/** * $RCSfile$ * $Revision$ * $Date$ * * 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: * * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the * 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 * prior written permission. For written permission, please * contact webmaster@jivesoftware.com. * * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "Smack", * nor may "Smack" appear in their name, without prior written * permission of Jive Software. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL JIVE SOFTWARE OR * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * ==================================================================== */ package org.jivesoftware.smack.packet; /** * The base IQ (Info/Query) packet. IQ packets are used to get and set information * on the server, including authentication, roster operations, and creating * accounts. Each IQ packet has a specific type that indicates what type of action * is being taken: "get", "set", "result", or "error".
* * IQ packets can contain a single child element that exists in a specific XML * namespace. The combination of the element name and namespace determines what * type of IQ packet it is. Some example IQ subpacket snippets:
* * Generally, extensions of this class should override this method. This lets * the majority of IQ XML writing be generic, with each sub-class providing just * the packet-specific XML. * * @return the query section of the IQ XML. */ public abstract String getChildElementXML(); /** * A class to represent the type of the IQ packet. The types are: * *