Java2Script Google Talk: Deploying-Customizing

Here are my findings for today:

get J2S from eclipse update manager
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- used http://j2s.sourceforge.net/update
- tried using mirror from Ishikawa Japan, gave out wrong version
- retry, got latest version from The default site [j2s 1.0.0v5.2.0]. Easiest & u'll get the latest version.


connecting to gtalk using j2s
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- need a servlet container
- apache tomcat engine (http://tomcat.apache.org/index.html)

- Tomcat Engine ver x.x?
- Apache Tomcat caters jsp spec from various version (http://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html)


- Tomcat connector?
- it's mod_jk!


- mod_jk?
- mod_jk is a replacement to the elderly mod_jserv. It is a completely new Tomcat-Apache plug-in that handles the communication between Tomcat and Apache. (http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-3.2-doc/mod_jk-howto.html)


- installing apache tomcat
- in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0











- no need to run wamp and tomcat at the same time?
- successfully ran tomcat without wamp (put offline + stop all service)

- configuring apache, tomcat @ http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-3.2-doc/mod_jk-howto.html
1) remove mod_jserv if exist, including tomcat-apache.conf or tomcat.conf in httpd.conf
2) ..halt!

- Running J2S gtalk client on localhost succeeded!









- known bug:
- u'll stay online on you buddy's roster's after you logout
- but after 2 minutes, u'll be offline in the chat window, still online on their roster















- recompiling j2sgtalk demo:
- It uses SMACK!
- possible comm. path : Java+Smack+J2S -> Javascript -> Tomcat -> Gtalk -> Conf. Bot
- recompile success, but nothing appear after deploy and launch, the original web.xml are much more complex than what i did.

- running j2sgtalk on plain server
- unsuccessful

- simply copy/paste j2sgtalk folder into Tomcat root dir
- eventhough it shows as a tomcat app in the tomcat manager page, it still wont work.
- possible cause: the web.xml points to classes & libs that need to be loaded inside tomcat, as part of its module


- ajaxrpc?
- is part of junit.framework.TestCase - http://jsourcery.com/api/apache/webservices/axis/1.4/test/jaxrpc/AJAXRPC.html
- IMO: is a testing/debugging library for ajax


- xiff+gtalk?
- as of today...no one has ever done it.
- limitations and possible workarounds - http://www.igniterealtime.org/forum/message.jspa?messageID=103593



- What's up next?
- xmpp4moz - XMPP for Mozilla - http://dev.hyperstruct.net/xmpp4moz
- XMPP Library for firefox - http://www.bolinfest.com/changeblog/2007/03/31/request-for-help-xmpp-library-for-firefox/
- Websites about Firefox Programming - http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Web_Browser_Extensions#Websites_about_Firefox_Programming
- XMPP library for JAVA - http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/smack/