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+Smack
+=====
+
+[Smack] is an Open Source, cross-platform, easy to use Java XMPP client library. 
+
+Communicate with XMPP servers to perform real-time collaboration, including instant messaging and group chat.
+
+Key Advantages :
+  - Extremely simple to use, yet powerful API. Sending a text message to a user can be accomplished in only a few lines of code:
+
+    ```sh
+    Connection connection = new XMPPConnection("jabber.org");
+    connection.connect();
+    connection.login("mtucker", "password");
+    Chat chat = connection.getChatManager().createChat("jsmith@jivesoftware.com", new MessageListener() {
+
+        public void processMessage(Chat chat, Message message) {
+            System.out.println("Received message: " + message);
+        }
+    });
+    chat.sendMessage("Howdy!");
+    ```
+
+  - Doesn't force you to code at the packet level, as other libraries do. 
+       Smack provides intelligent higher level constructs such as the Chat and Roster classes, which let you program more efficiently.
+  - Does not require that you're familiar with the XMPP XML format, or even that you're familiar with XML.
+  - Provides easy machine to machine communication. Smack lets you set any number of properties on each message, including properties that are Java objects.
+  - Open Source under the Apache License, which means you can incorporate Smack into your commercial or non-commercial applications.
+
+[Smack] is an Open Source [XMPP (Jabber)] client library for instant messaging and presence. 
+A pure Java library, it can be embedded into your applications to create anything from a full 
+XMPP client to simple XMPP integrations such as sending notification messages and presence-enabling devices.
+
+[Smack] - an [Ignite Realtime] community project.
+
+-------
+
+[Ignite Realtime] is an Open Source community composed of end-users and developers around the world who 
+are interested in applying innovative, open-standards-based Real Time Collaboration to their businesses and organizations. 
+We're aimed at disrupting proprietary, non-open standards-based systems and invite you to participate in what's already one 
+of the biggest and most active Open Source communities.
+
+[Smack]:http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/smack/index.jsp
+[Ignite Realtime]:http://www.igniterealtime.org
+[XMPP (Jabber)]:http://xmpp.org/
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