Worcester polytechnic institute

Figure 11 - Instant messaging window

As can be seen in the figure above, the window is very similar to what should be 

familiar to most people using any kind of instant messaging clients such as AIM , 

Windows Live, and YM.  The top field serves the role of a message log, the bottom – an 

input field, while the contacts are displayed on the right-hand side.

There are 6 classes on the client side that are responsible for implementing the 

receptionist functionality.  AIMConvo.java contains all the functions that are needed to 

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work with the AIM protocol, supported by AIMConvoWindow.java which contains all 

the GUI parts, responsible for showing the user the messaging window.  The same is true 

for the meeting scheduling functionality – MeetingScheduler.java provides the 

functionality, whereas MeetingSchedulerWindow.java is used only to allow the users 

access to the form dialog and manipulating the input data to send an email message.

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