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 [...]
Building an IM Bot with the Smack API. Avoid setting Roster Permissions
November 23rd, 2008 No Comments
Tags: Java · JSJaC · Openfire · PacketCollector · PacketFilter · Roster · Smack · XMPP
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.
Tags: destroy · MUC · Multi-User Chat · Smack
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 [...]
Tags: existence · MUC · Multi-User Chat · Smack · XMPP · XMPPException