JerkLib is an event driven IRC library for Java.

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Description

Packages

jerklib	Package contains classes for working with the IRC protocol and IRC servers.
jerklib.events	Package contains all the event interfaces.
jerklib.events.dcc	Package contains all the DCC event interfaces
jerklib.events.impl	Package contains all the event implementations
jerklib.events.impl.dcc	Package contains all the DCC event implementations
jerklib.events.modes	Package contains classes for ModeEvents
jerklib.examples	Package contains examples of using JerkLib
jerklib.listeners	Package contains listener classes for JerkLib
jerklib.parsers	Package contains all the event parsers used in JerkLib.
jerklib.tasks	Package contains the Task interface and a Task impl
jerklib.util	Package contains utilites for working with JerkLib and IRC in general

JerkLib is an event driven IRC library for Java.

JerkLib can roughly be divided into two parts. First are the classes and interfaces used for making connections , speaking in channels etc. Everything else is an event type.
Here is a list of important classes/interfaces and a brief description:

• ConnectionManager
  ConnectionManager is used to make new connections to servers. One instance of ConnectionManager can handle multiple server connections.
  
  
• Session
  Session is a very important class as it is where most of your interaction with JerkLib will happen. A Session represents one IRC server. Session contains methods to join channels, send messages , and about everything else you need to interact with an IRC server.
  
  
• IRCEvent
  IRCEvent is the base interface for all event types. The interfaces describes basic methods all events will have, like getSession getRawEventData etc.
  
  
• IRCEvent.Type
  Type is an Enum found in IRCEvent. A member of this Enum is used to identify events using event.getType().
  
  
• IRCEventListener
  IRCEventListener is one way to get notified of incoming events from a Session(connection).IRCEventListeners will be notified of all events generating from a Session it has been added to.
  
  
• Task
  The task interface is another way to be notified of events. Unlike IRCEventListeners , tasks can filter the events they are notified of. Tasks also provide a cancel() method , this causes the task to not run again.