diff --git a/documentation/extensions/index.md b/documentation/extensions/index.md
index 9e29b5bae..005eddb60 100644
--- a/documentation/extensions/index.md
+++ b/documentation/extensions/index.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Smack Extensions and currently supported XEPs by Smack (smack-extensions)
 | Stream Initation                            | [XEP-0095](http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0095.html) | Initiating a data stream between any two XMPP entities. |
 | [SI File Transfer](filetransfer.html)       | [XEP-0096](http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0096.html) | Transfer files between two users over XMPP. |
 | [Entity Capabilities](caps.html)            | [XEP-0115](http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0115.html) | Broadcasting and dynamic discovery of entity capabilities. |
+| Data Forms Validation                       | [XEP-0122](http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0122.html) | Enables an application to specify additional validation guidelines . |
 | Stream Compression                          | [XEP-0138](http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0138.html) | Support for optional compression of the XMPP stream.
 | Data Forms Layout                           | [XEP-0141](http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0141.html) | Enables an application to specify form layouts. |
 | Personal Eventing Protocol                  | [XEP-0163](http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0163.html) | Using the XMPP publish-subscribe protocol to broadcast state change events associated with a XMPP account. |
diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmlStringBuilder.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmlStringBuilder.java
index 708beb1ca..55c07e07a 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmlStringBuilder.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmlStringBuilder.java
@@ -206,14 +206,14 @@ public class XmlStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Add the given attribute if value => 0
+     * Add the given attribute if value not null and value => 0.
      *
      * @param name
      * @param value
      * @return a reference to this object
      */
     public XmlStringBuilder optLongAttribute(String name, Long value) {
-        if (value >= 0) {
+        if (value != null && value >= 0) {
             attribute(name, Long.toString(value));
         }
         return this;
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/FormField.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/FormField.java
index 6ba006cde..924a8a573 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/FormField.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/FormField.java
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@
 
 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata;
 
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.XmlStringBuilder;
-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.XmlStringBuilder;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement;
+
 /**
  * Represents a field of a form. The field could be used to represent a question to complete,
  * a completed question or a data returned from a search. The exact interpretation of the field
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ public class FormField {
     private Type type;
     private final List<Option> options = new ArrayList<Option>();
     private final List<String> values = new ArrayList<String>();
+    private ValidateElement validateElement;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new FormField with the variable name that uniquely identifies the field
@@ -219,6 +221,13 @@ public class FormField {
         return variable;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the validateElement
+     */
+    public ValidateElement getValidateElement() {
+        return validateElement;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets a description that provides extra clarification about the question. This information
      * could be presented to the user either in tool-tip, help button, or as a section of text
@@ -251,6 +260,14 @@ public class FormField {
         this.required = required;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param validateElement the validateElement to set
+     */
+    public void setValidateElement(ValidateElement validateElement) {
+        validateElement.checkConsistency(this);
+        this.validateElement = validateElement;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets an indicative of the format for the data to answer.
      *
@@ -325,6 +342,7 @@ public class FormField {
         for (Option option : getOptions()) {
             buf.append(option.toXML());
         }
+        buf.optElement(validateElement);
         buf.closeElement(ELEMENT);
         return buf;
     }
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/provider/DataFormProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/provider/DataFormProvider.java
index d9b13f79e..5c0184f9c 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/provider/DataFormProvider.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/provider/DataFormProvider.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.FormField;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.packet.DataForm;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatalayout.packet.DataLayout;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatalayout.provider.DataLayoutProvider;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.provider.DataValidationProvider;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ public class DataFormProvider extends PacketExtensionProvider<DataForm> {
             switch (eventType) {
             case XmlPullParser.START_TAG:
                 String name = parser.getName();
+                String namespace = parser.getNamespace();
                 switch (name) {
                 case "desc":
                     formField.setDescription(parser.nextText());
@@ -115,6 +118,12 @@ public class DataFormProvider extends PacketExtensionProvider<DataForm> {
                 case "option":
                     formField.addOption(parseOption(parser));
                     break;
+                // See XEP-122 Data Forms Validation
+                case ValidateElement.ELEMENT:
+                    if (namespace.equals(ValidateElement.NAMESPACE)) {
+                        formField.setValidateElement(DataValidationProvider.parse(parser));
+                    }
+                    break;
                 }
             case XmlPullParser.END_TAG:
                 if (parser.getDepth() == initialDepth) {
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/ValidationConsistencyException.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/ValidationConsistencyException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b374484d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/ValidationConsistencyException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Anno van Vliet
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement;
+
+/**
+ * Exception thrown when {@link ValidateElement} is not consistent with the business rules in XEP=0122.
+ *
+ * @author Anno van Vliet
+ *
+ */
+public class ValidationConsistencyException extends IllegalArgumentException {
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    /**
+     * @param message
+     */
+    public ValidationConsistencyException(String message) {
+        super( message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/XDataValidationManager.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/XDataValidationManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16429edcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/XDataValidationManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Anno van Vliet
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.ConnectionCreationListener;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.XMPPConnection;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.XMPPConnectionRegistry;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.disco.ServiceDiscoveryManager;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement;
+
+public class XDataValidationManager {
+
+    static {
+        XMPPConnectionRegistry.addConnectionCreationListener(new ConnectionCreationListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void connectionCreated(XMPPConnection connection) {
+                ServiceDiscoveryManager serviceDiscoveryManager = ServiceDiscoveryManager.getInstanceFor(connection);
+                serviceDiscoveryManager.addFeature(ValidateElement.NAMESPACE);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/packet/ValidateElement.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/packet/ValidateElement.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d153512e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/packet/ValidateElement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,436 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Anno van Vliet 
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.NamedElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.PacketExtension;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.StringUtils;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.XmlStringBuilder;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.FormField;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.packet.DataForm;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.ValidationConsistencyException;
+
+/**
+ * DataValidation Extension according to XEP-0122: Data Forms Validation. This specification defines a
+ * backwards-compatible extension to the XMPP Data Forms protocol that enables applications to specify additional
+ * validation guidelines related to a {@link FormField} in a {@link DataForm}, such as validation of standard XML
+ * datatypes, application-specific datatypes, value ranges, and regular expressions.
+ *
+ * @author Anno van Vliet
+ */
+public abstract class ValidateElement implements PacketExtension {
+
+    public static final String DATATYPE_XS_STRING = "xs:string";
+    public static final String ELEMENT = "validate";
+    public static final String NAMESPACE = "http://jabber.org/protocol/xdata-validate";
+
+    private final String datatype;
+
+    private ListRange listRange;
+
+    /**
+     * The 'datatype' attribute specifies the datatype. This attribute is OPTIONAL, and when not specified, defaults to
+     * "xs:string".
+     * 
+     * @param datatype the data type of any value contained within the {@link FormField} element.
+     */
+    private ValidateElement(String datatype) {
+        this.datatype = StringUtils.isNotEmpty(datatype) ? datatype : null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies the data type of any value contained within the {@link FormField} element. It MUST meet one of the
+     * following conditions:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>Start with "xs:", and be one of the "built-in" datatypes defined in XML Schema Part 2 <a
+     * href="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0122.html#nt-idp1476016">[2]</a></li>
+     * <li>Start with a prefix registered with the XMPP Registrar <a
+     * href="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0122.html#nt-idp1478544">[3]</a></li>
+     * <li>Start with "x:", and specify a user-defined datatype <a
+     * href="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0122.html#nt-idp1477360">[4]</a></li>
+     * </ul>
+     * 
+     * @return the datatype
+     */
+    public String getDatatype() {
+        return datatype != null ? datatype : DATATYPE_XS_STRING;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getElementName() {
+        return ELEMENT;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getNamespace() {
+        return NAMESPACE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XmlStringBuilder toXML() {
+        XmlStringBuilder buf = new XmlStringBuilder(this);
+        buf.optAttribute("datatype", datatype);
+        buf.rightAngleBracket();
+        appendXML(buf);
+        buf.optAppend(getListRange());
+        buf.closeElement(this);
+        return buf;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param buf
+     */
+    protected abstract void appendXML(XmlStringBuilder buf);
+
+    /**
+     * @param listRange the listRange to set
+     */
+    public void setListRange(ListRange listRange) {
+        this.listRange = listRange;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the listRange
+     */
+    public ListRange getListRange() {
+        return listRange;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if this element is consistent according to the business rules in XEP=0122
+     * 
+     * @param formField
+     */
+    public abstract void checkConsistency(FormField formField);
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * This defines the empty validate element that does only specify a 'datatype' attribute.
+     *
+     */
+    public static class EmptyValidateElement extends ValidateElement {
+
+        /**
+         * @param dataType
+         * @see #getDatatype()
+         */
+        public EmptyValidateElement(String dataType) {
+            super(dataType);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void appendXML(XmlStringBuilder buf) {
+            // The empty validate element does not contain any further elements or text, it is empty.
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void checkConsistency(FormField formField) {
+            // Since we can't know all possible datatypes, we can not perform any validation here
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validation only against the datatype itself. Indicates that the value(s) should simply match the field type and
+     * datatype constraints.
+     * 
+     * @see ValidateElement
+     */
+    public static class BasicValidateElement extends ValidateElement {
+
+        public static final String METHOD = "basic";
+
+        /**
+         * @param dataType
+         * @see #getDatatype()
+         */
+        public BasicValidateElement(String dataType) {
+            super(dataType);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void appendXML(XmlStringBuilder buf) {
+            buf.emptyElement(METHOD);
+        }
+
+        public void checkConsistency(FormField formField) {
+            checkListRangeConsistency(formField);
+            if (formField.getType() != null) {
+                switch (formField.getType()) {
+                case hidden:
+                case jid_multi:
+                case jid_single:
+                    throw new ValidationConsistencyException(String.format(
+                                    "Field type '%1$s' is not consistent with validation method '%2$s'.",
+                                    formField.getType(), BasicValidateElement.METHOD));
+                default:
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * For "list-single" or "list-multi", indicates that the user may enter a custom value (matching the datatype
+     * constraints) or choose from the predefined values.
+     * 
+     * @see ValidateElement
+     */
+    public static class OpenValidateElement extends ValidateElement {
+
+        public static final String METHOD = "open";
+
+        /**
+         * @param dataType
+         * @see #getDatatype()
+         */
+        public OpenValidateElement(String dataType) {
+            super(dataType);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void appendXML(XmlStringBuilder buf) {
+            buf.emptyElement(METHOD);
+        }
+
+        public void checkConsistency(FormField formField) {
+            checkListRangeConsistency(formField);
+            if (formField.getType() != null) {
+                switch (formField.getType()) {
+                case hidden:
+                    throw new ValidationConsistencyException(String.format(
+                                    "Field type '%1$s' is not consistent with validation method '%2$s'.",
+                                    formField.getType(), OpenValidateElement.METHOD));
+                default:
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Indicate that the value should fall within a certain range.
+     * 
+     * @see ValidateElement
+     */
+    public static class RangeValidateElement extends ValidateElement {
+
+        public static final String METHOD = "range";
+        private final String min;
+        private final String max;
+
+        /**
+         * @param dataType
+         * @param min the minimum allowable value. This attribute is OPTIONAL. The value depends on the datatype in use.
+         * @param max the maximum allowable value. This attribute is OPTIONAL. The value depends on the datatype in use.
+         * @see #getDatatype()
+         * 
+         */
+        public RangeValidateElement(String dataType, String min, String max) {
+            super(dataType);
+            this.min = min;
+            this.max = max;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void appendXML(XmlStringBuilder buf) {
+            buf.halfOpenElement(METHOD);
+            buf.optAttribute("min", getMin());
+            buf.optAttribute("max", getMax());
+            buf.closeEmptyElement();
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * The 'min' attribute specifies the minimum allowable value.
+         * 
+         * @return the minimum allowable value. This attribute is OPTIONAL. The value depends on the datatype in use.
+         */
+        public String getMin() {
+            return min;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * The 'max' attribute specifies the maximum allowable value.
+         * 
+         * @return the maximum allowable value. This attribute is OPTIONAL. The value depends on the datatype in use.
+         */
+        public String getMax() {
+            return max;
+        }
+
+        public void checkConsistency(FormField formField) {
+            checkNonMultiConsistency(formField, METHOD);
+            if (getDatatype().equals(ValidateElement.DATATYPE_XS_STRING)) {
+                throw new ValidationConsistencyException(String.format(
+                                "Field data type '%1$s' is not consistent with validation method '%2$s'.",
+                                getDatatype(), RangeValidateElement.METHOD));
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the value should be restricted to a regular expression. The regular expression must be that
+     * defined for <a href="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0122.html#nt-idp1501344"> POSIX extended regular
+     * expressions </a> including support for <a
+     * href="http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0122.html#nt-idp1502496">Unicode</a>.
+     * 
+     * @see ValidateElement
+     */
+    public static class RegexValidateElement extends ValidateElement {
+
+        public static final String METHOD = "regex";
+        private final String regex;
+
+        /**
+         * @param dataType
+         * @param regex
+         * @see #getDatatype()
+         */
+        public RegexValidateElement(String dataType, String regex) {
+            super(dataType);
+            this.regex = regex;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * the expression is that defined for POSIX extended regular expressions, including support for Unicode.
+         * 
+         * @return the regex
+         */
+        public String getRegex() {
+            return regex;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void appendXML(XmlStringBuilder buf) {
+            buf.element("regex", getRegex());
+        }
+
+        public void checkConsistency(FormField formField) {
+            checkNonMultiConsistency(formField, METHOD);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This element indicates for "list-multi", that a minimum and maximum number of options should be selected and/or
+     * entered.
+     */
+    public static class ListRange implements NamedElement {
+
+        public static final String ELEMENT = "list-range";
+        private final Long min;
+        private final Long max;
+
+        /**
+         * The 'max' attribute specifies the maximum allowable number of selected/entered values. The 'min' attribute
+         * specifies the minimum allowable number of selected/entered values. Both attributes are optional and must be a
+         * positive integer.
+         * 
+         * @param min
+         * @param max
+         */
+        public ListRange(Long min, Long max) {
+            if (min != null && min < 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("min must not be negative");
+            }
+            if (max != null && max < 0) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("max must not be negative");
+            }
+            if (max == null && min == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Either min or max must be given");
+            }
+            this.min = min;
+            this.max = max;
+        }
+
+        public XmlStringBuilder toXML() {
+            XmlStringBuilder buf = new XmlStringBuilder(this);
+            buf.optLongAttribute("min", getMin());
+            buf.optLongAttribute("max", getMax());
+            buf.closeEmptyElement();
+            return buf;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getElementName() {
+            return ELEMENT;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * The minimum allowable number of selected/entered values.
+         * 
+         * @return a positive integer, can be null
+         */
+        public Long getMin() {
+            return min;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * The maximum allowable number of selected/entered values.
+         * 
+         * @return a positive integer, can be null
+         */
+        public Long getMax() {
+            return max;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The <list-range/> element SHOULD be included only when the <field/> is of type "list-multi" and SHOULD be ignored
+     * otherwise.
+     * 
+     * @param formField
+     */
+    protected void checkListRangeConsistency(FormField formField) {
+        ListRange listRange = getListRange();
+        if (listRange == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Long max = listRange.getMax();
+        Long min = listRange.getMin();
+        if ((max != null || min != null) && formField.getType() != FormField.Type.list_multi) {
+            throw new ValidationConsistencyException(
+                            "Field type is not of type 'list-multi' while a 'list-range' is defined.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param formField
+     * @param method
+     */
+    protected void checkNonMultiConsistency(FormField formField, String method) {
+        checkListRangeConsistency(formField);
+        if (formField.getType() != null) {
+            switch (formField.getType()) {
+            case hidden:
+            case jid_multi:
+            case list_multi:
+            case text_multi:
+                throw new ValidationConsistencyException(String.format(
+                                "Field type '%1$s' is not consistent with validation method '%2$s'.",
+                                formField.getType(), method));
+            default:
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/provider/DataValidationProvider.java b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/provider/DataValidationProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3a05100c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/provider/DataValidationProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Anno van Vliet
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.provider;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.ParserUtils;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.BasicValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.EmptyValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.ListRange;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.OpenValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.RangeValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.RegexValidateElement;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
+
+/**
+ * Extension Provider for Data validation of forms.
+ *
+ * @author Anno van Vliet
+ *
+ */
+public class DataValidationProvider {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(DataValidationProvider.class.getName());
+
+    public static ValidateElement parse(XmlPullParser parser) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+        final int initialDepth = parser.getDepth();
+        final String dataType = parser.getAttributeValue("", "datatype");
+        ValidateElement dataValidation = null;
+        ListRange listRange = null;
+
+        outerloop: while (true) {
+            int eventType = parser.next();
+            switch (eventType) {
+            case XmlPullParser.START_TAG:
+                switch (parser.getName()) {
+                case OpenValidateElement.METHOD:
+                    dataValidation = new OpenValidateElement(dataType);
+                    break;
+                case BasicValidateElement.METHOD:
+                    dataValidation = new BasicValidateElement(dataType);
+                    break;
+                case RangeValidateElement.METHOD:
+                    dataValidation = new RangeValidateElement(dataType,
+                                    parser.getAttributeValue("", "min"),
+                                    parser.getAttributeValue("", "max")
+                                    );
+                    break;
+                case RegexValidateElement.METHOD:
+                    dataValidation = new RegexValidateElement(dataType,parser.nextText());
+                    break;
+                case ListRange.ELEMENT:
+                    Long min = ParserUtils.getLongAttribute(parser, "min");
+                    Long max = ParserUtils.getLongAttribute(parser, "max");
+                    if (min != null || max != null) {
+                        listRange = new ListRange(min, max);
+                    } else {
+                        LOGGER.fine("Ignoring list-range element without min or max attribute");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    break;
+                }
+                break;
+            case XmlPullParser.END_TAG:
+                if (parser.getDepth() == initialDepth) {
+                    if (dataValidation == null) {
+                        dataValidation = new EmptyValidateElement(dataType); 
+                    }
+                    dataValidation.setListRange(listRange);
+                    break outerloop;
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        return dataValidation;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/main/resources/org.jivesoftware.smackx/extensions.xml b/smack-extensions/src/main/resources/org.jivesoftware.smackx/extensions.xml
index 45ae5acb7..6974562fb 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/main/resources/org.jivesoftware.smackx/extensions.xml
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/main/resources/org.jivesoftware.smackx/extensions.xml
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
         <className>org.jivesoftware.smackx.vcardtemp.VCardManager</className>
         <className>org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.XDataManager</className>
         <className>org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatalayout.XDataLayoutManager</className>
+        <className>org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.XDataValidationManager</className>
     </startupClasses>
 </smack>
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/packet/DataFormTest.java b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/packet/DataFormTest.java
index eafb055bc..d21a3cf8e 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/packet/DataFormTest.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdata/packet/DataFormTest.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.StringReader;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Element;
@@ -32,6 +30,9 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatalayout.packet.DataLayout;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatalayout.packet.DataLayout.Fieldref;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatalayout.packet.DataLayout.Section;
 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatalayout.packet.DataLayout.Text;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.RangeValidateElement;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
@@ -45,11 +46,10 @@ import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 public class DataFormTest {
     private static final String TEST_OUTPUT_1 = "<x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='SUBMIT'><instructions>InstructionTest1</instructions><field var='testField1'></field></x>";
     private static final String TEST_OUTPUT_2 = "<x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='SUBMIT'><instructions>InstructionTest1</instructions><field var='testField1'></field><page xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/xdata-layout' label='Label'><fieldref var='testField1'/><section label='section Label'><text>SectionText</text></section><text>PageText</text></page></x>";
-    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(DataFormTest.class.getName());
+    private static final String TEST_OUTPUT_3 = "<x xmlns='jabber:x:data' type='SUBMIT'><instructions>InstructionTest1</instructions><field var='testField1'><validate xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/xdata-validate' datatype='xs:integer'><range min='1111' max='9999'/></validate></field></x>";
 
     @Test
     public void test() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
-        
         //Build a Form
         DataForm df = new DataForm("SUBMIT");
         String instruction = "InstructionTest1";
@@ -59,12 +59,11 @@ public class DataFormTest {
         
         assertNotNull( df.toXML());
         String output = df.toXML().toString();
-        logger.finest(output);
         assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_1, output);
         
         DataFormProvider pr = new DataFormProvider();
         
-        XmlPullParser parser = getParser(output);
+        XmlPullParser parser = PacketParserUtils.getParserFor(output);
         
         df = pr.parse(parser);
         
@@ -75,15 +74,11 @@ public class DataFormTest {
 
         assertNotNull( df.toXML());
         output = df.toXML().toString();
-        logger.finest(output);
         assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_1, output);
-
-        
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testLayout() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
-        
         //Build a Form
         DataForm df = new DataForm("SUBMIT");
         String instruction = "InstructionTest1";
@@ -104,12 +99,11 @@ public class DataFormTest {
         
         assertNotNull( df.toXML());
         String output = df.toXML().toString();
-        logger.finest(output);
         assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_2, output);
         
         DataFormProvider pr = new DataFormProvider();
         
-        XmlPullParser parser = getParser(output);
+        XmlPullParser parser = PacketParserUtils.getParserFor(output);
         
         df = pr.parse(parser);
         
@@ -124,23 +118,42 @@ public class DataFormTest {
 
         assertNotNull( df.toXML());
         output = df.toXML().toString();
-        logger.finest(output);
         assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_2, output);
-
-        
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param output
-     * @return
-     * @throws XmlPullParserException 
-     * @throws IOException 
-     */
-    private XmlPullParser getParser(String output) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
-        logger.finest("getParser");
-        XmlPullParser parser = PacketParserUtils.newXmppParser();
-        parser.setInput(new StringReader(output));
-        parser.next();
-        return parser;
+    @Test
+    public void testValidation() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+        //Build a Form
+        DataForm df = new DataForm("SUBMIT");
+        String instruction = "InstructionTest1";
+        df.addInstruction(instruction);
+        FormField field = new FormField("testField1");
+        df.addField(field);
+
+        ValidateElement dv = new RangeValidateElement("xs:integer","1111", "9999");
+        field.setValidateElement(dv);
+        
+        assertNotNull( df.toXML());
+        String output = df.toXML().toString();
+        assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_3, output);
+        
+        DataFormProvider pr = new DataFormProvider();
+        
+        XmlPullParser parser = PacketParserUtils.getParserFor(output);
+        
+        df = pr.parse(parser);
+        
+        assertNotNull(df);
+        assertNotNull(df.getFields());
+        assertEquals(1 , df.getFields().size() );
+        Element element = df.getFields().get(0).getValidateElement();
+        assertNotNull(element);
+        dv = (ValidateElement) element;
+        
+        assertEquals("xs:integer" , dv.getDatatype());
+
+        assertNotNull( df.toXML());
+        output = df.toXML().toString();
+        assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_3, output);
     }
 }
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatalayout/packet/DataLayoutTest.java b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatalayout/packet/DataLayoutTest.java
index 0ac475b0d..dff43d1a6 100644
--- a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatalayout/packet/DataLayoutTest.java
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatalayout/packet/DataLayoutTest.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.StringReader;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
@@ -47,12 +45,9 @@ public class DataLayoutTest {
     private static final String TEST_OUTPUT_2 = "<page xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/xdata-layout' label='Label'><fieldref var='testField1'/><section label='section Label'><text>SectionText</text></section><text>PageText</text></page>";
     private static final String TEST_OUTPUT_SPECIAL = "<page xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/xdata-layout' label='Label - &amp; \u00E9 \u00E1 '><fieldref var='testField1'/><section label='section Label - &amp; \u00E9 \u00E1 '><text>SectionText - &amp; \u00E9 \u00E1 </text></section><text>PageText - &amp; \u00E9 \u00E1 </text><section label='&lt;html&gt;Number of Persons by&lt;br/&gt; Nationality and Status&lt;/html&gt;'><reportedref/></section><text>&lt;html&gt;&lt;font color=&apos;red&apos;&gt;&lt;em&gt;DO NOT DELAY&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;supply further information&lt;/html&gt;</text></page>";
     private static final String TEST_INPUT_1 = "xdata-layout-sample.xml";
-    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(DataLayoutTest.class.getName());
 
- 
     @Test
     public void testLayout() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
-        
         DataLayout layout = new DataLayout("Label");
         Fieldref reffield = new Fieldref("testField1");
         layout.getPageLayout().add(reffield);
@@ -63,10 +58,9 @@ public class DataLayoutTest {
         
         assertNotNull( layout.toXML());
         String output = layout.toXML().toString();
-        logger.finest(output);
         assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_2, output);
         
-        XmlPullParser parser = getParser(output);
+        XmlPullParser parser = PacketParserUtils.getParserFor(output);
         
         layout = DataLayoutProvider.parse(parser);
         
@@ -75,10 +69,7 @@ public class DataLayoutTest {
 
         assertNotNull( layout.toXML());
         output = layout.toXML().toString();
-        logger.finest(output);
         assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_2, output);
-
-        
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -101,10 +92,9 @@ public class DataLayoutTest {
         
         assertNotNull( layout.toXML());
         String output = layout.toXML().toString();
-        logger.finest(output);
         assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_SPECIAL, output);
         
-        XmlPullParser parser = getParser(output);
+        XmlPullParser parser = PacketParserUtils.getParserFor(output);
         
         layout = DataLayoutProvider.parse(parser);
         
@@ -122,16 +112,11 @@ public class DataLayoutTest {
         
         assertNotNull( layout.toXML());
         output = layout.toXML().toString();
-        logger.finest(output);
         assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_SPECIAL, output);
-
-        
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testLayoutFromFile() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
-        
-        
         DataFormProvider pr = new DataFormProvider();
         
         XmlPullParser parser = PacketParserUtils.newXmppParser();
@@ -158,24 +143,6 @@ public class DataLayoutTest {
         
         assertNotNull( layout.toXML());
         String output = layout.toXML().toString();
-        logger.finest(output);
         assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_SPECIAL, output);
-
-        
-    }
-
-    
-    /**
-     * @param output
-     * @return
-     * @throws XmlPullParserException 
-     * @throws IOException 
-     */
-    private XmlPullParser getParser(String output) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
-        logger.finest("getParser");
-        XmlPullParser parser = PacketParserUtils.newXmppParser();
-        parser.setInput(new StringReader(output));
-        parser.next();
-        return parser;
     }
 }
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/DataValidationHelperTest.java b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/DataValidationHelperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f28e8dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/DataValidationHelperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Anno van Vliet
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation;
+
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdata.FormField;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.BasicValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.ListRange;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.OpenValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.RangeValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.RegexValidateElement;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Anno van Vliet
+ *
+ */
+public class DataValidationHelperTest {
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCheckConsistencyFormFieldBasicValidateElement() {
+        FormField field = new FormField("var");
+        field.setType(FormField.Type.jid_single);
+        BasicValidateElement element = new BasicValidateElement(null);
+        try {
+            element.checkConsistency(field);
+            fail("No correct check on consistency");
+        }
+        catch (ValidationConsistencyException e) {
+            assertEquals("Field type 'jid-single' is not consistent with validation method 'basic'.", e.getMessage());
+        }
+        
+        try {
+            new ListRange(-1L, 1L);
+            fail("No correct check on consistency");
+        }
+        catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            assertEquals("min must not be negative", e.getMessage());
+        }
+        
+        element.setListRange(new ListRange(10L, 100L));
+        try {
+            element.checkConsistency(field);
+            fail("No correct check on consistency");
+        }
+        catch (ValidationConsistencyException e) {
+            assertEquals("Field type is not of type 'list-multi' while a 'list-range' is defined.", e.getMessage());
+        }
+
+        field.setType(FormField.Type.list_multi);
+        try {
+            element.checkConsistency(field);
+        }
+        catch (ValidationConsistencyException e) {
+            fail("No correct check on consistency");
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCheckConsistencyFormFieldOpenValidateElement() {
+        FormField field = new FormField("var");
+        field.setType(FormField.Type.hidden);
+        OpenValidateElement element = new OpenValidateElement(null);
+        try {
+            element.checkConsistency(field);
+            fail("No correct check on consistency");
+        }
+        catch (ValidationConsistencyException e) {
+            assertEquals("Field type 'hidden' is not consistent with validation method 'open'.", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCheckConsistencyFormFieldRangeValidateElement() {
+        FormField field = new FormField("var");
+        field.setType(FormField.Type.text_multi);
+        RangeValidateElement element = new RangeValidateElement("xs:integer",null, "99");
+        try {
+            element.checkConsistency(field);
+            fail("No correct check on consistency");
+        }
+        catch (ValidationConsistencyException e) {
+            assertEquals("Field type 'text-multi' is not consistent with validation method 'range'.", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCheckConsistencyFormFieldRegexValidateElement() {
+        FormField field = new FormField("var");
+        field.setType(FormField.Type.list_multi);
+        RegexValidateElement element = new RegexValidateElement(null, ".*");
+        try {
+            element.checkConsistency(field);
+            fail("No correct check on consistency");
+        }
+        catch (ValidationConsistencyException e) {
+            assertEquals("Field type 'list-multi' is not consistent with validation method 'regex'.", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/provider/DataValidationTest.java b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/provider/DataValidationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa15d2f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smack-extensions/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smackx/xdatavalidation/provider/DataValidationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Anno van Vliet
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.provider;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.test.util.TestUtils;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.EmptyValidateElement;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.ListRange;
+import org.jivesoftware.smackx.xdatavalidation.packet.ValidateElement.RangeValidateElement;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Anno van Vliet
+ *
+ */
+public class DataValidationTest {
+    private static final String TEST_OUTPUT_MIN = "<validate xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/xdata-validate'></validate>";
+    private static final String TEST_OUTPUT_RANGE = "<validate xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/xdata-validate' datatype='xs:string'><range min='min-val' max='max-val'/><list-range min='111' max='999'/></validate>";
+    private static final String TEST_OUTPUT_RANGE2 = "<validate xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/xdata-validate'><range/></validate>";
+    private static final String TEST_OUTPUT_FAIL = "<validate xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/xdata-validate'><list-range min='1-1-1' max='999'/></validate>";
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMin() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+        
+        ValidateElement dv = new EmptyValidateElement(null);
+        
+        assertNotNull( dv.toXML());
+        String output = dv.toXML().toString();
+        assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_MIN, output);
+
+        XmlPullParser parser = getParser(output);
+        
+        dv = DataValidationProvider.parse(parser);
+
+        assertNotNull(dv);
+        assertEquals("xs:string", dv.getDatatype());
+        assertTrue( dv instanceof EmptyValidateElement);
+                
+        assertNotNull( dv.toXML());
+        output = dv.toXML().toString();
+        assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_MIN, output);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRange() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+        
+        ValidateElement dv = new RangeValidateElement("xs:string", "min-val", "max-val");
+        
+        ListRange listRange = new ListRange(111L, 999L);
+        dv.setListRange(listRange );
+        
+        assertNotNull( dv.toXML());
+        String output = dv.toXML().toString();
+        assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_RANGE, output);
+
+        XmlPullParser parser = getParser(output);
+        
+        dv = DataValidationProvider.parse(parser);
+
+        assertNotNull(dv);
+        assertEquals("xs:string", dv.getDatatype());
+        assertTrue(dv instanceof RangeValidateElement );
+        RangeValidateElement rdv = (RangeValidateElement) dv;
+        assertEquals("min-val", rdv.getMin());
+        assertEquals("max-val", rdv.getMax());
+        assertNotNull(rdv.getListRange());
+        assertEquals(new Long(111), rdv.getListRange().getMin());
+        assertEquals(999, rdv.getListRange().getMax().intValue());
+        
+                
+        assertNotNull( dv.toXML());
+        output = dv.toXML().toString();
+        assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_RANGE, output);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRange2() throws XmlPullParserException, IOException, SmackException {
+        
+        ValidateElement dv = new RangeValidateElement(null, null, null);
+        
+        assertNotNull( dv.toXML());
+        String output = dv.toXML().toString();
+        assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_RANGE2, output);
+
+        XmlPullParser parser = getParser(output);
+        
+        dv = DataValidationProvider.parse(parser);
+
+        assertNotNull(dv);
+        assertEquals("xs:string", dv.getDatatype());
+        assertTrue(dv instanceof RangeValidateElement );
+        RangeValidateElement rdv = (RangeValidateElement) dv;
+        assertEquals(null, rdv.getMin());
+        assertEquals(null, rdv.getMax());
+        
+        assertNotNull( rdv.toXML());
+        output = rdv.toXML().toString();
+        assertEquals(TEST_OUTPUT_RANGE2, output);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected=NumberFormatException.class)
+    public void testRangeFailure() throws IOException, SmackException, XmlPullParserException {
+            XmlPullParser parser = getParser(TEST_OUTPUT_FAIL);
+            DataValidationProvider.parse(parser);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param output
+     * @return
+     * @throws XmlPullParserException 
+     * @throws IOException 
+     */
+    private XmlPullParser getParser(String output) throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+        return TestUtils.getParser(output, "validate");
+    }
+}