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Smack Overview
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2003-06-19 20:11:37 +02:00
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Smack is a library for communicating with XMPP servers to perform
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instant messaging and chat.<p>
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Smack Key Advantages
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<li>Extremely simple to use, yet powerful API. Sending a text message to a user
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can be accomplished in three lines of code:
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<div class="code"><pre>
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XMPPConnection connection = <font color="navy"><b>new</b></font> XMPPConnection(<font color="green">"jabber.org"</font>);
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connection.login(<font color="green">"mtucker"</font>, <font color="green">"password"</font>);
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connection.createChat(<font color="green">"jsmith@jivesoftware.com"</font>).sendMessage(<font color="green">"Howdy!"</font>);
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<li>Doesn't force you to code at the packet level, as other libraries do. Smack provides
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intelligent higher level constructs such as the <tt>Chat</tt> and <tt>GroupChat</tt>
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classes, which let you program more efficiently.
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<li>Does not require that you're familiar with the XMPP XML format, or even that you're familiar with XML.
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<li>Provides easy machine to machine communication. Smack lets you set any number of properties on
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each message, including properties that are Java objects.
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<li>Open Source under the Apache License, which means you can incorporate Smack into your commercial or
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non-commercial applications.
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About XMPP
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XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) is an open, XML based protocol
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making it's way through the IETF approval process under the guidance of the
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Jabber Software Foundation (<a href="http://www.jabber.org">http://www.jabber.org</a>).
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For a good overview of the protocol, read the first chapter of <u>Instant Messaging
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in Java</u>, available free at
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<a href="http://www.jivesoftware.com/products/messenger/book/">http://www.jivesoftware.com/products/messenger/book/</a>
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How To Use This Documentation
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This documentation assumes that you're already familiar with the main features of XMPP
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instant messaging. It's also highly recommended that you open the Javadoc API guide and
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use that as a reference while reading through this documentation.
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Copyright © Jive Software 2002-2003
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