Hi Mark, Message is not really appropriate for what you want to use it for, IQ is the place you should be putting your extensions, in messages you can only add x elements into the message and you certainly shouldnt be defining new message types.
Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Derricutt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:26 AM Subject: [JDEV] Custom messages/extensions > Hiya, I'm currently working on a project that we're wanting to use Jabber > as our messaging layer between client and server applications. > > I envisage sending 4-5 special "messages" with our applicatoins data back > and forth, but I'm not sure exactlty -where- I should be putting my payload > (in order to be a nice Jabber citizen). > > At the moment I'm plaing with just sending normal messages, which my > payload next after the body, in its own namespace, something like: > > <message.......> > <body>This is a message</body> > <specialk xmlns="super:goodness"> > <more data="here"/> > </specialk> > </message> > > Is this ok? Or should be doing this inside an <iq/> element or something? > > Are there any JEPs/HOW-TOs or docs on what should and shouldn't be done, > when extending stuff? My manager wanted wanted to do something with > <message type="ourspecialmessagetype"></message>, but I wasn't too sure > about that either... > > Mark > > -- \m/ -- > "...if I seem super human I have been misunderstood." (c) Dream Theater > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ: 1934853 JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
