Receiving and parsing custom extensions

I’'m trying to write a Java application that can process incoming and send outgoing

XMPP messages with custom extensions. The extensions look something like this:

Value

Value2>/SubTag1>

I assumed that PacketExtension was the correct way of dealing with this, so I wrote

a class that looks something like this:

import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.*;

import java.util.*;

public class CustomExtension implements PacketExtension

{

private String val;

public CustomExtension()

{

}

public void SetVal(String newVal)

{

val=newVal;

}

public String getNamespace()

{

return “TEST”;

}

public String getElementName()

{

return “CustomExtension”;

}

public String toXML()

{

String tmpXML;

tmpXML="<“getElementName()” xlns="“getNamespace()”>";

tmpXML*=""*val+"";

return tmpXML;

}

}

Now to send it I use the following code:

XMPPConnection connection = new XMPPConnection(“my.own.server”);

connection.login(“test”, “1234”);

Chat c=connection.createChat(“me@my.own.server”);

Message testPack=new Message();

CustomExtension q=new CustomExtension();

q.SetVal(“TESTING”);

testPack.addExtension(q);

testPack.setBody("");

testPack.setType(Message.Type.CHAT);

c.sendMessage(testPack);

This works, which I can verify with a normal Jabber that allows viewing/editing of XML

messages (like PSI for example).

Now I want to be able to receive these messages in my application aswell.

That is, I want my application to get the message, and be able to somehow parse the

custom XML code to get my values.

As far as I understand it, I should be using a PacketExtensionProvider and

ProviderManager somehow, but I’'m not quite getting how.

Any example code/tutorial would be helpful.

and_gu,

First, you’‘ll also need to use a custom namespace for your packet extension. Otherwise, it’'s not valid XML. So, it could be something like:

Value

Value2>/SubTag1>

For more information about writing IQ and packet providers, please see:

http://www.jivesoftware.org/builds/smack/docs/latest/documentation/providers.htm l

Let us know if you have questions that aren’'t addressed by that document.

Regards,

Matt