diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java index 46c42c3c5..3119a6804 100644 --- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java +++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java @@ -262,8 +262,17 @@ public class PacketParserUtils { // Advance to the text of the Element int event = parser.next(); if (event != XmlPullParser.TEXT) { - throw new XmlPullParserException( - "Non-empty element tag not followed by text, while Mixed Content (XML 3.2.2) is disallowed"); + if (event == XmlPullParser.END_TAG) { + // Assume this is the end tag of the start tag at the + // beginning of this method. Typical examples where this + // happens are body elements containing the empty string, + // ie. , which appears to be valid XMPP, or a + // least it's not explicitly forbidden by RFC 6121 5.2.3 + return ""; + } else { + throw new XmlPullParserException( + "Non-empty element tag not followed by text, while Mixed Content (XML 3.2.2) is disallowed"); + } } res = parser.getText(); event = parser.next();