<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=785295316-31032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>1) I'm not a JabberBeans developer so hopefully someone else on the list can point you in a good starting direction.  Of course read through the docs they've provided and sifting through their source code are two great places to start.  I have another Java library called Yaja! that you might also consider ( <A href="http://yaja.sourceforge.net">http://yaja.sourceforge.net</A> ).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785295316-31032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785295316-31032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>2) Firing up a Jabber server is very straight forward on either Windows or many of the Unix variants.  There is now the Quickstart package which should make it even easier (though I haven't tried quickstart because it was already pretty easy ;)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785295316-31032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785295316-31032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Assuming you are running Jabber on your desktop, consider using a TCP proxy to forward requests from one port (say 6222) to the Jabber client port (5222).  Then direct your clients to connect to port 6222 and watch all the XML stream back and forth.  It's a great way to familiarize yourself with how the Jabber protocol works, as well as a great debugging tool.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785295316-31032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785295316-31032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>3) The UI is client side programming, so whatever the programmer wants they can get.  Usually the roster display is generated from XML doled out by the Jabber server.  The Jabber/XMPP spec says additional XML elements can be added to the roster (read the spec to see exactly where its OK).  An important gotcha is that different servers may not honor these additional attributes and/or elements, and other clients may not manipulate the additional data properly.  Quick example is the xdb_sql modules running in the Jabber server may not save your new fields into the Jabber database, and as such your information would be quickly lost.   The stock Jabber 1.4.2 server uses files to save XML so you may be fine for a while. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785295316-31032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785295316-31032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hope this helps,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785295316-31032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=785295316-31032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Mike</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> jdev-admin@jabber.org [mailto:jdev-admin@jabber.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Bharath Ravi Kumar<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 30, 2003 9:50 AM<BR><B>To:</B> jdev@jabber.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [JDEV] jabberbeans startup<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <P>hi all,<BR> I intend to use jabber as a  transport for soap messages.I read through the jabber protocol docs.<BR>I've chosen to use jabberbeans to do this.But,there're several things that i haven't been able to understand:</P> <P>1.How do i rig up the basic IM client using the beans?<BR>2.How could i test the resulting client on a lan (without using the public jabber servers)?<BR>3.Is it possible to have a separate indicator in the client roster UI to mark out certain "special" kinds?<BR>I'm really a novice when it comes to jabber.I have no idea how to get started.So,any suggestion is most welcome.<BR>Thanks a lot.<BR>                                            Regards,<BR>                                                     &nb! sp;        Bharath</P> <P><BR> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A href="http://rd.yahoo.com/platinum/evt=8162/*http://platinum.yahoo.com/splash.html">Yahoo! Platinum</A> - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, <A href="http://rd.yahoo.com/platinum/evt=8162/*http://platinum.yahoo.com/splash.html">live on your desktop</A>!</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>