NAME

Net::Jabber::Presence - Jabber Presence Module

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

To initialize the Presence with a Jabber <presence/> you must pass it 
the XML::Parser Tree array from the Net::Jabber::Client module.  In the
callback function for the presence:

  use Net::Jabber;

  sub presence {
    my $presence = new Net::Jabber::Presence(@_);
    .
    .
    .
  }

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

To create a new presence to send to the server:

  use Net::Jabber;

  $Pres = new Net::Jabber::Presence();

Now you can call the creation functions below to populate the tag before
sending it.

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

Retrieval functions

$to         = $Pres->GetTo();
$toJID      = $Pres->GetTo("jid");
$from       = $Pres->GetFrom();
$fromJID    = $Pres->GetFrom("jid");
$etherxTo   = $Pres->GetEtherxTo();
$etherxFrom = $Pres->GetEtherxFrom();
$type       = $Pres->GetType();
$status     = $Pres->GetStatus();
$priority   = $Pres->GetPriority();
$meta       = $Pres->GetMeta();
$icon       = $Pres->GetIcon();
$show       = $Pres->GetShow();
$loc        = $Pres->GetLoc();
@xTags      = $Pres->GetX();
@xTags      = $Pres->GetX("my:namespace");
@xTrees     = $Pres->GetXTrees();
@xTrees     = $Pres->GetXTrees("my:namespace");

$str        = $Pres->GetXML();
@presence   = $Pres->GetTree();

Creation functions

    $Pres->SetPresence(TYPE=>"online",
		       StatuS=>"Open for Business",
		       iCoN=>"normal");
    $Pres->SetTo("bob\@jabber.org");
    $Pres->SetFrom("jojo\@jabber.org");
    $Pres->SetEtherxTo("jabber.org");
    $Pres->SetEtherxFrom("transport.jabber.org");
    $Pres->SetType("unavailable");
    $Pres->SetStatus("Taking a nap");
    $Pres->SetPriority(10);
    $Pres->SetMeta("PerlClient/1.0");
    $Pres->SetIcon("zzz");
    $Pres->SetShow("away");
    $Pres->SetLoc("Lat: 32.91206 Lon: -96.75097");

    $X = $Pres->NewX("jabber:x:delay");
    $X = $Pres->NewX("my:namespace");

    $Reply = $Pres->Reply();
    $Reply = $Pres->Reply(template=>"client");
    $Reply = $Pres->Reply(template=>"transport",
                          type=>"subscribed");

METHODS

Retrieval functions

GetTo()      - returns either a string with the Jabber Identifier,
GetTo("jid")   or a Net::Jabber::JID object for the person who is 
               going to receive the <presence/>.  To get the JID
               object set the string to "jid", otherwise leave
               blank for the text string.

GetFrom()      -  returns either a string with the Jabber Identifier,
GetFrom("jid")    or a Net::Jabber::JID object for the person who
                  sent the <presence/>.  To get the JID object set 
                  the string to "jid", otherwise leave blank for the 
                  text string.

GetEtherxTo(string) - returns the etherx:to attribute.  This is for
                      Transport writers who need to communicate with
                      Etherx.

GetEtherxFrom(string) -  returns the etherx:from attribute.  This is for
                         Transport writers who need to communicate with
                         Etherx.

GetType() - returns a string with the type <presence/> this is.

GetStatus() - returns a string with the current status of the sender's
              resource.

GetPriority() - returns an integer with the priority of the sender's 
                resource.

GetMeta() - returns a string with the meta data of the sender's client.

GetIcon() - returns a string with the icon the client should display.

GetShow() - returns a string with the state the client should show.

GetLoc() - returns a string with the location the sender is at.

GetX(string) - returns an array of Net::Jabber::X objects.  The string can 
               either be empty or the XML Namespace you are looking for.  
               If empty then GetX returns every <x/> tag in the 
               <presence/>.  If an XML Namespace is sent then GetX 
               returns every <x/> tag with that Namespace.

GetXTrees(string) - returns an array of XML::Parser::Tree objects.  The 
                    string can either be empty or the XML Namespace you 
                    are looking for.  If empty then GetXTrees returns every 
                    <x/> tag in the <presence/>.  If an XML Namespace is 
                    sent then GetXTrees returns every <x/> tag with that 
                    Namespace.

GetXML() - returns the XML string that represents the <presence/>.
           This is used by the Send() function in Client.pm to send
           this object as a Jabber Presence.

GetTree() - returns an array that contains the <presence/> tag
            in XML::Parser Tree format.

Creation functions

# # todo: add etherxto and from to the list... #

SetPresence(to=>string|JID     - set multiple fields in the <presence/>
            from=>string|JID,    at one time.  This is a cumulative
            type=>string,        and over writing action.  If you set
            status=>integer,     the "to" attribute twice, the second
            priority=>string,    setting is what is used.  If you set
            meta=>string,        the status, and then set the priority
            icon=>string,        then both will be in the <presence/>
            show=>string,        tag.  For valid settings read the
            loc=>string)         specific Set functions below.

SetTo(string) - sets the to attribute.  You can either pass a string
SetTo(JID)      or a JID object.  They must be valid Jabber 
                Identifiers or the server will return an error message.
                (ie.  jabber:bob@jabber.org/Silent Bob, etc...)

SetFrom(string) - sets the from attribute.  You can either pass a string
SetFrom(JID)      or a JID object.  They must be valid Jabber 
                  Identifiers or the server will return an error message.
                  (ie.  jabber:bob@jabber.org/Silent Bob, etc...)

SetEtherxTo(string) - sets the etherx:to attribute.  This is for
                      Transport writers who need to communicate with
                      Etherx.

SetEtherxFrom(string) -  sets the etherx:from attribute.  This is for
                         Transport writers who need to communicate with
                         Etherx.

SetType(string) - sets the type attribute.  Valid settings are:

                  available       available to receive messages; default
                  unavailable     unavailable to receive anything
                  subscribe       ask the recipient to subscribe you
                  subscribed      tell the sender they are subscribed
                  unsubscribe     ask the recipient to unsubscribe you
                  unsubscribed    tell the sender they are unsubscribed
                  probe           probe

SetStatus(string) - sets the status tag to be whatever string the user
                    wants associated with that resource.

SetPriority(integer) - sets the priority of this resource.  The highest
                       resource attached to the jabber account is the
                       one that receives the messages.

SetMeta(string) - sets the meta data that tells everyone something about
<DRAFT)           your client.  
                  (ie. device/pager, PerlClient/1.0, etc...)

SetIcon(string) - sets the name or URL of the icon to display for this
(DRAFT)           resource.

SetShow(string) - sets the name of the default symbol to display for this
(DRAFT)           resource.

SetLoc(string) - sets the location that the user wants associated with
(DRAFT)          the resource.

NewX(string) - creates a new Net::Jabber::X object with the namespace
               in the string.  In order for this function to work with
               a custom namespace, you must define and register that  
               namespace with the X module.  For more information
               please read the documentation for Net::Jabber::X.

Reply(template=>string, - creates a new Presence object and
      type=>string)       populates the to/from and
                          etherxto/etherxfrom fields based
                          the value of template.  The following
                          templates are available:

                          client: (default)
                               just sets the to/from

                          transport:
                          transport-reply:
                               the transport will send the
                               reply to the sender

                          The type will be set in the <presence/>.

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.