Package org.jivesoftware.smackx.reference

Smack's API for XEP-0372: References.

References are a way to refer to other entities like users, other messages or external data from within a message.

Typical use-cases are mentioning other users by name, but referencing to their BareJid, or linking to a sent file.

Usage

Mention a user and link to their bare jid. 

 
 Message message = new Message("Alice is a realy nice person.");
 BareJid alice = JidCreate.bareFrom("alice@capulet.lit");
 ReferenceManager.addMention(message, 0, 5, alice);