Google App Engine Xmpp chat how to manage the status of the users?

Question

It is easy to play with xmpp and the channel api to obtain a chat like...

is an example, although I'm fighting a bit to understand the best way to manage the status of the users. Anyone with some experience about it?

I read the part "User Presence" in the documentation http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/xmpp/overview.html I still don't have a grasp of it...

I don't understand what you want to know. You should probably update your question to be more specific. — Robert Kluin
I want to understand what I need to do to manage the presence of the users with xmpp within app engine in particular what is the logic behind the handlers : /_ah/xmpp/presence/available/ , /_ah/xmpp/presence/unavailable/, /_ah/xmpp/presence/probe/ — Luigi Agosti
What do you need to know that the relevant section of the docs (code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/xmpp/…) doesn't explain? — Nick Johnson
I think I have a good grasp now, well wasn't clear to me. In the documentation wasn't clear to me that if you want to manage the status you have to store the information and when you receive a request to presence you have to replay accordingly. If I have time I post the example here as well — Luigi Agosti

Luigi Agosti Luigi Agosti · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-20T09:57:13

Ok I think I know a bit more now, so this is how I manage the status of a xmpp account with google app appengine.