Net::Jabber::Message - Jabber Message Module Net::Jabber::Message is a companion to the Net::Jabber module. It provides the user a simple interface to set and retrieve all parts of a Jabber Message. To initialize the Message with a Jabber <message/> you must pass it the XML::Stream hash. For example: my $message = new Net::Jabber::Message(%hash); There has been a change from the old way of handling the callbacks. You no longer have to do the above yourself, a Net::Jabber::Message object is passed to the callback function for the message. Also, the first argument to the callback functions is the session ID from XML::Streams. There are some cases where you might want this information, like if you created a Client that connects to two servers at once, or for writing a mini server. use Net::Jabber qw(Client); sub message { my ($sid,$Mess) = @_; . . . } You now have access to all of the retrieval functions available. To create a new message to send to the server: use Net::Jabber qw(Client); $Mess = new Net::Jabber::Message(); Now you can call the creation functions below to populate the tag before sending it. For more information about the array format being passed to the CallBack please read the Net::Jabber::Client documentation.

Retrieval functions
GetTo() - returns the value in the to='' attribute for the GetTo("jid") <message/>. If you specify "jid" as an argument then a Net::Jabber::JID object is returned and you can easily parse the parts of the JID. $to = $Mess->GetTo(); $toJID = $Mess->GetTo("jid"); GetFrom() - returns the value in the from='' attribute for the GetFrom("jid") <message/>. If you specify "jid" as an argument then a Net::Jabber::JID object is returned and you can easily parse the parts of the JID. $from = $Mess->GetFrom(); $fromJID = $Mess->GetFrom("jid"); GetType() - returns the type='' attribute of the <message/>. Each message is one of four types: normal regular message (default if type is blank) chat one on one chat groupchat multi-person chat headline headline error error message $type = $Mess->GetType(); GetSubject() - returns the data in the <subject/> tag. $subject = $Mess->GetSubject(); GetBody() - returns the data in the <body/> tag. $body = $Mess->GetBody(); GetThread() - returns the data in the <thread/> tag. $thread = $Mess->GetThread(); GetError() - returns a string with the data of the <error/> tag. $error = $Mess->GetError(); GetErrorCode() - returns a string with the code='' attribute of the <error/> tag. $errCode = $Mess->GetErrorCode(); GetTimeStamp() - returns a string that represents the time this message object was created (and probably received) for sending to the client. If there is a jabber:x:delay tag then that time is used to show when the message was sent. $date = $Mess->GetTimeStamp();

Creation functions
SetMessage(to=>string|JID, - set multiple fields in the <message/> from=>string|JID, at one time. This is a cumulative type=>string, and over writing action. If you set subject=>string, the "to" attribute twice, the second body=>string, setting is what is used. If you set thread=>string, the subject, and then set the body errorcode=>string, then both will be in the <message/> error=>string) tag. For valid settings read the specific Set functions below. $Mess->SetMessage(TO=>"bob\@jabber.org", Subject=>"Lunch", BoDy=>"Let's do lunch!"); $Mess->SetMessage(to=>"bob\@jabber.org", from=>"jabber.org", errorcode=>404, error=>"Not found"); SetTo(string) - sets the to='' attribute. You can either pass SetTo(JID) a string or a JID object. They must be valid Jabber Identifiers or the server will return an error message. (ie. bob@jabber.org/Work) $Mess->SetTo("test\@jabber.org"); SetFrom(string) - sets the from='' attribute. You can either pass SetFrom(JID) a string or a JID object. They must be valid Jabber Identifiers or the server will return an error message. (ie. jabber:bob@jabber.org/Work) This field is not required if you are writing a Client since the server will put the JID of your connection in there to prevent spamming. $Mess->SetFrom("me\@jabber.org"); SetType(string) - sets the type attribute. Valid settings are: normal regular message (default if blank) chat one one one chat style message groupchat multi-person chatroom message headline news headline, stock ticker, etc... error error message $Mess->SetType("groupchat"); SetSubject(string) - sets the subject of the <message/>. $Mess->SetSubject("This is a test"); SetBody(string) - sets the body of the <message/>. $Mess->SetBody("To be or not to be..."); SetThread(string) - sets the thread of the <message/>. You should copy this out of the message being replied to so that the thread is maintained. $Mess->SetThread("AE912B3"); SetErrorCode(string) - sets the error code of the <message/>. $Mess->SetErrorCode(403); SetError(string) - sets the error string of the <message/>. $Mess->SetError("Permission Denied"); Reply(hash, - creates a new Message object and template=>string, populates the to/from based on replytransport=>string) the value of template, and the subject by putting "re: " in front if the type is normal. The following templates are available: normal: (default) just sets the to/from transport-filter: the transport will send the reply to the address from the to. ie( bob%j.org@transport.j.org would send to bob@j.org) transport-filter-reply: the transport will send the reply to the address from the to. ie( bob%j.org@transport.j.org would send to bob@j.org) and set the from to be sender@replytransport. That way a two way filter can occur. If you specify a hash the same as with SetMessage then those values will override the Reply values. $Reply = $Mess->Reply(); $Reply = $Mess->Reply(type=>"chat"); $Reply = $Mess->Reply(template=>...);

Test functions
DefinedTo() - returns 1 if the to attribute is defined in the <message/>, 0 otherwise. $test = $Mess->DefinedTo(); DefinedFrom() - returns 1 if the from attribute is defined in the <message/>, 0 otherwise. $test = $Mess->DefinedFrom(); DefinedType() - returns 1 if the type attribute is defined in the <message/>, 0 otherwise. $test = $Mess->DefinedType(); DefinedSubject() - returns 1 if <subject/> is defined in the <message/>, 0 otherwise. $test = $Mess->DefinedSubject(); DefinedBody() - returns 1 if <body/> is defined in the <message/>, 0 otherwise. $test = $Mess->DefinedBody(); DefinedThread() - returns 1 if <thread/> is defined in the <message/>, 0 otherwise. $test = $Mess->DefinedThread(); DefinedErrorCode() - returns 1 if <error/> is defined in the <message/>, 0 otherwise. $test = $Mess->DefinedErrorCode(); DefinedError() - returns 1 if the code attribute is defined in the <error/>, 0 otherwise. $test = $Mess->DefinedError(); By Ryan Eatmon in May of 2001 for http://jabber.org This module is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.