<HTML>We are trying to write a client server application which typically has thousands of clients interacting with a single application server sitting on a single machine. Each client will request the application server for a document and the application server will then construct the requested document by quering the database and send it to the client. With this background I am thinking of using the jabber protocol with client code written using java may be as an applet and the application server piece again written in java sitting on the server machine. The client and the application server interacting thru jabber server. Jabber server will again be sitting on the server machine. Will there be any connectivity issues if I try implimenting something on these lines. Also, Can sombody point me to some APIs I can look into for the client piece and the application server?</HTML>