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/**
* $RCSfile$
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*
* Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Jive Software. All rights reserved.
* ====================================================================
* The Jive Software License (based on Apache Software License, Version 1.1)
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
*
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* distribution.
*
* 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution,
* if any, must include the following acknowledgment:
* "This product includes software developed by
* Jive Software (http://www.jivesoftware.com)."
* Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself,
* if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear.
*
* 4. The names "Smack" and "Jive Software" must not be used to
* endorse or promote products derived from this software without
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*
* 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "Smack",
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* OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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*/
package org.jivesoftware.smack.packet;
/**
* Interface to represent packet extensions. A packet extension is an XML subdocument
* with a root element name and namespace. Packet extensions are used to provide
* extended functionality beyond what is in the base XMPP specification. Examples of
* packet extensions include message events, message properties, and extra presence data.
* IQ packets cannot contain packet extensions.
*
* @see DefaultPacketExtension
* @see org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.PacketExtensionProvider
* @author Matt Tucker
*/
public interface PacketExtension {
/**
* Returns the root element name.
*
* @return the element name.
*/
public String getElementName();
/**
* Returns the root element XML namespace.
*
* @return the namespace.
*/
public String getNamespace();
/**
* Returns the XML reppresentation of the PacketExtension.
*
* @return the packet extension as XML.
*/
public String toXML();
}