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+--
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--         FILE:  utils.lua
+--        USAGE:  ./utils.lua 
+--  DESCRIPTION:  A couple of functions
+--      OPTIONS:  ---
+-- REQUIREMENTS:  ---
+--         BUGS:  ---
+--        NOTES:  ---
+--       AUTHOR:  Adrien Ramos (M), <adrien.ramos@upyum.com>
+--      COMPANY:  
+--      VERSION:  1.0
+--      CREATED:  07/08/2010 23:40:24 CEST
+--     REVISION:  ---
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--
+
+local verse = require("verse");
+local st = require("util.stanza");
+
+-- Lit le fichier de configuration (par défaut config.lua) et stocke la configuration
+-- dans la table config
+function config_load(filename)
+	local filename = filename or "config.lua"
+	-- Config loading
+	local chunk, err = loadfile(filename);
+	if not chunk then
+		print("File or syntax error:", err);
+		return 1;
+	end
+
+	local config = {};
+	setfenv(chunk, setmetatable(config, {__index = _G}));
+	local ok, err = pcall(chunk);
+	if not ok then
+		print("Error while processing config:", err);
+		return 1;
+	end
+	setmetatable(config, nil)
+	return config;
+end
+
+function room_join(stream, room, nick)
+	if not nick or not room or not stream then
+		error("room_join needs the following arguments : stream room nick");
+	end
+	s = st.presence{from=stream.username.."@"..stream.host.."/"..stream.resource, to = room.jid.."/"..nick};
+	s:tag("x", {xmlns="http://jabber.org/protocol/muc"});
+	if room.password then
+		s:tag("password"):text(room.password);
+	end
+	print("XML OUT:", s);
+	stream:send(s);
+end