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Smack Overview
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[Back](index.md)
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Smack is a library for communicating with XMPP servers to perform real-time
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communications, including instant messaging and group chat.
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Smack Key Advantages
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* Extremely simple to use, yet powerful API. Sending a text message to a user can be accomplished in only a few lines of code:
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```java
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AbstractXMPPConnection connection = new XMPPTCPConnection("mtucker", "password", "jabber.org");
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connection.connect().login();
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Message message = new Message("jsmith@jivesoftware.com", "Howdy! How are you?");
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connection.sendStanza(message);
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```
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* Doesn't force you to code at the XMPP protocol level, as other libraries do. Smack provides intelligent higher level constructs such as the `Chat` and `Roster` classes, which let you program more efficiently.
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* Does not require that you're familiar with the XMPP XML format, or even that you're familiar with XML.
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* Provides easy machine to machine communication. Smack lets you set any number of properties on each message, including properties that are Java objects.
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* Open Source under the Apache License 2.0, which means you can incorporate Smack into your commercial or non-commercial applications.
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About XMPP
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XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) is an open protocol
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standardized by the IETF and supported and extended by the XMPP Standards
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Foundation (XSF, [http://www.xmpp.org](http://www.xmpp.org)).
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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
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of XMPP instant messaging. It's also highly recommended that you open the
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Javadoc API guide and use that as a reference while reading through this
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documentation.
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Copyright (C) Jive Software 2002-2008
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