Smack/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/provider/IQProvider.java

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/**
*
* Copyright 2003-2007 Jive Software.
*
* 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.smack.provider;
import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.IQ;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
/**
* An interface for parsing custom IQ packets. Each IQProvider must be registered with
* the ProviderManager class for it to be used. Every implementation of this
* interface <b>must</b> have a public, no-argument constructor.
*
* @author Matt Tucker
*/
public interface IQProvider {
/**
* Parse the IQ sub-document and create an IQ instance. Each IQ must have a
* single child element. At the beginning of the method call, the xml parser
* will be positioned at the opening tag of the IQ child element. At the end
* of the method call, the parser <b>must</b> be positioned on the closing tag
* of the child element.
*
* @param parser an XML parser.
* @return a new IQ instance.
* @throws Exception if an error occurs parsing the XML.
*/
public IQ parseIQ(XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception;
}