--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tools/jid.py	Thu Mar 31 00:01:16 2011 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+Libervia: a Salut à Toi frontend
+Copyright (C) 2011  Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+
+
+class JID(str):
+    """This class help manage JID (Node@Domaine/Resource)"""
+
+    def __init__(self, jid):
+        str.__init__(self, jid)
+        self.__parse()
+
+    def __parse(self):
+        """find node domaine and resource"""
+        node_end=self.find('@')
+        if node_end<0:
+            node_end=0
+        domain_end=self.find('/')
+        if domain_end<1:
+            domain_end=len(self)
+        self.node=self[:node_end]
+        self.domain=self[(node_end+1) if node_end else 0:domain_end]
+        self.resource=self[domain_end+1:]
+        if not node_end:
+            self.short=self
+        else:
+            self.short=self.node+'@'+self.domain
+
+    def is_valid(self):
+        """return True if the jid is xmpp compliant"""
+        #FIXME: always return True for the moment
+        return True