XMPP stream compression after resource binding

Hi all!

I’m trying to use XMPP stream compression (XEP-0138) with latest Smack API. Problem is it’s not compliant with XEP-0170, that is order of stream features negotiation. XEP says:

  • TLS
  • SASL
  • Stream compression
  • Resource binding
  • [Session estabilishing]

While Smack does:

  • TLS
  • SASL
  • Resource binding
  • [Session estabilishing]
  • Stream compression

I know it might work with some XMPP servers, but I need to know if it’s 100% safe to do that.

Thanks

The order specified in XEP-0170 is only a recommendation. Session establisihing is now obsolete with the newer RFCs, so the only thing that Smack does different is Stream compression.

I can’t tell you if it’s 100% compatible with ever server implementation out there. Only somebody who tried out every server could tell.

But from my experience I can say that I never encountered a bug report where this caused problems.

Thanks Flow, I guess I will handle a stanza to possibly come anytime on the XML stream.