Smack/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/packet/ExtensionElement.java

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/**
*
* Copyright 2003-2007 Jive Software, 2018-2021 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
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.jivesoftware.smack.packet;
/**
* Interface to represent XMPP extension elements. Unlike {@link XmlElement}, every non-abstract class that implements
* {@link ExtensionElement} must have a static final QNAME member of the type {@link javax.xml.namespace.QName}. This
* allows type-safe functions like {@link StanzaView#getExtension(Class)}. Hence this is a marker interface.
* <p>
* Use this class when implementing new extension elements when possible. This means that every instance of your
* implemented class must represent an XML element of the same qualified name.
* </p>
*
* @see <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6120#section-8.4">RFC 6120 § 8.4 Extended Content</a>
*/
public interface ExtensionElement extends XmlElement {
}