[JDEV] What's the best way to build a custom Jabber server?

[Robert Norris]

> It is the most obvious place to do IM, a collaboration suite, I have
> looked at the code, and I have mixed feelings about it, although there
> is the new version jabberd2, I sense that there is no direction other
> than creating a SM XML parsing server, wish is a good thing and kudus
> for Rob, especially doing it. But if you start looking to the specs you
> get a feeling that it could be more, than it is. 

Well, thats currently where most of the (my) effort is being placed,
because thats where most of the demand is. However, the j2 SM is very
close to being a "toolkit" for writing Jabber-based services. (Almost,
because some of the session protocol code is still handled in the core -
I'm planning to move it into a module soon).

Example - I'm currently using the SM core to write a transport to a
local IM system. The transport is implemented as a normal SM module, and
the service makes use of the disco, version and time modules without any
modifications.

The SM core itself makes quite a few facilities available - XML parsing,
packet generation and distribution, presence tracking, access controls,
config files, logging, storage, etc etc.

So, anyone wanting to implement a new service can do it by implementing
a module that handles the details of the application. Granted, this can
mean there's still a large amount of work to do, especially in a complex
application, but at least you don't have to bother with all the utility
stuff that you'll need.

And yes, I know its not well documented - someday, perhaps it will be :)

Anyone who wants to play with this kind of thing, feel free to grab me
online and ask about it.

Rob.

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Robert Norris                                       GPG: 1024D/FC18E6C2
Email+Jabber: rob at cataclysm.cx                Web: http://cataclysm.cx/
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