[news.eclipse.technology.ecomm] Re: questions on the proposal

[Mariano Kamp <mariano.kampREMOVE@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > FWIW, I am currently a fan of XMPP (the IETF standard version of 
> > Jabber). It appears to really be gaining a following.  There are a few 
> > Java bindings out there.  I've been using Smack (jivesoftware.org) for 
> > a bit and find it simple and powerful.  In the end however, open and 
> > replaceable seem like the key attributes as no matter what you pick 
> > someone will need/want something else. :-)
>
> Yes, indeed.  That's definitely the point...to support all relevant 
> protocols.
>
> I downloaded smack and will give a go at using as a group messaging 
> transport.  Should be easy to do, based upon cursory examination.
I've made good experiences with smack (http://pepemax.jabberstudio.org, 
dead though) too and during the process of selecting a XMPP-API I got 
the impression that it is the only Java XMPP-API that is actively 
maintained.
It's very simple to use and the code is also very easy to understand.

The only major(?) drawback that I've found so far is, that it is very 
hard to test your code without having a server running and especially on 
Windows it seems to be a little burden to get one going. Btw. On Debian 
it's "apt-get install jabber" and you're ready to go.

Cheers,
Mariano