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@(#)README	1.7 03/22/05
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SimpleChat example

Description
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This example illustrates how JMS can be used to create a simple
chat application. This example uses JMS Topics and each instance
of the the chat application that you run is a TopicPublisher and
TopicSubscriber. SimpleChat.java does not use JNDI and relies on
the feature by which a broker can "auto-create" the destinations 
desired by the user. The bulk of the application deals with the 
user interface and the JMS related code is fairly straightforward.


Files
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SimpleChat.java		Source file for this example.
*.class			Prebuilt Java class files for this example.
README			This file.

Configuring the environment
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To recompile or run this example, you need to set CLASSPATH
to include at least:
    jms.jar
    imq.jar
    directory containing this example

A detailed guideline on configuring your enrivonment and setting CLASSPATH 
is found in the top-level README file of the examples (demo) directory of
the Message Queue installation (<IMQ_HOME>/examples/README) as well as in
the "Quick Start Tutorial" in the Sun GlassFish(tm) Message Queue 
Developer's Guide.

Building the example
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Run the following:

    javac SimpleChat.java

Running the example
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Run the following:

    java SimpleChat

The application comes up not connected to any chat session. 
To join a chat session, bring down the "Chat" menu and
select the "Connect ..." menu item. A dialog will appear to
query for a "Chat User Name", and the "Chat Topic" to join.

The Chat User Name is simply used to label your messages when 
they appear on the "Messages in chat" textarea. The default value 
for this is the "user.name" system property.

The Chat Topic is the topic name used to determine who to deliver
chat messages to i.e. the participants in the chat. The default
value is "defaulttopic".

After selecting the above 2 values (using the default values is
fine), click on the "Connect" button. The application is now
in the chat session.

From now on, you can broadcast messages to the chat participants
by typing in the textarea at the bottom (marked "Type Message:")
and selecting the "send Message as <chat name>" button.

More than one instance of the chat application will make the demo
more interesting - for all of the chat applications to talk to
one another they need to be using the same Chat Topic.

To leave the chat session, bring down the "Chat" menu and select
the "Disconnect" menu item.

To clear the "Messages in chat" textarea, bring down the "Chat" 
menu and select the "Clear Messages" menu item.

To exit the simplechat demo application/program, bring down the "Chat"
menu and select the "Exit" menu item.

