joscar AIM library 0.9 released

After nearly eight months of development, joscar's first public release, version 0.9, is available. joscar is an extensible Java interface into AOL Instant Messenger's OSCAR protocol. On the client side, Joscar implements File Transfer, Direct IM, Get File, Send Buddy List, typing notification, the buddy icon server, the AOL Proxy Server protocol, and many other features not available in any other open-source OSCAR library.

joscar provides the only known open-source implementations of many aspects of the protocol such as Get File, Send Buddy List, the new Buddy Icon erver protocol, and AIM 5.2 beta's new AOL Proxy Server feature. joscar also provides the most robust and complete implementations of many aspects of the protocol of any known open-source project.

joscar 0.9 is intended as a developer's preview release and may not be considered stable for production use.