account = factory.getAccount("andrunko@gmail.com")
cm = factory.getCM("jabber");

foearch (connection, cm->connections()) {
	if (connection.InspectHandle(connection.GetSelfHandle()) == account.self_handle) {
		found = TRUE;
		break;
	}
}

if (!found) {
	connection = cm->requestConnection (...)
        account.self_handle = connection.InspectHandle(connection.GetSelfHandle())
}