[jdev] Re: developing chat client /server with jabber api

[Peter Saint-Andre]

In article 
<DD6224890C44174AA26FBD1C4197258F232C00 at DHARBOREX01.eideawdc1.local>,
 "Mallepally Harinath" <mharinath at dharbor.com> wrote:

> I am working on developing a chat application with good features.. 
> While searching on net, come across jabber API.
> 
> Is there any documentation or help which specifies how to use this API
> and develop client/server etc.

By "API" I assume you mean protocols (http://www.jabber.org/protocol/). 
There already exist many implementations of the Jabber/XMPP protocols 
(open-source and commercial), though most of them are not quite complete 
yet. Why not contribute to one of the existing open-source efforts?

/psa