--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/xmpp.go	Sat Dec 24 09:55:26 2011 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// This package implements a simple XMPP client according to RFCs 3920
+// and 3921, plus the various XEPs at http://xmpp.org/protocols/.
+package xmpp
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+)
+
+const (
+	serverSrv = "xmpp-server"
+	clientSrv = "xmpp-client"
+)
+
+// The client in a client-server XMPP connection.
+type Client struct {
+	//In <-chan *Stanza
+	//Out chan<- *Stanza
+	tcp *net.TCPConn
+}
+
+// Connect to the appropriate server and authenticate as the given JID
+// with the given password.
+func NewClient(jid *JID, password string) (*Client, os.Error) {
+	// Resolve the domain in the JID.
+	_, srvs, err := net.LookupSRV(clientSrv, "tcp", jid.Domain)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, os.NewError("LookupSrv " + jid.Domain +
+			": " + err.String())
+	}
+
+	var c *net.TCPConn
+	for _, srv := range srvs {
+		addrStr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", srv.Target, srv.Port)
+		addr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", addrStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = os.NewError(fmt.Sprintf("ResolveTCPAddr(%s): %s",
+				addrStr, err.String()))
+			continue
+		}
+		c, err = net.DialTCP("tcp", nil, addr)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = os.NewError(fmt.Sprintf("DialTCP(%s): %s",
+				addr, err.String()))
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	cl := Client{}
+	cl.tcp = c
+	return &cl, nil
+}