[jdev] VTD-XML version 1.6

[Robert B Quattlebaum, Jr.]

On May 18, 2006, at 8:11 PM, crackeur at comcast.net wrote:
> you confused me even more...
> I thought IM apps exchange xml messages (usually small),
> why do they exchange huge XML docs? It sounds not just bad, but  
> unnecessary...

You are misunderstanding. The entire connection itself is a well- 
formed XML document. What you call "xml messages" in jabber are  
called "stanzas", and are small XML fragments that get sent over the  
wire.

When I say that the entire connection itself is a well-formed XML  
document, I mean that it must have a root element. Once the root  
element is open, that's when stanzas are sent. When the connection is  
closed, the root element is closed. Thus the entire connection is a  
well-formed XML document.


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