NAME

Net::Jabber::X::Delay - Jabber X Delay Delegate

SYNOPSIS

Net::Jabber::X::Delay is a companion to the Net::Jabber::X module.
It provides the user a simple interface to set and retrieve all 
parts of a Jabber X Delay.

DESCRIPTION

  To initialize the Delay with a Jabber <x/> you must pass it the 
  XML::Parser Tree array from the module trying to access the <x/>.  
  In the callback function:

    use Net::Jabber;

    sub iq {
      my $foo = new Net::Jabber::Foo(@_);

      my @xTags = $foo->GetX("jabber:x:delay");

      my $xTag;
      foreach $xTag (@xTags) {
	$xTag->....
	
      }
      .
      .
      .
    }

  You now have access to all of the retrieval functions available.

  To create a new Delay to send to the server:

    use Net::Jabber;

    $foo = new Net::Jabber::Foo();
    $xTag = $foo->NewX("jabber:x:delay");

  Now you can call the creation functions below.

  For more information about the array format being passed to the CallBack
  please read the Net::Jabber::Client documentation.

Retrieval functions

$from      = $xTag->GetFrom();
$stamp     = $xTag->GetStamp();
$message   = $xTag->GetMessage();

Creation functions

    $xTag->SetDelay(FRom=>"jabber:foo.bar.com",
	            message=>"Stored offline");

    $xTag->SetFrom("bob@jabber.org");
    $xTag->SetStamp();
    $xTag->SetStamp("20000124T10:54:00");
    $xTag->SetMessage("Stored Offline");

METHODS

Retrieval functions

GetFrom() - returns a string with the Jabber Identifier of the 
            person who added the delay.

GetStamp() - returns a string that represents the time stamp of
             the delay.

GetMessage() - returns a string with the message that describes
               the nature of the delay.

Creation functions

 SetDelay(from=>string,    - set multiple fields in the <x/> at one
          stamp=>string,     time.  This is a cumulative and over
          message=>string)   writing action.  If you set the "from"
                             attribute twice, the second setting is
                             what is used.  If you set the status, and
                             then set the priority then both will be in
                             the <x/> tag.  For valid settings read the
                             specific Set functions below.

 SetFrom(string) - sets the from attribute of the server adding the
                   delay.

 SetStamp(string) - sets the timestamp of the delay.  If the string is
                    left blank then the module adds the current date/time
                    in the proper format as the stamp.

 SetMessage(string) - sets description of the delay.

AUTHOR

By Ryan Eatmon in May of 2000 for http://jabber.org..

COPYRIGHT

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.