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+<?xml version="1.0"?> 
+<!-- Providers file for default Smack extensions -->
+<smackProviders> 
+    
+    <!-- Private Data Storage -->
+    <iqProvider> 
+        <elementName>query</elementName> 
+        <namespace>jabber:iq:private</namespace> 
+        <className>org.jivesoftware.smackx.PrivateDataManager$PrivateDataIQProvider</className> 
+    </iqProvider>
+    
+    <!-- Time -->
+    <iqProvider> 
+        <elementName>query</elementName> 
+        <namespace>jabber:iq:time</namespace> 
+        <className>org.jivesoftware.smackx.packet.Time</className> 
+    </iqProvider>
+    
+    <!-- Roster Exchange -->
+    <extensionProvider>
+        <elementName>x</elementName>
+        <namespace>jabber:x:roster</namespace>
+        <className>org.jivesoftware.smackx.provider.RosterExchangeProvider</className>
+    </extensionProvider>
+    
+    <!-- Message Events -->
+    <extensionProvider>
+        <elementName>x</elementName>
+        <namespace>jabber:x:event</namespace>
+        <className>org.jivesoftware.smackx.provider.MessageEventProvider</className>
+    </extensionProvider>
+    
+    <!-- XHTML -->
+    <extensionProvider>
+        <elementName>html</elementName>
+        <namespace>http://jabber.org/protocol/xhtml-im</namespace>
+        <className>org.jivesoftware.smackx.provider.XHTMLExtensionProvider</className>
+    </extensionProvider>
+
+</smackProviders>
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