[jdev] Formal Component Protocol

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On 11/12/08 4:14 AM, Jonathan Dickinson wrote:
> Hi All (esp. PSA J),
> 
>  
> 
> One thing that I have seen with my experiences so far is that there is
> practically /no/ formal component protocol.
> <http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0114.html> only shows us how to
> establish a stream. 

Right. We intended to work on this with XEP-0225 and then add more
layers on top of that if needed. Step 1 would be to finish 225. If folks
are interested in that, let's work on it. :)

> Things that nag me (which I still have to figure
> out, so if you have answers...):
> 
>  
> 
> ·         No indication on newer authentication protocols, just
> handshakes (don’t need answers here, I can take example from other
> server docs, FYI Tigase has really good docs in regard to this)...
> 
> ·         Binding which is mainstream in, from what I can tell, all
> current XMPP servers. This is not in the XEP.
> 
> ·         Routing stanzas, again, are not in the XEP.
> 
>  
> 
> Here comes the big one: given that binding is for all intents and
> purposes ‘official’, how do I handle these scenarios:
> 
>  
> 
> ·         I want to send a message directly to “router15” (one of the
> components) and not have it leave the network.
> 
> ·         I want to send a message to all components of a specific type
> (related to the above).
> 
> ·         I want to send a message to a user.
> 
>  
> 
> My current best guess is (these are embedded in the body of stream:stream):
> 
>  
> 
> <!-- send message to specific component -->
> 
> <route from=”sm” to=”sqlAuth”>
> 
>   <client:iq type=”get” from=”jim at foo.com” to=”foo.com”>
> 
>    <!-- SASL stuff -->
> 
>  </client:iq>
> 
> </route>
> 
>  
> 
> <!-- send message to all components of a specific type -->
> 
> <route from=”router2” to=”router*”>
>   <presence type=”unavailable”/> <!-- router going down -->
> 
> </route>
> 
>  
> 
> <!-- send message from component to user -->
> 
> <client:iq type=”result” from=”foo.com” to=”jim at foo.com”>
> 
>   <!-- SASL stuff -->
> 
> </client:iq>
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> 
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