRssImpl opSetPersPresence = null;
-
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new instance of this operation set and keeps the parent
-     * provider as a reference.
-     *
-     * @param provider a ref to the <tt>ProtocolProviderServiceImpl</tt>
-     * that created us and that we'll use for retrieving the underlying aim
-     * connection.
-     * @param opSetPersPresence the currently valid
-     * <tt>OperationSetPersistentPresenceRssImpl</tt> instance.
-     */
-    OperationSetTypingNotificationsRssImpl(
-        ProtocolProviderServiceRssImpl provider,
-        OperationSetPersistentPresenceRssImpl opSetPersPresence)
-    {
-        this.parentProvider = provider;
-        this.opSetPersPresence = opSetPersPresence;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds <tt>listener</tt> to the list of listeners registered for receiving
-     * <tt>TypingNotificationEvent</tt>s
-     *
-     * @param listener the <tt>TypingNotificationsListener</tt> listener that
-     * we'd like to add to the list of listeneres registered for receiving
-     * typing notificaions.
-     */
-    public void addTypingNotificationsListener(
-                                        TypingNotificationsListener listener)
-    {
-        synchronized(typingNotificationsListeners)
-        {
-            typingNotificationsListeners.add(listener);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Removes <tt>listener</tt> from the list of listeners registered for
-     * receiving <tt>TypingNotificationEvent</tt>s
-     *
-     * @param listener the <tt>TypingNotificationsListener</tt> listener that
-     * we'd like to remove
-     */
-    public void removeTypingNotificationsListener(
-                                        TypingNotificationsListener listener)
-    {
-        synchronized(typingNotificationsListeners)
-        {
-            typingNotificationsListeners.remove(listener);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Delivers a <tt>TypingNotificationEvent</tt> to all registered listeners.
-     * @param sourceContact the contact who has sent the notification.
-     * @param evtCode the code of the event to deliver.
-     */
-    private void fireTypingNotificationsEvent(Contact sourceContact
-                                              ,int evtCode)
-    {
-        logger.debug("Dispatching a TypingNotif. event to "
-            + typingNotificationsListeners.size()+" listeners. Contact "
-            + sourceContact.getAddress() + " has now a typing status of "
-            + evtCode);
-
-        TypingNotificationEvent evt = new TypingNotificationEvent(
-            sourceContact, evtCode);
-
-        Iterator listeners = null;
-        synchronized (typingNotificationsListeners)
-        {
-            listeners = new ArrayList(typingNotificationsListeners).iterator();
-        }
-
-        while (listeners.hasNext())
-        {
-            TypingNotificationsListener listener
-                = (TypingNotificationsListener) listeners.next();
-
-              listener.typingNotificationReceifed(evt);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sends a notification to <tt>notifiedContatct</tt> that we have entered
-     * <tt>typingState</tt>.
-     *
-     * @param notifiedContact the <tt>Contact</tt> to notify
-     * @param typingState the typing state that we have entered.
-     *
-     * @throws java.lang.IllegalStateException if the underlying stack is
-     * not registered and initialized.
-     * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if <tt>notifiedContact</tt> is
-     * not an instance belonging to the underlying implementation.
-     */
-    public void sendTypingNotification(Contact notifiedContact, int typingState)
-        throws IllegalStateException, IllegalArgumentException
-    {
-        if( !(notifiedContact instanceof ContactRssImpl) )
-           throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-               "The specified contact is not a Rss contact."
-               + notifiedContact);
-
-
-        String userID = notifiedContact.getAddress();
-
-        //if the user id is owr own id, then this message is being routed to us
-        //from another instance of the rss provider.
-        if (userID.equals(this.parentProvider.getAccountID().getUserID()))
-        {
-            //check who is the provider sending the message
-            String sourceUserID = notifiedContact.getProtocolProvider()
-                .getAccountID().getUserID();
-
-            //check whether they are in our contact list
-            Contact from = opSetPersPresence.findContactByID(sourceUserID);
-
-            //and if not - add them there as volatile.
-            if (from == null)
-            {
-                from = opSetPersPresence.createVolatileContact(sourceUserID);
-            }
-
-            //and now fire the message received event.
-            fireTypingNotificationsEvent(from, typingState);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            //if userID is not our own, try a check whether another provider
-            //has that id and if yes - deliver the message to them.
-            ProtocolProviderServiceRssImpl rssProvider
-                = this.opSetPersPresence.findProviderForRssUserID(userID);
-            if (rssProvider != null)
-            {
-                OperationSetTypingNotificationsRssImpl opSetTN
-                    = (OperationSetTypingNotificationsRssImpl)
-                    rssProvider.getOperationSet(
-                        OperationSetTypingNotifications.class);
-                opSetTN.sendTypingNotification(notifiedContact, typingState);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                //if we got here then "to" is simply someone in our contact
-                //list so let's just echo the message.
-                fireTypingNotificationsEvent(notifiedContact, typingState);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-}