Re: [P2pim-devel] What to do next

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The only project in the UI module I would like to complete before we reach 
the 1.0 milestone is a refactoring/reorganization of what's already there.  
Client.java is getting becoming cluttered with methods that don't necessarily 
belong in the main UI class.  When you look at the UI module's code, it is 
clear it was written rather sloppily - I'd like to clean it up, and organize 
it better.

File Transfers-
I'm not sure I totally understood your explanation of queuing a file to be 
transferred.  I'm confused on the transfer of the file ID number, why do both 
the Control and UI modules need this?  As far as the actual transfer, we will 
need to design a segmentation protocol I'm sure - Sending a File object won't 
cut it.  The sending client should be able to read x bytes from an output 
stream, send x bytes over the network connection, and the receiving client 
should be able to write x bytes to an input stream.  The initial packet sent 
should contain the file length in bytes.

Multiple Groups-
Doing multiple groups similarly to the way we do the single now, and just 
adding another id number, would probably require less change to the existing 
code.  This could still be invitational...  we could even allow the group 
creator to define this id number - or word - just limit it to a certain 
length.

User Profiles-
These could be very useful and convenient...  what kind of information is 
contained in the profile?  Where is this information stored?  How are 
profiles made available to other users on the network?

-Ryan