t.w.p.j.component : module documentation

External server-side components.

Most Jabber server implementations allow for add-on components that act as a seperate entity on the Jabber network, but use the server-to-server functionality of a regular Jabber IM server. These so-called 'external components' are connected to the Jabber server using the Jabber Component Protocol as defined in JEP-0114.

This module allows for writing external server-side component by assigning one or more services implementing ijabber.IService up to ServiceManager. The ServiceManager connects to the Jabber server and is responsible for the corresponding XML stream.

Function	componentFactory	XML stream factory for external server-side components.
Class	ComponentInitiatingInitializer	External server-side component authentication initializer for the initiating entity.
Class	ConnectComponentAuthenticator	Authenticator to permit an XmlStream to authenticate against a Jabber server as an external component (where the Authenticator is initiating the stream).
Class	ListenComponentAuthenticator	Placeholder for listening components.
Class	Service	External server-side component service.
Class	ServiceManager	Business logic representing a managed component connection to a Jabber router.
Function	buildServiceManager	Constructs a pre-built ServiceManager, using the specified strport string.