Re: [Agendaware-dev-client] Dev Question

[Joerg A. <joe...@gm...>]

Am Donnerstag, 25. April 2002 03:51 schrieben Sie:

>
>     Directory Services | Mail | Calendar | Admin
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>     DirComms  |  Mail Comms |  Calendar Comms | Admin Comms
>
> (Another reason is that I'm getting a craving to do some Java
> and thought this would be a good way)  :-)
>
> How does this sound guys???
>
Hi Shane,

sounds good. As I understand, you want to create some Java Classes with all 
the XML Stuff for server communications build in. 

This classes have well defined interfaces, like 
serverAdminComms.logon(userid) or 
serverCalendarComms.getCalendarEntriesVetcor() or 
serverMailComms.getMailMessagesVector(mailbox).

But there is one thing to think about. As I understand the goals of the 
client, the AgendServer will not the only source of information for the 
client (Zack????). POP3, IMAP, ICQ, LDAP??, and so on. 

The status now is:
1. Reading and writing data to the local client store
2. Logon to the AgendaServer
3. Presentation of mail data

If we want to reach the other servers we have to design such an interface for 
the client side, in wich we can plug in several modules for server 
communication (not only for AgendaServer, but also for POP3 server, and so on)


Greetings Joerg