<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: [JDEV] Customizing Jabber server</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Matt Diez should pipe up here :)  Yes, you can write handlers for ANY namespace, as I understand it.  We (read: Matt Diez) wrote a handler which could re-route any IQ message, and I believe you can also have multiple modules handle the same namespace (this way you could leave the existing system that passes presence messages to the appropriate client AND have it go to some other system for whatever processing you want to do on it). I'm sure others will have comments and more detailed info, but I don't believe there's a good doc on writing server modules yet.... hint hint (is there?). Colin -----Original Message----- From: Gerard BUNEL [<A HREF="mailto:gerard.bunel@ago.fr">mailto:gerard.bunel@ago.fr</A>] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 2:38 AM To: jdev@jabber.org Subject: Re: [JDEV] Customizing Jabber server Big Thanks for this answer I can't really use xdb_java as its purpose is to do some JDBC invocations. But it's quite the same functionalities I was looking. I didn't understand that it was possible do regsiter a foreign handler to handle XDB requests. Do you know if it's also possible for all type of requests ? I'm, for example, interested in handling presence messages Colin Madere a écrit :   Take a look at xdb_java, as John Hebert suggests.  You should be able to add your own modules to it to talk to the App Server for the services you mention.  (Or, at least that's what Matt told me the last time we met :) ) It is a budding project, but is constantly being improved and we plan to use it on a large scale here, so be assured it is not intended to be a toy project. Colin Madere Vedalabs, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerard BUNEL [<A HREF="mailto:gerard.bunel@ago.fr">mailto:gerard.bunel@ago.fr</A>] > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:44 AM > To: jdev@jabber.org > Subject: Re: [JDEV] Customizing Jabber server > > > > > wasted a écrit : > > > we're working on similar types of issues and my take on it > this... jabber > > isn't an "application server" itself.  it facilitates the routing of > > messages to the appropriate destination - normally a human > for chat.  of > > course the destination can be an "agent" or a transport with > > business/application logic coded for a purpose which > returns some data or > > whatever.  an "agent" could be a stock watcher, a "weather > man", a news > > grabber, data mine - the list is endless.  you can write an > "agent" in > > almost any language with all the cool tools the dev guys have done - > > Net::Jabber, JabberCOM, JabberBeans, etc...  i'm partial to > JabberBeans > > 'cause we do a lot of Java programming.  then again, as > "JAM" develops, > > jabber could become more "application server"-ish. > > > > not sure if that's the sorta explanation you're looking > for, but i hope it > > helps. > > I'm not trying to "application-server"-ish the jabber server. > I just want to filter some parts of the jabber protocol so > that information is provided by the application server > instead of the Jabber server itself (by the mean of the > default xdb_file). > I think that for authentication, Rosters, vCard this can be > obtained by bootstraping the xdb_file > to delegate the requests to the application server (that we > also develop, this is a specialized one, not a J2EE server). > > Our application server is Java based and we also have a look > to JabberBeans. > I've also pointed out the JAM effort on Jabber but, as I need > such functionalities rather quickly > (Pre-version for July) we focused our interest on Xml-Rpc and > made some trials in embedding Xml-Rpc > requests into the Jabber protocol. We did that successfully. > > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > jdev@jabber.org > <A HREF="http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev" TARGET="_blank">http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev</A> > -- gerard.bunel@ago.fr - Atlantide - <A HREF="http://www.ago.fr/atlantide/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ago.fr/atlantide/</A> Technopole Brest Iroise BP 80802 - Site du Vernis - 29608 Brest cedex - France Tel. : +33 2 98 05 43 21 - Fax. : +33 2 98 05 20 34 e-mail: atlantide-brest@ago.fr Centre Affaires Oberthur - 74D, rue de Paris -  35700 Rennes - France Tel. : +33 2 99 84 15 84 - Fax : +33 2 99 84 15 85 e-mail: atlantide-rennes@ago.fr   </BODY> </HTML>