[JDEV] modifying roster entries

[Peter Saint-Andre]

I'm not sure why you're resubscribing and removing the roster entry and
so on. To change the roster entry, just do a new IQ set with
<group>newgroup</group> rather than <group>oldgroup</group>....

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
Jabber Software Foundation
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On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, dlb wrote:

> Is there a way to modify a roster entry without  removing and then
> resubmitting the entry ?  For instance if I want to change the group of a
> subscribed JID , can this be done in a single transaction ?
> 
> right now I'm first submitting ..
> 
> <iq type="set" id="roster_2">
>   <query xmlns="jabber:iq:roster">
>     <item
>         name="Nurse"
>         jid="nurse at capulet.com"
>         subscription="remove">
>       <group>Servants</group>
>     </item>
> </iq>
> 
> and then resubscribing using the revised fields.
> 
> I've tried submitting a new query w/ the original subscription type and
> revised fields , after the 'remove' , but the server's response is erratic.
> 
> I've also tried simply overwriting the existing entry - doesn't work.
> 
> any advice ?
> 
> David
> 
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