Cleanly detect & signal end of stream, and fix code above.

client.go

@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ func main() {
 	// Log any stanzas that are not handled elsewhere.
 	go func() {
 		for {
-			stanza := x.Recv()
+			stanza, err := x.Recv()
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
 			log.Printf("* recv: %v\n", stanza)
 		}
 	}()

component.go

@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	for {
-		v := x.Recv()
+		v, err := x.Recv()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		log.Printf("recv: %v", v)
 	}
 }

src/xmpp/client.go

@@ -137,14 +137,19 @@ func authenticatePlain(stream *Stream, user, password string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if se, err := stream.Next(nil); err != nil {
+	se, err := stream.Next(nil)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
-	} else {
-		if se.Name.Local == "failure" {
-			f := new(saslFailure)
-			stream.DecodeElement(f, se)
-			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Authentication failed: %s", f.Reason.Local))
+	}
+	switch se.Name.Local {
+	case "success":
+		if err := stream.Skip(); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
+	case "failure":
+		f := new(saslFailure)
+		stream.DecodeElement(f, se)
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Authentication failed: %s", f.Reason.Local))
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -219,10 +224,6 @@ type tlsStartTLS struct {
 
 type required struct {}
 
-type saslSuccess struct {
-	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl success"`
-}
-
 type saslFailure struct {
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl failure"`
 	Reason xml.Name `xml:",any"`

src/xmpp/component.go

@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ func handshake(stream *Stream, streamId, secret string) error {
 	if _, err := stream.Next(&xml.Name{"jabber:component:accept", "handshake"}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := stream.Skip(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }

src/xmpp/stream.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net"
 )
@@ -96,23 +97,35 @@ func (stream *Stream) send(b []byte) error {
 }
 
 // Find start of next stanza. If match is not nil the stanza's XML name
-// compared and must be equal.
+// is compared and must be equal.
+// Bad things are very likely to happen if a call to Next() is successful but
+// you don't actually decode or skip the element.
 func (stream *Stream) Next(match *xml.Name) (*xml.StartElement, error) {
 	for {
 		t, err := stream.dec.Token()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		if e, ok := t.(xml.StartElement); ok {
+		switch e := t.(type) {
+		case xml.StartElement:
 			if match != nil && e.Name != *match {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", *match, e.Name)
 			}
 			return &e, nil
+		case xml.EndElement:
+			log.Printf("EOF due to %s\n", e.Name)
+			return nil, io.EOF
 		}
 	}
 	panic("Unreachable")
 }
 
+// Skip reads tokens until it has reaches the end element of the most recent
+// start element that has already been read.
+func (stream *Stream) Skip() error {
+	return stream.dec.Skip()
+}
+
 // Decode the next stanza. Works like xml.Unmarshal but reads from the stream's
 // connection.
 func (stream *Stream) Decode(v interface{}) error {

src/xmpp/xmpp.go

@@ -37,8 +37,13 @@ func (x *XMPP) Send(v interface{}) {
 	x.out <- v
 }
 
-func (x *XMPP) Recv() interface{} {
-	return <-x.in
+// Return the next stanza.
+func (x *XMPP) Recv() (interface{}, error) {
+	v := <-x.in
+	if e, ok := v.(error); ok {
+		return nil, e
+	}
+	return v, nil
 }
 
 func (x *XMPP) SendRecv(iq *Iq) (*Iq, error) {
@@ -107,10 +112,14 @@ func (x *XMPP) sender() {
 }
 
 func (x *XMPP) receiver() {
+
+	defer close(x.in)
+
 	for {
 		start, err := x.stream.Next(nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
+			x.in <- err
+			return
 		}
 
 		var v interface{}