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NAME

       Net::Jabber::Component - Jabber Component Library

SYNOPSIS

         Net::Jabber::Component is a module that provides a developer easy
         access to developing server components in the Jabber Instant Messaging
         protocol.

DESCRIPTION

         Component.pm seeks to provide enough high level APIs and automation of
         the low level APIs that writing a Jabber Component in Perl is trivial.
         For those that wish to work with the low level you can do that too,
         but those functions are covered in the documentation for each module.

         Net::Jabber::Component provides functions to connect to a Jabber
         server, login, send and receive messages, operate as a server side
         component, and disconnect.  You can use all or none of the functions,
         there is no requirement.

         For more information on how the details for how Net::Jabber is written
         please see the help for Net::Jabber itself.

         For a full list of high level functions available please see
         Net::Jabber::Protocol and Net::XMPP::Protocol.

   Basic Functions
           use Net::Jabber;

           $Con = new Net::Jabber::Component();

           $Con->Execute(hostname=>"jabber.org",
                         componentname=>"service.jabber.org",
                         secret=>"XXXX"
                        );

           #
           # For the list of available functions see Net::XMPP::Protocol.
           #

           $Con->Disconnect();

METHODS

   Basic Functions
           new(debuglevel=>0|1|2, - creates the Component object.  debugfile
               debugfile=>string,   should be set to the path for the debug
               debugtime=>0|1)      log to be written.  If set to "stdout"
                                    then the debug will go there.  debuglevel
                                    controls the amount of debug.  For more
                                    information about the valid setting for
                                    debuglevel, debugfile, and debugtime see
                                    Net::Jabber::Debug.

           AuthSend(secret=>string) - Perform the handshake and authenticate
                                      with the server.

           Connect(hostname=>string,       - opens a connection to the server
                       port=>integer,            based on the value of
                       componentname=>string,    connectiontype.  The only valid
                       connectiontype=>string)   setting is:
                                                   accept - TCP/IP remote connection
                                             In the future this might be used
                                             again by offering new features.
                                             If accept then it connects to the
                                             server listed in the hostname
                                             value, on the port listed.  The
                                             defaults for the two are localhost
                                             and 5269.

                                             Note: A change from previous
                                             versions is that Component now
                                             shares its core with Client.  To
                                             that end, the secret should no
                                             longer be used.  Call AuthSend
                                             after connecting.  Better yet,
                                             use Execute.

           Connected() - returns 1 if the Component is connected to the server,
                         and 0 if not.

           Disconnect() - closes the connection to the server.

           Execute(hostname=>string,       - Generic inner loop to handle
                       port=>int,                connecting to the server, calling
                       secret=>string,           Process, and reconnecting if the
                       componentname=>string,    connection is lost.  There are four
                       connectiontype=>string,   callbacks available that are called
                   connectattempts=>int,     at various places in the loop.
                   connectsleep=>int)          onconnect - when the component
                                                           connects to the
                                                           server.
                                               onauth - when the component has
                                                        completed its handshake
                                                        with the server this
                                                        will be called.
                                               onprocess - this is the most
                                                           inner loop and so
                                                           gets called the most.
                                                           Be very very careful
                                                           what you put here
                                                           since it can
                                                           *DRASTICALLY* affect
                                                           performance.
                                               ondisconnect - when connection is
                                                              lost.
                                               onexit - when the function gives
                                                        up trying to connect and
                                                        exits.
                                             The arguments are passed straight
                                             on to the Connect function, except
                                             for connectattempts and
                                             connectsleep.  connectattempts is
                                             the number of time that the
                                             Component should try to connect
                                             before giving up.  -1 means try
                                             forever.  The default is -1.
                                             connectsleep is the number of
                                             seconds to sleep between each
                                             connection attempt.

           Process(integer) - takes the timeout period as an argument.  If no
                              timeout is listed then the function blocks until
                              a packet is received.  Otherwise it waits that
                              number of seconds and then exits so your program
                              can continue doing useful things.  NOTE: This is
                              important for GUIs.  You need to leave time to
                              process GUI commands even if you are waiting for
                              packets.  The following are the possible return
                              values, and what they mean:

                                  1   - Status ok, data received.
                                  0   - Status ok, no data received.
                                undef - Status not ok, stop processing.

                              IMPORTANT: You need to check the output of every
                              Process.  If you get an undef then the connection
                              died and you should behave accordingly.

AUTHOR

       Ryan Eatmon

COPYRIGHT

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