Bernd Fondermann napsal(a):
2009/8/15 Martin Zruban <[email protected]>:
Hi,
I recently came across the Vysper project and I was thinking about
implementing a gateway for other IM protocols. To be precise, I thought
about implementing it as the XEP-0100 extension [1] and I considered
inspiring myself with Kraken IM plugin for Openfire [2] . Since I'm new to
Vysper, I'd like to ask:
Has anyone tried or considered implementing the gateway, if so, any tips?
Is it the right approach to try implementing it as a XEP?
I'd propose a different approach.
At first, we are talking about proxying non-XMPP client messages to a
XMPP server here.
This involves translating a third-party client behavior into 'proper'
XMPP. You have to re-write Vysper's "stanza frontend".
Handlers, which are the essence of our XEP architecture, instead deal
with XMPP stanzas only.
But there is another way to tackle this. Please look into
org.apache.vysper.stanzasession.StanzaSessionContext
It's another way besides the 'standard' MINA based session context
which is parsing the XMPP line protocol
Just like this class you can write your own SessionContext frontend
(or extend what's already there), generate stanzas from the protocol
you want to provide a gateway for and inject them into Vysper.
This is for starters. Do you find this helpful?
If you have more questions, please keep asking.
What's the protocol you want a gateway for?
Just a quick note at the end. Everything you contribute must be your
own code. Inspiration and reverse engineering is ok, of course,
verbatim copies of code are problematic.
Have fun,
Bernd
Not sure if we're on the same page here. You mentioned translating
non-XMPP client messages to XMPP server. What I meant was, translating
XMPP messages (from client) to a
non-XMPP server. E.g., jabberclient
---XMPP--->vysper.org---TOC2--->login.oscar.aol.com.
It should work as a service for people who have a jabber client and want
to communicate with non-XMPP servers (I want to implement ICQ support).
What you mentioned might work when the gateway module is communicating
with non-XMPP server.
Thanks,
Martin
