diff --git a/Doctrine/EventListener.php b/Doctrine/EventListener.php
index 24bb1ecd1..a51c33d63 100644
--- a/Doctrine/EventListener.php
+++ b/Doctrine/EventListener.php
@@ -1,59 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-/**
- * interface for event listening, forces all classes that extend 
- * Doctrine_EventListener to have the same method arguments as their parent
- */
-interface iDoctrine_EventListener {
-
-    public function onLoad(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    public function onPreLoad(Doctrine_Record $record);
-
-    public function onUpdate(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    public function onPreUpdate(Doctrine_Record $record);
-
-    public function onCreate(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    public function onPreCreate(Doctrine_Record $record);
-
-    public function onSave(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    public function onPreSave(Doctrine_Record $record);
-
-    public function onInsert(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    public function onPreInsert(Doctrine_Record $record);
-
-    public function onDelete(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    public function onPreDelete(Doctrine_Record $record);
-
-    public function onEvict(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    public function onPreEvict(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    
-    public function onSaveCascade(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    public function onPreSaveCascade(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    
-    public function onDeleteCascade(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    public function onPreDeleteCascade(Doctrine_Record $record);
-
-    public function onSleep(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    
-    public function onWakeUp(Doctrine_Record $record);
-    
-    public function onClose(Doctrine_Session $session);
-    public function onPreClose(Doctrine_Session $session);
-    
-    public function onOpen(Doctrine_Session $session);
-
-    public function onTransactionCommit(Doctrine_Session $session);
-    public function onPreTransactionCommit(Doctrine_Session $session);
-
-    public function onTransactionRollback(Doctrine_Session $session);
-    public function onPreTransactionRollback(Doctrine_Session $session);
-
-    public function onTransactionBegin(Doctrine_Session $session);
-    public function onPreTransactionBegin(Doctrine_Session $session);
-    
-    public function onCollectionDelete(Doctrine_Collection $collection);
-    public function onPreCollectionDelete(Doctrine_Collection $collection);
-}
-
+Doctrine::autoload('Doctrine_EventListener_Interface');
 /**
  * Doctrine_EventListener     all event listeners extend this base class
  *                      the empty methods allow child classes to only implement the methods they need to implement
@@ -66,7 +12,7 @@ interface iDoctrine_EventListener {
  * @version     1.0 alpha
  *
  */
-abstract class Doctrine_EventListener implements iDoctrine_EventListener {
+abstract class Doctrine_EventListener implements Doctrine_EventListener_Interface {
 
     public function onLoad(Doctrine_Record $record) { }
     public function onPreLoad(Doctrine_Record $record) { }
diff --git a/Doctrine/EventListener/Chain.php b/Doctrine/EventListener/Chain.php
index e7f85cbc2..da2c1460e 100644
--- a/Doctrine/EventListener/Chain.php
+++ b/Doctrine/EventListener/Chain.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php
+Doctrine::autoload('Doctrine_Access');
+
 class Doctrine_EvenListener_Chain extends Doctrine_Access {
     /**
      * @var array $listeners
diff --git a/Doctrine/EventListener/Interface.php b/Doctrine/EventListener/Interface.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d96a1fae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doctrine/EventListener/Interface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php 
+/**
+ * interface for event listening, forces all classes that extend 
+ * Doctrine_EventListener to have the same method arguments as their parent
+ */
+interface Doctrine_EventListener_Interface {
+
+    public function onLoad(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    public function onPreLoad(Doctrine_Record $record);
+
+    public function onUpdate(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    public function onPreUpdate(Doctrine_Record $record);
+
+    public function onCreate(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    public function onPreCreate(Doctrine_Record $record);
+
+    public function onSave(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    public function onPreSave(Doctrine_Record $record);
+
+    public function onInsert(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    public function onPreInsert(Doctrine_Record $record);
+
+    public function onDelete(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    public function onPreDelete(Doctrine_Record $record);
+
+    public function onEvict(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    public function onPreEvict(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    
+    public function onSaveCascade(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    public function onPreSaveCascade(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    
+    public function onDeleteCascade(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    public function onPreDeleteCascade(Doctrine_Record $record);
+
+    public function onSleep(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    
+    public function onWakeUp(Doctrine_Record $record);
+    
+    public function onClose(Doctrine_Session $session);
+    public function onPreClose(Doctrine_Session $session);
+    
+    public function onOpen(Doctrine_Session $session);
+
+    public function onTransactionCommit(Doctrine_Session $session);
+    public function onPreTransactionCommit(Doctrine_Session $session);
+
+    public function onTransactionRollback(Doctrine_Session $session);
+    public function onPreTransactionRollback(Doctrine_Session $session);
+
+    public function onTransactionBegin(Doctrine_Session $session);
+    public function onPreTransactionBegin(Doctrine_Session $session);
+    
+    public function onCollectionDelete(Doctrine_Collection $collection);
+    public function onPreCollectionDelete(Doctrine_Collection $collection);
+}