[jdev] Re: Question about resource binding to server implementors

[Vinod Panicker]

On 3/28/06, Remko Troncon <remko at el-tramo.be> wrote:
> > I myself prefer that the server return a <conflict/> to the OLD
> > connection and not the new one.
>
> I always hated that behaviour. If i 'accidentally' connect with the wrong
> resource, my resource on the other end of the building/city/world dies,
> and there's no way to bring it back up. I would much rather try again
> on the current resource.
>
> Anyway, these resource conflicts shouldn't happen in an ideal world:
> a typical user should not need to bother with entering the resource, the
> server should assign resources to connecting clients himself through
> resource binding (like the google talk server does)

But what if the client being used doesn't allow resource identifiers
to be changed?  I like being able to logoff the current existing
resource by logging in from a different location.  And the whole point
of the resource identifier was to be able to signify the location of
the resource (home, work, mobile) rather than be a random bunch of
characters.

Regards,
Vinod.