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+package tileentities;
+
+import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.util.ForgeDirection;
+
+public class TE_ItemProxyCable extends TileEntity {
+	
+	private static final float THICKNESS = 0.3f;
+	private byte connections;
+	private String idCache = null;
+	
+	public TE_ItemProxyCable() {
+		connections = 63; // set all connections active until I have something actually control connections
+	}
+	
+	public static float getThickness() {
+		return THICKNESS;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Builds a simple unique identifier for this TileEntity by appending 
+	 * the x, y, and z coordinates in a string.
+	 * 
+	 * @return unique identifier for this TileEntity
+	 */
+	public String getIdentifier() {
+		if(idCache == null) {
+			idCache = "" + super.xCoord + super.yCoord + super.zCoord;
+			return idCache;
+		} else {
+			return idCache;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0     -> no connection </br>
+	 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 1     -> down  </br>
+	 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 2     -> up  </br>
+	 * 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 4     -> north  </br>
+	 * 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 8     -> south  </br>
+	 * 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 16    -> west  </br>
+	 * 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 32    -> east  </br>
+	 * 
+	 * @param side
+	 * 			The side for which to set the connection status.
+	 * @param connected
+	 * 			Whether this side should be connected or not
+	 */
+	public void setConnection(ForgeDirection side, boolean connected) {
+		switch(side) {
+		case DOWN: 	connections = (byte) ((connected) ? connections | 1 : connections ^ 1); break;
+		case UP:	connections = (byte) ((connected) ? connections | 2 : connections ^ 2); break;
+		case NORTH:	connections = (byte) ((connected) ? connections | 4 : connections ^ 4); break;
+		case SOUTH:	connections = (byte) ((connected) ? connections | 8 : connections ^ 8); break;
+		case WEST:	connections = (byte) ((connected) ? connections | 16 : connections ^ 16); break;
+		case EAST:	connections = (byte) ((connected) ? connections | 32 : connections ^ 32); break;
+		default: break;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isConnected(ForgeDirection side) {
+		switch(side) {
+		case DOWN: 	return (connections & 1) == connections;
+		case UP: 	return (connections & 2) == connections;
+		case NORTH: return (connections & 4) == connections;
+		case SOUTH: return (connections & 8) == connections;
+		case WEST: 	return (connections & 16) == connections;
+		case EAST: 	return (connections & 32) == connections;
+		default: return false;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public byte getConnections() {
+		return connections;
+	}
+	
+}