# File jabber4r/roster.rb, line 131

      def get_vcard

        ct = Thread.current

        queryID = @roster.session.id

        result = nil

        @roster.session.connection.send(Jabber::Protocol::Iq.gen_vcard(self, queryID, jid)) { |je|

            if je.element_tag == "iq" and je.attr_type=="result" and je.attr_id == queryID

              je.consume_element

              result = Jabber::VCard.from_element(je.VCARD)

              ct.wakeup

            else

            end

        }

        Thread.stop

        return result

      end