[JDEV] Custom messages/extensions

Wed Jul 31 04:53:27 CDT 2002

know anything about XMLRPC(xmlrpc.org)?? Because you can do exactly what 
you are wanting to do with Jabber-RPC 
(http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0009.html), and even have typesafe 
parameters (er, well at least tags eg. <boolean/> that _should_ contain 
the type of pcdata you want, but thats an excersize left to the 
implementor). If you have any questions let me or the list know (there 
are a few xmlrpc over jabber implementors out there)

Nick

Mark Derricutt wrote:

> Hiya, I'm currently working on a project that we're wanting to use 
> Jabber as our messaging layer between client and server applications.
>
> I envisage sending 4-5 special "messages" with our applicatoins data 
> back and forth, but I'm not sure exactlty -where- I should be putting 
> my payload (in order to be a nice Jabber citizen).
>
> At the moment I'm plaing with just sending normal messages, which my 
> payload next after the body, in its own namespace, something like:
>
> <message.......>
>  <body>This is a message</body>
>  <specialk xmlns="super:goodness">
>    <more data="here"/>
>  </specialk>
> </message>
>
> Is this ok?  Or should be doing this inside an <iq/> element or 
> something?
>
> Are there any JEPs/HOW-TOs or docs on what should and shouldn't be 
> done, when extending stuff?  My manager wanted wanted to do something 
> with <message type="ourspecialmessagetype"></message>, but I wasn't 
> too sure about that either...
>
> Mark
>
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