/**
 *
 * Copyright © 2014-2019 Florian Schmaus
 *
 * 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
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 */

package org.jivesoftware.smack.packet;

/**
 * Interface to represent a XML element. This is similar to {@link ExtensionElement}, but does not carry a single
 * namespace, but instead is used with multiple namespaces. Examples for this include MUC's <destroy/> element.
 * <p>
 * Please note that usage of this interface is <b>discouraged</b>. The reason is that every XML element is fully
 * qualified, i.e., it is qualified by a namespace. The namespace may not be explicitly given, but instead, is inherited
 * from an outer element. Use {@link XmlElement} instead when possible.
 * </p>
 */
public interface NamedElement extends Element {

    /**
     * Returns the root element name.
     *
     * @return the element name.
     */
    String getElementName();

}