How to build a plugin for Openfire?

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Hi,

I`ve read all the instruction and docs I could find on building a plugin for Openfire but I still have some questions.

  • What do I need on my XP in order to develop and build a plugin?

  • What kind of JAVA do I need on my computer? JRE?

  • Do I need eclipse? Do I need to configure it with Openfire source?

  • After developing the plugin how do I build it using the build script? It says in the guide to use Ant. Is it part of eclipse? How do I do it?

  • I understand the directory structure of a plugin. Could you please instruction for the most simple plugin?

Thanks

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Hi,

please take a look at the documents and at the Openfire documentation, this should answer all your questions.

LG

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What do I need on my XP in order to develop and build a plugin?

Openfire Source, Java JDK, Ant Buildtool

What kind of JAVA do I need on my computer? JRE?

No! You need the JDK (Java Development Kit)

Do I need eclipse?

No you don’t. Myself is developing just with a good texteditor and some console windows, but using linux, not windows. But I think most people are not familiar with the workflow and speed advantage using only a console, so you maybe want Eclipse…

It says in the guide to use Ant. Is it part of eclipse? How do I do it?

As far as I know, no. How to configure it is described in the guides.

Could you please instruction for the most simple plugin?

Take a look an sourcecode of some of the official plugins. The presence and the search plugin are a good choice.

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Coolcat wrote:
It says in the guide to use Ant. Is it part of eclipse? How do I do it?

As far as I know, no. How to configure it is described in the guides.

You can use Eclipse to run Ant files. Just open the Ant-View and you need nothing else.