NAME
    Net::XMPP2 - An implementation of the XMPP Protocol

VERSION
    Version 0.01

SYNOPSIS
       use Net::XMPP2::Connection;

    or:

       use Net::XMPP2::IM::Connection;

DESCRIPTION
    This is the head module of the Net::XMPP2 XMPP client protocol (as
    described in RFC 3920 and RFC 3921) framework.

    Net::XMPP2::Connection is a RFC 3920 conformant "XML" stream
    implementation for clients, which handles tcp connect up to the resource
    binding. And provides low-level access to the XML nodes on the XML
    stream along with some high level methods to send the predefined XML
    stanzas.

    Net::XMPP2::IM::Connection is a more highlevel module, which is derived
    from Net::XMPP2::Connection. It handles all the instant messaging client
    functionality described in RFC 3921.

    For a list of "Supportet extensions" see below.

    There are also other modules in this distribution, for example:
    Net::XMPP2::Util, Net::XMPP2::Writer, Net::XMPP2::Parser and those i
    forgot :-) Those modules might be helpful and/or required if you want to
    use this framework for XMPP.

    See also Net::XMPP2::Writer for a discussion about the brokeness of XML
    in the XMPP specification.

Why (yet) another XMPP module?
    The main outstanding feature of this module in comparsion to the other
    XMPP (aka Jabber) modules out there is the support for AnyEvent.
    AnyEvent permits you to use this module together with other I/O event
    based programs and libraries (ie. Gtk2 or Event).

    The other modules could often only be integrated in those applications
    or librarys by using threads. I decided to write this module because i
    think CPAN lacks an event based XMPP module. Threads are unfortunately
    not an alternative in Perl at the moment due the limited threading
    functionality they provide and the global speed hit. I also think that a
    simple event based I/O framework might be a bit easier to handle than
    threads.

    Another thing was that I didn't like the APIs of the other modules. In
    Net::XMPP2 I try to provide low level modules for speaking XMPP as
    defined in RFC 3920 and RFC 3921 (see also Net::XMPP2::Connection and
    Net::XMPP2::IM::Connection). But I also try to provide a high level API
    for easier usage for instant messaging tasks and clients.

A note about TLS
    This module also supports TLS, as the specification of XMPP requires an
    implementation to support TLS.

    There are maybe still some bugs in the handling of TLS in
    Net::XMPP2::Connection. So keep an eye on TLS with this module. If you
    encounter any problems it would be very helpful if you could debug them
    or at least send me a detailed report on how to reproduce the problem.

    (As I use this module myself I don't expect TLS to be completly broken,
    but it might break under different circumstances than I have here. Those
    circumstances might be a different load of data pumped through the TLS
    connection.)

    I mainly expect problems where aviable data isn't properly read from the
    socket or written to it. You might want to take a look at the
    "debug_send" and "debug_recv" events in Net::XMPP2::Connection.

Supportet extensions
    This is the list of supported XMPP extensions:

    XEP-0086 - Error Condition Mappings
           "A mapping to enable legacy entities to correctly handle errors from XMPP-aware entities."

        This extension will enable sending of the old error codes when
        generating a stanza error with for example:
        Net::XMPP2::Writer::write_error_tag

    XEP-0077 - In-Band Registration
        This extension lets you register new accounts "in-band". To use this
        look at the description of the "register" option to the "new" method
        of Net::XMPP2::Connection.

AUTHOR
    Robin Redeker, "<elmex at ta-sa.org>"

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-net-xmpp2 at
    rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-XMPP2>. I will be
    notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your
    bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc Net::XMPP2

    You can also look for information at:

    * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
        <http://annocpan.org/dist/Net-XMPP2>

    * CPAN Ratings
        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Net-XMPP2>

    * RT: CPAN's request tracker
        <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Net-XMPP2>

    * Search CPAN
        <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-XMPP2>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
    Copyright 2007 Robin Redeker, all rights reserved.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.