Lotus Instant Messaging/Web Conferencing (Sametime): Building Sametime Enabled Applications

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1.7 The structure of this redbook

This redbook is divided into three parts:

򐂰 Part 1: Overview of Sametime

The current chapter is intended to provide the reader with an overview of

Sametime and its capabilities, as well as outline the focus and content of the

redbook.

In Chapter 2, “Setting up the development environment” on page 21, we

examine how to set up and configure some of the more popular integrated

development environments (IDEs) for Sametime application development.

Developers often are interested in learning how to develop within Sametime,

yet are simply not familiar with how to properly set up a development

environment. This chapter provides helpful guidance.

򐂰 Part 2: Sametime-enabling Applications

Chapter 3, “Sametime Bots” on page 49 discusses the concept of Sametime

Bots, what they are, and how to build them. It begins with a general

discussion of what a bot is, then discusses the various ways that you can

build a Sametime Bot using the available toolkits. We examine in detail a

couple of bots developed using the Java Client Toolkit to show how they work

and how you can create your own. Finally, it concludes by suggesting

enhancements to the bot concept, a discussion around possible deployment

scenarios, and additional ideas for potential bots.

Chapter 4, “Web services” on page 83 provides an overview of Web services

and their usage with Sametime. This chapter illustrates how you can make

online presence awareness and instant messaging a part of any Web

services-enabled system. It provides a specific example to demonstrate how

applications created with the Java Client Toolkit can be turned into Web

services using the tools provided by WebSphere Studio Application

Developer 5.0. Once developed, it explains how these Web services can then

be deployed to an application server, such as WebSphere Application Server,

and accessed by any Web services client.

Chapter 5, “Chat Logging/DDA Toolkit” on page 127 discusses the chat

logging SPI. It discusses the importance of chat logging capabilities, a topic

that is especially relevant given the recent changes within regulatory

compliance requirements. Additionally, it illustrates which capabilities are

possible using the provided SPI, while also discussing an example about how

to create your own custom chat logging recorder.

Note: The administrator must enable this feature before it is available for end

users.