adding getServerProperties to the Connection API

Author: Vlad Ionescu

src/com/rabbitmq/client/Connection.java

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 package com.rabbitmq.client;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
  * Public API: Interface to an AMQ connection. See the see the <a href="http://www.amqp.org/">spec</a> for details.
@@ -111,6 +112,12 @@ public interface Connection extends ShutdownNotifier { // rename to AMQPConnecti
      */
     Address[] getKnownHosts();
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the server properties.
+     * @return a map of the server properties. This typically includes the product name and version of the server.
+     */
+    Map<String, Object> getServerProperties();
+
     /**
      * Create a new channel, using an internally allocated channel number.
      * @return a new channel descriptor, or null if none is available

src/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/AMQConnection.java

@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ public Address[] getKnownHosts() {
         return _knownHosts;
     }
 
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    public Map<String, Object> getServerProperties() {
+        return _serverProperties;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Construct a new connection to a broker.
      * @param params the initialization parameters for a connection