So does that mean, a XMPP client implementation MUST add a presence subscriber to its roster, if it wants to keep track of its "watchers"?
-- Bala -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Cridland Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:39 PM To: XMPP Standards; Kevin Smith Subject: Re: [Standards] Subscribers List On Thu Oct 27 21:35:09 2011, Bala Pitchandi wrote: > I think you misunderstood my question. A client is not required to add > every user who is a presence subscriber to its roster. For example, I > might have authorized Romeo to see my presence but not add him to my > roster. But later on, I would like to know who all have authorizations > to see my presence. Is there a way to do that in XMPP? I don't believe > there is. > > I think you've misunderstood what the roster is - it's not a simple addressbook, the roster is the authority for who is subscribed to your presence, and who you're subscribed to. So removing someone from the roster actually removes their subscription, and accepting a subscription will place them into the roster if needs be. Dave. -- Dave Cridland - mailto:[email protected] - xmpp:[email protected] - acap://acap.dave.cridland.net/byowner/user/dwd/bookmarks/ - http://dave.cridland.net/ Infotrope Polymer - ACAP, IMAP, ESMTP, and Lemonade
