[JDEV] Re: Want to start/contribute to a win32 version BUT...

[David 'TheRaven' Chisnall]

Both.  Unless you need any special delivery semantics you should be able 
to embed your custom namespace in <iq> or <message> tags, which will be 
passed to the server without any interference.  If you do need any 
special semantics, or need to communitate with a non-XMPP network then 
writting a transport is probably a better bet than hacking the server 
code.  It will also make your `secret project' more portable if you 
decide to use a different transport in the future.

GuruJ wrote:

> David 'TheRaven' Chisnall wrote:
>
>> No, I actually did mean don't.  Most protocol enhancements will not 
>> require any direct participation by the server, so you could use a 
>> generic jabberd.  Your requirement of using windows on your server, 
>> however, means that you are likely to need to modify jabberd to get 
>> the kind of performance you are going to need.  Of course if you do 
>> need the server to do something special then jabberd may still be the 
>> best option...
>
>
> David, by this do you mean that any extensions to the server can be 
> handled by jabber components, rather than through any changes to the 
> server code itself?  Or will jabber faithfully transmit 'custom' XML 
> messages it receives on to clients, even if the server itself has no 
> idea what the message means?
>
> -- GuruJ.
>
>
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