Net::Jabber::Component - Jabber Component Library Net::Jabber::Component is a module that provides a developer easy access to developing server components in the Jabber Instant Messaging protocol. 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, set personal information, create a new user account, manage the roster, 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.

Basic Functions
use Net::Jabber qw(Component); $Con = new Net::Jabber::Component(); $Con->Connect(hostname=>"jabber.org", secret=>"foo"); or $Con->Connect(connectiontype=>"exec"); if ($Con->Connected()) { print "We are connected to the server...\n"; } # # For the list of available function see Net::Jabber::Protocol. # $Con->Disconnect();

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. Connect(hostname=>string, - opens a connection to the server port=>integer, based on the value of connectiontype. secret=>string, The two valid setings are: componentname=>string, accept - TCP/IP remote connection connectiontype=>string) (default) exec - STDIN/OUT local connection 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 5222. The secret is the password needed to attach the hostname, and the componentname is the name that server and clients will know the component by (both used for security purposes). If exec then the module reads from STDIN and writes to STDOUT. The server will start the script at run time and will restart the script if it exits or dies. No secret is needed since this configuration is specified by the server admin and so it is assumed that they trust your script. Disconnect() - closes the connection to the server. Connected() - returns 1 if the Component is connected to the server, and 0 if not. By Ryan Eatmon in May of 2000 for http://jabber.org. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.