Working with the Sametime client toolkits / [Sren Peter Nielsen ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nielsen, Sren Peter.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

Redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer conferencing--Computer programs.

Computer conferencing.

Instant messaging--Computer programs.

Instant messaging.

Lotus Sametime.

Physical Description:

xvi, 420 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Poughkeepsie : IBM International Technical Support Organization, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

Comments welcome

Part 1 Introduction to Sametime client toolkits

Chapter 1. Introduction to Sametime

1.1 What is Sametime

1.1.1 Community services

1.1.2 Sametime Online Meeting services

1.1.3 Sametime customization and integration services

1.2 The Sametime client toolkits

1.2.1 The Sametime Links toolkit

1.2.2 The Sametime COM toolkit

1.2.3 The Sametime Java toolkit

1.2.4 The Sametime C++ toolkit

1.3 Which toolkit to use

1.3.1 Target platform

1.3.2 Required features

1.3.3 Initialization load time

1.3.4 Programming skills

1.3.5 Toolkit comparison

1.4 The structure of the book

1.4.1 The Sametime Community Server Toolkit Redbook

1.5 Summary

Chapter 2. Sametime toolkit services

2.1 Sametime architecture basics

2.1.1 Proxy objects

2.1.2 The Model-View-Controller paradigm

2.1.3 Sametime events

2.2 Interfaces and other funny words

2.2.1 Event

2.2.2 Interface

2.2.3 Listener

2.2.4 Adapter

2.2.5 Extend and implement

2.3 Sametime services: What can I do with them

2.3.1 General features

2.3.2 Community service

2.3.3 Awareness service

2.3.4 Places service

2.3.5 Lookup service

2.3.6 Instant messaging service

2.3.7 Token service

2.3.8 Storage service

2.3.9 Names service

2.3.10 Directory service

2.3.11 Post service

2.3.12 Meeting services

2.3.13 Streamed media

2.4 The bare necessities for a client program

2.4.1 Create a Sametime session and load components

2.4.2 Login to the Sametime community

2.5 Core types

2.5.1 Importing the core types

2.5.2 Sametime ID types

2.5.3 Sametime object types

2.5.4 Sametime attribute types

2.6 Summary

Chapter 3. Places architecture.

3.1 What can I do in a Place with the client toolkits

3.2 Place-based awareness and collaboration

3.3 The Sametime Places model

3.3.1 Virtual places

3.3.2 Sections

3.3.3 Activities

3.3.4 Attributes

3.4 Communication in a place

3.5 Permissions list

3.5.1 Access to the place and the stage section

3.5.2 Places span the community

3.5.3 Place scalability

3.6 The Places APIs

3.7 Examples of doing things in a place

3.7.1 Entering a place and listening for place events

3.7.2 Figuring out which section is which

3.7.3 Changing your section

3.7.4 Getting your section and listening for section events

3.7.5 Getting a list of users in a section and listening to them

3.7.6 Setting attributes of place, section, user

3.7.7 Listening for changed attributes

3.7.8 Sending messages

3.7.9 Listening for messages sent to you

3.8 Summary

Part 2 Java toolkit

Chapter 4. Installation and setup

4.1 Installing the toolkit package

4.2 Installing the IBM JDK

4.2.1 Setting up the path and classpath variables

4.2.2 Compiling and running a JDK sample

4.2.3 Compiling and running a toolkit sample with the JDK

4.3 Setup of IBM VisualAge for Java

4.3.1 Importing the Sametime toolkit files into a project

4.3.2 Setting up the classpath in VisualAge

4.3.3 Passing parameters to the applet

4.3.4 Modifying the java.policy file in VisualAge for Java

4.3.5 Running the applet within VisualAge

4.3.6 Exporting the applet from VisualAge

4.3.7 The "resource not found" problem

4.4 Summary

Chapter 5. Introduction to Sametime Java applets

5.1 Sametime applet basics

5.1.1 QuickStart Class

5.1.2 init()

5.1.3 start()

5.1.4 stop()

5.1.5 destroy()

5.1.6 Using the LoginListener interface

5.2 Entering a place

5.2.1 STError: If something goes wrong

5.3 Summary.

Chapter 6. A place-based auction example

6.1 Overview

6.2 Objects in the application

6.3 Application flow

6.3.1 Initialization of the auction by the auctioneer

6.3.2 Entering as bidder

6.3.3 Entering as on-looker

6.3.4 Bidding on an item

6.3.5 Calling

6.4 Client applications

6.4.1 The auctioneer's application at a glance

6.4.2 The customer's application at a glance

6.5 The implementation

6.5.1 Sametime services used

6.5.2 Class diagram

6.5.3 Looking at the code

6.5.4 Launching and passing parameters to the applets

6.6 Event flows

6.7 Leveraging the places architecture

6.7.1 Sending text and data

6.7.2 Changing attributes

6.7.3 Receiving events

6.7.4 Organizing messages, events, attributes

6.7.5 Other considerations

6.8 What is next

6.9 Summary

Chapter 7. Customized chat UI applet

7.1 Customized ChatUI Example 2

7.2 Important classes in the sample

7.3 CustomizeChatFactory

7.3.1 Methods

7.3.2 CustomizeChatFactory2.java

7.4 CustomizeChatUI2

7.4.1 Methods

7.4.2 CustomizeChatUI2.java

7.5 ImagePanel

7.5.1 Methods

7.5.2 ImagePanel.java

7.5.3 The HTML file

7.6 Deployment considerations

7.6.1 Integrating with a Domino application

7.6.2 Loading the logo from a jar file

7.7 Extending the functionality

7.7.1 RedStorageFrame.java

7.7.2 Changes in the factory class

7.8 How to use with other toolkit UI elements

7.9 Passing a token between applets

7.9.1 JavaScript for accessing the token

7.9.2 The HTML form

7.9.3 Sharing information with other applets

7.10 Summary

Part 3 C++ toolkit

Chapter 8. Working with the C++ toolkit

8.1 Overview

8.1.1 Modular

8.1.2 Thread-safe

8.1.3 Extendable

8.1.4 Object-oriented API

8.1.5 The toolkit services

8.2 Getting started

8.2.1 The toolkit package.

8.2.2 Background information

8.3 Summary

Chapter 9. A complex meetings sample

9.1 Overview

9.2 Sample architecture

9.2.1 The MeetingUI class

9.2.2 The MeetingController class

9.2.3 The NWayChatUIDlg class

9.2.4 The MeetingLauncher class

9.2.5 The InviteUIDlg class

9.2.6 The MeetingDlg class

9.3 Preparing the MeetingUI class

9.3.1 Initialize MeetingUI class

9.3.2 Calling MeetingUI API

9.4 Four steps to create the meetings

9.4.1 The invitation

9.4.2 The place

9.4.3 Generating a token

9.4.4 Launch Sametime meeting

9.5 Summary

Chapter 10. Using the C++ toolkit in Win32 programs

10.1 The Win32Status sample

10.1.1 The sample code

10.1.2 The output window

10.2 Writing Win32 code with Sametime C++ toolkit

10.2.1 Libraries

10.2.2 Using wmain

10.2.3 The message loop

10.3 Summary

Part 4 COM and Sametime Links toolkits

Chapter 11. The COM toolkit

11.1 Overview

11.2 Getting started

11.2.1 Accessing the toolkit

11.2.2 Installing the toolkit

11.2.3 Adding the COM toolkit reference to your project

11.3 Visual Basic samples

11.4 The Login sample

11.4.1 Initialize Sametime services - the SametimeSession module

11.4.2 Login to Sametime - the LoginForm

11.5 The Awareness sample

11.5.1 Initialize Sametime service - the SametimeSession module

11.5.2 Be aware of other users - the AwarenessForm

11.5.3 Log into Sametime - the LoginForm

11.5.4 Adding users to the AwarenessList - the AddUserForm

11.5.5 Changing my own status - the ChangeStatusForm

11.6 The BuddyList sample

11.6.1 Initialize Sametime service - the SametimeSession module

11.6.2 Adding Instant Messaging capabilities - the BuddyListForm

11.6.3 Chatting with others - the ChatForm

11.7 Summary

Chapter 12. The Sametime Links toolkit

12.1 Toolkit features.

12.1.1 Awareness

12.1.2 Instant messages

12.1.3 Meetings

12.1.4 Set status

12.1.5 Place-based awareness

12.1.6 Chat rooms

12.1.7 Advanced JavaScript API

12.2 Getting started

12.2.1 Enabling a Web application

12.2.2 Authentication considerations

12.2.3 Adding a Sametime link

12.2.4 A simple online assistance sample

12.3 Summary

Part 5 Appendixes

Appendix A. Some deployment considerations

Infrastructure for anonymous users

Applet connections over the Internet

Instant messaging and data transfer

Appendix B. Working with the auction house sample material

Installing the auction house sample

Looking at the code

Scenario

Appendix C. Sample auction scenario

The scenario

Preparation

Entrance

Auction

Appendix D. Sametime portlets

Authentication by token

Using a Domino database as applet container

Opening the Java Sametime Connect client

Place awareness portlet

PlaceAwarenessList applet

Sample files

Appendix E. Additional Web material

Locating the Web material

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Referenced Web sites

How to get IBM Redbooks

IBM Redbooks collections

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"December 2002."

"SG24-6666-00."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-410) and index.

OCLC:

560313444