Re: possible (real) Net_ICQ/AIM/OSCAR pear package (?)

On 9 Aug 2003 at 13:45, Cristiano Duarte wrote: > "Tomas V.V.Cox" <cox@idecnet.com> escreveu na mensagem > news:819829944.20030809165916@idecnet.com... > > The class name should be Net_OSCAR. In the future if more "IM" > > protocols are added, we could think on building an abstract class > > with a common interface to all those classes. It's very important > > that the original > desing of the Net_ICQ > > takes that in mind (also for the IRC classes we already have, as > > they also fit in the "IM" idea). > > IMHO, I think Net_IM is better than Net_OSCAR. > Net_OSCAR can be a specialization of the abstract class Net_IM. This > can leave other developers free to make other IM protocol > implementation based on the Net_IM class. Agreed! I would suggest a similar way like we do it with Validate :- )) Having "Net_IM.php" for the common class or "Net_IM/Oscar.php" if you only want to talk to the Oscar-protocol or need special features. So I would suggest for the Oscar-implementor to also develop a general Net_IM-class as an abstraction layer. For sure, when other protocols are added later, maybe this abstractionlayer needs to change a bit. But release it as a first alpha for discussion. +1 for Net_IM with Net_IM/Oscar.php Stefan