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Florian Schmaus 9e797c1b17 Enable PacketExtensions for IQs
This is actually only part one, i.e. with this commit if the user adds a
PacketExtension to an IQ it will be included in IQ.toXml(). Which was
previously only the case if the IQ subclass explicitly included packet
extensions.

The second part of the change is to change the IQ provider, so that
packet extensions are automatically parsed.

Cases where PacketExtensions are used for Message and IQ are slightly
changed. The IQ sublcass now only has a field with this
PacketExtension (see for example
bytestreams.ibb.packet.DataPacketExtension).

Also changed hoxt API: Removed unnecessary indirection and made the
API more Smack idiomatic.
2014-11-10 11:43:18 +01:00

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HTTP over XMPP transport
========================
Allows to transport HTTP communication over XMPP peer-to-peer networks.
* Discover HOXT support
* IQ exchange
Discover HOXT support
---------------------
**Description**
Before using this extension you must ensure that your counterpart supports it
also.
**Usage**
Once you have your _**ServiceDiscoveryManager**_ you will be able to discover
information associated with an XMPP entity. To discover the information of a
given XMPP entity send **discoverInfo(entityID)** to your
_**ServiceDiscoveryManager**_ where entityID is the ID of the entity. The
message **discoverInfo(entityID)** will answer an instance of
_**DiscoverInfo**_ that contains the discovered information.
**Examples**
In this example we can see how to check if the counterpart supports HOXT:
```
// Obtain the ServiceDiscoveryManager associated with my XMPPConnection
ServiceDiscoveryManager discoManager = ServiceDiscoveryManager.getInstanceFor(connection);
// Get the information of a given XMPP entity
DiscoverInfo discoInfo = discoManager.discoverInfo("juliet@capulet.com");
// Check if room is HOXT is supported
discoInfo.containsFeature("urn:xmpp:http");
```
IQ exchange
-----------
**Description**
You can use IQ's to perform HTTP requests and responses. This is applicable to
relatively short requests and responses (due to limitation of XMPP message
size).
**Usage**
First you need to register a _**PacketListener**_ to be able to handle
intended IQs.
For the HTTP client you:
* You create and send _**HttpOverXmppReq**_ request.
* Then you handle the _**HttpOverXmppResp**_ response in your _**PacketListener**_.
For the HTTP server you:
* You handle the _**HttpOverXmppReq**_ requests in your _**PacketListener**_.
* And create and send _**HttpOverXmppResp**_ responses.
**Examples**
In this example we are HTTP client, so we send request (POST) and handle the
response:
```
// create a request body
String urlEncodedMessage = "I_love_you";
// create request
HttpOverXmppReq req = new HttpOverXmppReq(HttpMethod.POST, "/mailbox");
req.setVersion("1.1");
// prepare headers
Set<Header> set = new HashSet<Header>();
set.add(new Header("Host", "juliet.capulet.com"));
set.add(new Header("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form- urlencoded"));
set.add(new Header("Content-Length", Integer.toString(urlEncodedMessage.length())));
req.setHeaders(new HeadersExtension(set));
// provide body or request (not mandatory, - empty body is used for GET)
AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Text child = new AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Text(urlEncodedMessage);
AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Data data = new AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Data(child);
req.setData(data);
// add to
req.setTo("juliet@capulet.com/balcony");
// send it
connection.sendIqWithResponseCallback(req, new PacketListener() {
public void processPacket(Packet packet) {
HttpOverXmppResp resp = (HttpOverXmppResp) iq;
// check HTTP response code
if (resp.getStatusCode() == 200) {
// get content of the response
NamedElement child = resp.getData().getChild();
// check which type of content of the response arrived
if (child instanceof AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Xml) {
// print the message and anxiously read if from console ;)
System.out.println(((AbstractHttpOverXmpp.Xml) child).getText());
} else {
// process other AbstractHttpOverXmpp.DataChild subtypes
}
}
}
});
```