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Building an IM Bot with the Smack API. Avoid setting Roster Permissions

November 23rd, 2008 No Comments

So I built what is an instant messaging bot using the Smack API and the Openfire XMPP server. Doing it is pretty simple of you read the documentation and Smack’s developer notes. The bot relies on a queue-like object that Smack gives you called a PacketCollector. All you need to do is log in to [...]

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Smack API: Destorying persistent Multi-User Chat Rooms

November 16th, 2008 No Comments

Another one that is not documented.
Suppose you have a persistent Multi-User Chat Room (MUC) and room is empty. Apparently to destroy the room, the owner needs to join it, and then call the destroy() method on that room.
See, short and sweet.

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Smack API: No clean way to discover if a multi-user chat room exists

November 16th, 2008 1 Comment

Here’s another one to follow the previous two posts about Smack API and Multi-User Chat issues.
Suppose you want to create a persistent room. Suppose you are not sure if that room already exists. In Smack, and I am not familiar of any other APIs, there is no non-exception-throwing way of doing this.
Fundamentally, a room [...]

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