[JDEV] Need help with protocol translation

[chelck at ebs.com]

I need to translate between XMPP and a private XML based protocol. I think my 
problem is similar to that of creating a transport between Jabber and AOL. 
I've never done anything like this before and am looking for general tips and 
ideas about how to approach this problem. I'm mostly interested in how to 
create a mapping between the two protocols, but I'm also interested in 
implementation pointers. Are there general guidelines or patterns that people 
have discovered? Any books that are recomended?

-Christopher Helck
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