[jdev] Escaping JID using XEP-0106

[Sergei Golovan]

On 6/27/07, Tomasz Sterna <tomek at xiaoka.com> wrote:
> Dnia 27-06-2007, śro o godzinie 15:03 +0400, Sergei Golovan napisał(a):
> > You're right. And the question is: "How to escape it? Can escaping be
> > done unambiguously?"
>
> Yes. You have a node, domain and resource which you need to escape
> before concatenating them into JID.

I didn't see any XMPP client, which requires to enter node and server
separately in send message dialogs (I did see clients which asks for
chatroom names).

>
>
> > The problem is that if I get alredy escaped JID
> > user\40jabber.org\2fuser at jabber.org/resource then I can unescape it
> > and show to a user as user at jabber.org/user at jabber.org/resource.
>
> Well... You shouldn't show such a monstrosity to a user.
> Use the JID parts wisely. Show username, domain eventually resource.

In general, I can show unescaped JID. But what's the idea of XEP-0106 then?

>
>
> > But what to do if a user enters such a JID into a client entry box and
> > wants to send a message to it?
>
> It's an invalid entry and you should return an error to the user.
> You've asked for a JID and the text entered isn't a valid JID.
> There is no way of telling which part is what without some external
> information.

Unfortunately, it means that to be able to send message to such a
strange JID the user has to khow how to escape it. Should users read
XEPs? :)

-- 
Sergei Golovan