How to use smack with Openfire

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Hi I am planning to develop a chat client which can connect to gtalk facebook etc...I have decided to use the smack API along with openfire..

But I need little guidance as to how to use it with openfire server..

And does the openfire provide a basic UI like log in box chat window etc...

I need to know how to plug or use smack with openfire

Thanks:)

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Harry Joy · Answer 1 · 2011-05-11T09:48:32.190

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Configure openfire then refer to documentation provided by Smack. It has easy to understand examples. FYI openfire works fine with gtalk but with facebook it is very slow.

Sample code:-

ConnectionConfiguration config = new ConnectionConfiguration(host, 5222);
XMPPConnection connection = new XMPPConnection(config);
connection.connect();
connection.login(user_name, password);

Here host is the ip/domain name where openfire is configured.

edited May 11 '11 at 09:48

answered May 11 '11 at 09:43

Harry Joy

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@Harry-I have gone through the documentation but I dint see anywhere as to how to use smack with openfire...I have the openfire configured... – newbie May 11 '11 at 09:45
@Kuber: to just simply use opefire with smack. No extra jar file is needed. But to work with gtalk/facebook you will requires plugins in openfire. – Harry Joy May 11 '11 at 09:56
So where so I code for it??In eclipse..should I configure openfire in eclipse?? – newbie May 11 '11 at 09:58
@Kuber: no need to configure openfire in eclipse. Download SMACK jars. Then just create a java file copy/paste above code. replace username/host/password. Run the file. – Harry Joy May 11 '11 at 10:03
So how does the openfire understand ??I mean I don see any set up or configuration..So how does the openfire know?? – newbie May 11 '11 at 10:07
@kuber: We are providing ip and port on which openfire is running. – Harry Joy May 11 '11 at 10:08
hi any tell me wat is the host here – kannappan Jun 22 '11 at 06:18
@Kannappan: host is the ip or domain name of the machine where openfire is running. – Harry Joy Jun 22 '11 at 06:19

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '12 at 08:48

This is a sample, which will help set the status message on gtalk.

import org.jivesoftware.smack.ConnectionConfiguration;
import org.jivesoftware.smack.XMPPConnection;
import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Presence;

public class SmackToGtalk {
public static void main(String[] args) 
{
    ConnectionConfiguration config = new ConnectionConfiguration(
            "talk.google.com", 5222, "google.com");
    XMPPConnection connection = new XMPPConnection(config);
    Presence presence;
    String status;

    try {
        connection.connect();
        connection.login("mail_id@gmail.com", "password");
        status = "DND";

        presence = new Presence(Presence.Type.available, status, 24,
                Presence.Mode.available);
        while (true) {
            status = set(status);
            presence.setStatus(status);
            connection.sendPacket(presence);
            Thread.sleep(1000);
        }

    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        connection.disconnect();
    }
}

private static String set(String input) {
    return input.substring(1) + input.charAt(0);
}
}

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 13 '11 at 14:07

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I have decided to use the smack API along with openfire.. But I need little guidance as to how to use it with openfire server..

What about Smack API Getting Started?

And does the openfire provide a basic UI like log in box chat window etc...

OpenFire is just the Server. To actually chat, you'll need some Jabber/XMPP Client. You could use Spark for tests.

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answered May 11 '11 at 09:40

Tim Büthe

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@Tim-It does not tell how I am supposed t it with openfire...Like should I plug in the smack or is there a different step – newbie May 11 '11 at 09:43
Sure, you set up the server like described here: http://www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/documentation/install-guide.html. Thereafter you can connect with some client or the smack API. – Tim Büthe May 11 '11 at 09:46
@Tim I have set up the openfire...I am askin how do I connect it with the smack API?? – newbie May 11 '11 at 09:48
Do you have started? Post some source code along with the Exception you're getting... – Tim Büthe May 11 '11 at 09:51
@Tim...No what I meant was should I upload the jar files under plugins in openfire??? – newbie May 11 '11 at 09:54
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I think you haven't understood the whole thing. You need some server that understand the XMPP-Protocol. In youe case that is OpenFire, GTalk or something else. When a client connects, it sends XMPP messages as described in the protocol, see Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol. So far so good, to implement a client, you could use the smack API. With this API you use Java to construct and send the XMPP messages mentioned above. So in a nutshell: The Smack API is no OpenFire Plugin and not needed on the server. You just use it to build a client. – Tim Büthe May 11 '11 at 10:19

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 19 '12 at 21:07

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In JSP / Java, import the smack.jar

<%@ page import="org.jivesoftware.smack.*;" %>

Place smack.jar in

tomcat/lib

or yourwebapp/WEB-INF/lib

edited Oct 19 '12 at 21:07

Alexis Pigeon

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