[jdev] Communicate between two client instances of the same ID

[Pedro Melo]

Hi,

On Sep 2, 2008, at 6:31 AM, JLIST wrote:

> A follow up question is, what would be the right element
> of the protocol to use to send and receive custom data?
> It'll be very helpful to me if someone can point me to
> a link or some names that I can search for.

You can use two:

<message /> or <iq />.

the main difference is that <iq /> is a request/response dialog: you  
sen a <iq type="set"> or a <iq type="get"> and get back a <iq  
type="result"> or a <iq type="error">. The id attribute of the  
response matches the id of the request.

The <message /> is more of a send and forget about it style of  
communication.

Best regards,
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Pedro Melo
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