[jdev] Considering using Jabber protocol for online service

[Hal Rottenberg]

On 1/10/06, Tommy Li <tommycli at ucla.edu> wrote:
> I've written most of the client/UI in C++/wxWidgets, and am now trying
> to figure out what kind of networking architecture I want to use.

> I was looking for libraries that would make it easy for me to
> communicate between client and server. I stumbled across Jabber this way.
>
> Is Jabber extensible enough to allow this? Would I write a custom Jabber

I would say so, yes.

> server or write a component to provide these services? Would I save a

Leverage an existing and write a component, that would make the most
sense to me.

> bunch of trouble just using a custom ad-hoc protocol?
>
> Can anyone suggest a C++ library that would aid me in this? I'm not sure
> if I want to release source for this, so a BSD-type license would be
> preferable.

People don't let me get deep into the code discussions, but just a
side comment, I think the BSD thing will be a severe limiter for you
in this case.  Gloox for example is GPL.

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