More info on XIFF and j2sgtalk

Xiff+Flash to Gtalk
- Still none existed (none found even in their developers forum)
- they always persistence in their own MUC client - http://xiffian.sourceforge.net/test/
- There are some cross-domain issues that didn't allow flash clients to connect to other jabber server
- Flash-based apps has advantage both in easy-deployment, as well as rich graphical, vector-based content, proven when the Gtalkr guys are being hired by google. But I didn't found any statement that google will have them use XIFF (Correct me if I'm wrong). There's a possibility that they'll use internal google own library (will continue researching on this)


Why need Tomcat to run js2gtalk?
- It uses Java Backends (Smack) to connect to GTalk server. Only Tomcat can execute those Java codes.
- Tomcat uses the Jasper converter to turn JSPs into servlets for execution.
- "It's wise to keep Java code out of your JSPs as much as possible, and put it in either Java taglibs, or in Java beans of EJBs. Your servlet should act primarily as a "traffic copy", receiving requests from the user and directing those requests to the appropriate methods defined in Java beans or EJBs, and then forwarding the response to the appropriate JSP to render the proper view. This design pattern is called "Model-View-Controller" and was made famous in the book "Design Patterns". I strongly recommend this book to anyone serious about moving beyond "hacking code" and doing serious program architecture and design." - http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=531586&messageID=2561649

- Possibility: Chat app need open socket connection for message transfer to work. For non-web-based app (JAVA+Smack), the OS handles this. but for web-based app (AJAX), the server is the one responsible for this. In our case, Tomcat uses servlets that has been "deployed" as part of it engine, to open connection to gtalk server. This relates to how Punjab works, by "deploying" itself using the python engine.


Next, I'll be focusing my reseach on xmpp4moz and creating Firefox add-ons.

Comments are appreciated :D