The following glossary collects some definitions of terms used
in this document.
-
- - Object services: Modelling an object or
+
+ - Object services
- Modelling an object or
collection of objects, and providing an interface to
- manipulate those objects to other entities.
- - Object server: A Jabber component that
- provides object services.
- - Class: A category of object
- instances that defines their structure and interface.
- - Instance: A collection of
+ manipulate those objects to other entities.
+
- Object server
- A Jabber component that
+ provides object services.
+ - Class
- A category of object
+ instances that defines their structure and interface.
+ - Instance
- A collection of
data with identity (address), state (attributes), and
- behavior (methods).
- - Attribute: A unit of state that makes up
- part of an object server, instance, or class.
- - Method: A unit of behavior.
- - Object: An object server, class, or
- instance.
- - User: A person or process that accesses
- object services through JOAP.
- - Client: The software or agent a user
- employs to access object services through JOAP.
- - Instance address - The full JID of an
+ behavior (methods).
+
- Attribute
- A unit of state that makes up
+ part of an object server, instance, or class.
+ - Method
- A unit of behavior.
+ - Object
- An object server, class, or
+ instance.
+ - User
- A person or process that accesses
+ object services through JOAP.
+ - Client
- The software or agent a user
+ employs to access object services through JOAP.
+ - Instance address
- The full JID of an
instance, e.g.,
- Train@trainset.example.com/OrangeBlossomSpecial.
- - Instance identifier - The resource
+ Train@trainset.example.com/OrangeBlossomSpecial.
+
- Instance identifier
- The resource
identifier part of an instance address. For example, in
Train@trainset.example.com/OrangeBlossomSpecial, the
- instance identifier is OrangeBlossomSpecial.
- - Class address - The full JID of a class,
- e.g., Switch@trainset.example.com.
- - Class identifier - The node identifier part
+ instance identifier is OrangeBlossomSpecial.
+
- Class address
- The full JID of a class,
+ e.g., Switch@trainset.example.com.
+ - Class identifier
- The node identifier part
of a class address. For example, in
Switch@trainset.example.com, the class identifier is
- Switch.
- - Authentication - The act of determining
+ Switch
+
- Authentication
- The act of determining
that a user is who they say they are. In the Jabber world, this
- is done at login time.
- - Authorization - The act of determining
+ is done at login time.
+
- Authorization
- The act of determining
whether a given user has the right to execute a particular
- action.
-
+ action.
+