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Revision: 1.26
Committed: Wed Jul 25 13:53:33 2007 UTC (19 years, 2 months ago) by elmex
Branch: MAIN
Changes since 1.25: +16 -0 lines
Log Message:
implemented OOB and fixed bugs in Disco and further developed in band registration.

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1 elmex 1.1 package Net::XMPP2;
2     use warnings;
3     use strict;
4    
5     =head1 NAME
6    
7     Net::XMPP2 - An implementation of the XMPP Protocol
8    
9     =head1 VERSION
10    
11 elmex 1.24 Version 0.03
12 elmex 1.1
13     =cut
14    
15 elmex 1.24 our $VERSION = '0.03';
16 elmex 1.1
17     =head1 SYNOPSIS
18    
19 elmex 1.2 use Net::XMPP2::Connection;
20 elmex 1.1
21 elmex 1.2 or:
22 elmex 1.1
23 elmex 1.2 use Net::XMPP2::IM::Connection;
24 elmex 1.1
25 elmex 1.11 or:
26    
27     use Net::XMPP2::Client;
28    
29 elmex 1.2 =head1 DESCRIPTION
30    
31     This is the head module of the L<Net::XMPP2> XMPP client protocol (as described in
32 elmex 1.4 RFC 3920 and RFC 3921) framework.
33 elmex 1.2
34 elmex 1.4 L<Net::XMPP2::Connection> is a RFC 3920 conformant "XML" stream implementation
35 elmex 1.18 for clients, which handles TCP connect up to the resource binding. And provides
36     low level access to the XML nodes on the XML stream along with some high
37 elmex 1.5 level methods to send the predefined XML stanzas.
38 elmex 1.2
39 elmex 1.18 L<Net::XMPP2::IM::Connection> is a more high level module, which is derived
40 elmex 1.4 from L<Net::XMPP2::Connection>. It handles all the instant messaging client
41 elmex 1.5 functionality described in RFC 3921.
42    
43 elmex 1.11 L<Net::XMPP2::Client> is a multi account client class. It manages connections
44 elmex 1.18 to multiple XMPP accounts and tries to offer a nice high level interface
45 elmex 1.11 to XMPP communication.
46    
47 elmex 1.17 For a list of L</Supported extensions> see below.
48 elmex 1.2
49     There are also other modules in this distribution, for example:
50 elmex 1.11 L<Net::XMPP2::Util>, L<Net::XMPP2::Writer>, L<Net::XMPP2::Parser> and those I
51 elmex 1.2 forgot :-) Those modules might be helpful and/or required if you want to use
52     this framework for XMPP.
53    
54     See also L<Net::XMPP2::Writer> for a discussion about the brokeness of XML in the XMPP
55     specification.
56    
57 elmex 1.15 If you have any questions or seek for help look below under L</SUPPORT>.
58    
59 elmex 1.12 =head1 REQUIREMENTS
60    
61     One of the major drawbacks I see for Net::XMPP2 is the long list of required
62     modules to make it work.
63    
64     =over 4
65    
66 elmex 1.15 =item L<AnyEvent>
67 elmex 1.12
68     For the I/O events and timers.
69    
70 elmex 1.15 =item L<XML::Writer>
71 elmex 1.12
72     For writing "XML".
73    
74 elmex 1.15 =item L<XML::Parser::Expat>
75 elmex 1.12
76     For parsing partial "XML" stuff.
77    
78 elmex 1.15 =item L<MIME::Base64>
79 elmex 1.12
80     For SASL authentication
81    
82 elmex 1.15 =item L<Authen::SASL>
83 elmex 1.12
84     For SASL authentication
85    
86 elmex 1.15 =item L<Net::LibIDN>
87 elmex 1.12
88     For stringprep profiles to handle JIDs.
89    
90 elmex 1.15 =item L<Net::SSLeay>
91 elmex 1.12
92     For SSL connections.
93    
94 elmex 1.15 =item L<Net::DNS>
95 elmex 1.12
96     For SRV RR lookups.
97    
98 elmex 1.22 =item L<Digest::SHA1>
99    
100     For component authentication.
101    
102 elmex 1.12 =back
103    
104 elmex 1.18 And yes, all these are essential for XMPP communication. Even though 'instant
105 elmex 1.12 messaging' and 'presence' is a quite simple problem XMPP somehow was successful
106 elmex 1.18 at making the task complicated enough to keep me busy for a long time. But all
107     of that time wasn't only for the technology required to get it started, mostly
108     it was for all the quirks, hacks and badly applied "XML" in the protocol which
109 elmex 1.12 complicated the matter.
110    
111 elmex 1.11 =head1 RELEASE NOTES
112    
113     Here are some notes to the releases (release of this version is at top):
114    
115     =head2 Version
116    
117     =over 4
118    
119 elmex 1.26 =item * 0.04
120    
121     After realizing that in band registration in L<Net::XMPP2::Ext> was already
122     in in version 0.03 I had to implement it quick.
123    
124     While implementing in band registration I implemented XEP-0066: Out of Band Data.
125     You can now receive and send URLs from and to others. See also L<Net::XMPP2::Ext::OOB>.
126    
127     I also fixed some bugs in L<Net::XMPP2::Ext::Disco>.
128    
129 elmex 1.23 =item * 0.03
130    
131     This release adds new events for attaching information to "XML" stanzas that
132     are in transmission to the server. See also the events C<send_*_hook> in
133     L<Net::XMPP2::Connection>.
134    
135     The event callbacks als don't have to return a true value anymore. What the
136     return values do depends on the event now.
137    
138     The highlight of this release is the implementation of XEP-0114, the Jabber
139     Component Protocol.
140    
141 elmex 1.24 It's possible to get a DOM tree from a L<Net::XMPP2::Node> now and also to
142     receive the original parsed "XML" from it, which should enable full access to
143     the "XML" data that was received. This also allows easy integration with other
144     XML Perl modules.
145    
146 elmex 1.23 You can also set the initial priority of the presence in
147     L<Net::XMPP2::IM::Connection> now.
148    
149     Please consult the Changes file for greater detail about bugfixes and new
150     features.
151    
152 elmex 1.20 =item * 0.02
153    
154 elmex 1.21 This release adds lots of small improvements to the API (mostly new events),
155 elmex 1.20 and also some bugfixes here and there. The release also comes with some
156     new examples, you might want to take a look at the L</EXAMPLES> section.
157    
158     As a highlight I also present the implementation of XEP-0004 (Data Forms), see also
159     L<Net::XMPP2::Ext> for a description.
160    
161     I also added some convenience functions to L<Net::XMPP2::Util>, for example
162     C<simxml> which simplifies the generation of XMPP-like "XML".
163    
164 elmex 1.15 =item * 0.01
165 elmex 1.11
166     This release has beta status. The code is already used daily in my client
167     and I keep looking out for bugs. If you find undocumented, missing or faulty
168 elmex 1.15 code/methods please drop me a mail! See also L</BUGS> below.
169 elmex 1.11
170 elmex 1.14 Potential edges when using this module: sparely documented methods, missing
171 elmex 1.18 functionality and generally bugs bugs and bugs. Even though this module is in
172 elmex 1.11 daily usage there are still lots of cases I might have missed.
173    
174     For the next release I'm planning to provide more examples in the documentation
175 elmex 1.14 and/or samples/ directory, along with bugfixes and enhancements along with some
176 elmex 1.11 todo items killed from the TODO file.
177    
178     =back
179    
180     =head2 TODO
181    
182     There are still lots of items on the TODO list (see also the TODO file
183 elmex 1.14 in the distribution of Net::XMPP2).
184 elmex 1.11
185 elmex 1.2 =head1 Why (yet) another XMPP module?
186    
187 elmex 1.17 The main outstanding feature of this module in comparison to the other XMPP
188 elmex 1.2 (aka Jabber) modules out there is the support for L<AnyEvent>. L<AnyEvent>
189     permits you to use this module together with other I/O event based programs and
190     libraries (ie. L<Gtk2> or L<Event>).
191    
192 elmex 1.18 The other modules could often only be integrated in those applications or
193     libraries by using threads. I decided to write this module because I think CPAN
194     lacks an event based XMPP module. Threads are unfortunately not an alternative
195     in Perl at the moment due the limited threading functionality they provide and
196     the global speed hit. I also think that a simple event based I/O framework
197     might be a bit easier to handle than threads.
198 elmex 1.2
199     Another thing was that I didn't like the APIs of the other modules. In L<Net::XMPP2>
200 elmex 1.9 I try to provide low level modules for speaking XMPP as defined in RFC 3920 and RFC 3921
201     (see also L<Net::XMPP2::Connection> and L<Net::XMPP2::IM::Connection>). But I also
202 elmex 1.11 try to provide a high level API for easier usage for instant messaging tasks
203 elmex 1.15 and clients (eg. L<Net::XMPP2::Client>).
204 elmex 1.2
205     =head1 A note about TLS
206    
207     This module also supports TLS, as the specification of XMPP requires an
208 elmex 1.7 implementation to support TLS.
209 elmex 1.2
210 elmex 1.18 Maybe there are still some bugs in the handling of TLS in L<Net::XMPP2::Connection>.
211 elmex 1.7 So keep an eye on TLS with this module. If you encounter any problems it would be
212     very helpful if you could debug them or at least send me a detailed report on how
213     to reproduce the problem.
214    
215     (As I use this module myself I don't expect TLS to be completly broken, but it
216     might break under different circumstances than I have here. Those
217     circumstances might be a different load of data pumped through the TLS
218     connection.)
219 elmex 1.1
220 elmex 1.18 I mainly expect problems where available data isn't properly read from the socket
221 elmex 1.2 or written to it. You might want to take a look at the C<debug_send> and C<debug_recv>
222     events in L<Net::XMPP2::Connection>.
223 elmex 1.1
224 elmex 1.17 =head1 Supported extensions
225 elmex 1.3
226 elmex 1.10 See L<Net::XMPP2::Ext> for a list.
227 elmex 1.3
228 elmex 1.16 =head1 EXAMPLES
229    
230 elmex 1.19 Following examples are included in this distribution:
231    
232     =over 4
233    
234     =item B<samples/simple_example_1>
235    
236     This example script just connects to a server and sends a message and
237     also displays incoming messages on stdout.
238    
239     =item B<samples/devcl/devcl>
240    
241     This is a more advanced 'example'. It requires you to have L<Gtk2>
242     installed. It's mostly used by the author to implement proof-of-concepts.
243     Currently you start the client like this:
244    
245     ../Net-XMPP2/samples/devcl/# perl ./devcl <jid> <password>
246    
247     The client's main window displays a protocol dump and there is currently
248     a service discovery browser implemented.
249    
250     This might be a valuable source if you look for more real-world
251     applications of L<Net::XMPP2>.
252    
253     =item B<samples/conference_lister>
254    
255     See below.
256    
257     =item B<samples/room_lister>
258    
259     See below.
260    
261     =item B<samples/room_lister_stat>
262    
263     These three scripts implements a global room scan. C<conference_lister> takes
264     a list of servers (the file is called C<servers.xml> which has the same format as
265     the xml file at L<http://www.jabber.org/servers.xml>). It then scans all
266     servers for chat room services and lists them into a file C<conferences.stor>,
267     which is a L<Storable> dump.
268    
269     C<room_lister> then reads that file and queries all services for rooms, and then
270     all rooms for their occupants. The output file is C<room_data.stor>, also a L<Storable>
271     dump, which in turn can be read with C<room_lister_stat>, which transform
272     the data structures into something human readable.
273    
274     These scripts are a bit hacky and quite complicated, but maybe it's of any
275     value for someone. You might note L<samples/EVQ.pm> which is a module that
276     handles request-throttling (You don't want to flood the server and risk
277     getting the admins attention :).
278    
279 elmex 1.22 =item B<samples/simple_component>
280    
281     This is a (basic) skeleton for a jabber component.
282    
283 elmex 1.26 =item B<samples/simple_oob_retriever>
284    
285     This is a simple out of band file transfer receiver bot. It uses C<curl> to
286     fetch the files and also has the sample functionality of sending a file url for
287     someone who sends the bot a 'send <filename>' message.
288    
289 elmex 1.19 =back
290    
291     For others, which the author might forgot or didn't want to
292     list here see the C<samples/> directory.
293    
294     More examples will be included in later releases, please feel free to ask the
295     L</AUTHOR> if you have any questions about the API. There is also an IRC
296     channel, see L</SUPPORT>.
297 elmex 1.16
298 elmex 1.1 =head1 AUTHOR
299    
300 elmex 1.11 Robin Redeker, C<< <elmex at ta-sa.org> >>, JID: C<< <elmex at jabber.org> >>
301 elmex 1.1
302     =head1 BUGS
303    
304 elmex 1.12 Please note that I'm currently (July 2007) the only developer on this project
305     and I'm very busy with my studies in Computer Science in Summer 2007. If you
306 elmex 1.18 want to ease my workload or want timely releases, please send me patches instead
307     of bug reports or feature requests. I won't forget the reports or requests if
308 elmex 1.25 you can't or didn't send patches, but I can't gurantee immediate response.
309     But I will of course try to fix/implement them as soon as possible!
310 elmex 1.12
311 elmex 1.18 Also try to be as precise as possible with bug reports, if you can't send a
312     patch, it would be best if you find out which code doesn't work and tell me
313     why.
314 elmex 1.12
315 elmex 1.1 Please report any bugs or feature requests to
316     C<bug-net-xmpp2 at rt.cpan.org>, or through the web interface at
317     L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-XMPP2>.
318 elmex 1.18 I will be notified and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
319 elmex 1.1 your bug as I make changes.
320    
321     =head1 SUPPORT
322    
323     You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
324    
325     perldoc Net::XMPP2
326    
327     You can also look for information at:
328    
329     =over 4
330    
331 elmex 1.15 =item * IRC: Net::XMPP2 IRC Channel
332    
333     IRC Network: http://freenode.net/
334     Server : chat.freenode.net
335     Channel : #net_xmpp2
336    
337 elmex 1.16 Feel free to join and ask questions!
338    
339 elmex 1.15 =item * Net::XMPP2 Project Site
340    
341     L<http://www.ta-sa.org/>
342    
343 elmex 1.1 =item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
344    
345     L<http://annocpan.org/dist/Net-XMPP2>
346    
347     =item * CPAN Ratings
348    
349     L<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Net-XMPP2>
350    
351     =item * RT: CPAN's request tracker
352    
353     L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Net-XMPP2>
354    
355     =item * Search CPAN
356    
357     L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-XMPP2>
358    
359     =back
360    
361     =head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
362    
363 elmex 1.18 Thanks to the XSF for the development of an open instant messaging protocol (even though it uses "XML").
364 elmex 1.13
365     And thanks to all people who had to listen to my desperate curses about the
366 elmex 1.18 brokenness/braindeadness of XMPP. Without you I would've never brought this
367 elmex 1.13 module to a usable state.
368 elmex 1.12
369 elmex 1.17 Thanks to:
370    
371     =over 4
372    
373 elmex 1.18 =item * Carlo von Loesch (aka lynX) L<http://www.psyced.org/>
374 elmex 1.17
375     For pointing out some typos.
376    
377     =back
378    
379 elmex 1.1 =head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
380    
381     Copyright 2007 Robin Redeker, all rights reserved.
382    
383     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
384     under the same terms as Perl itself.
385    
386     =cut
387    
388     1; # End of Net::XMPP2