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

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/**
*
* 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
* limitations under the License.
*/
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 FullyQualifiedElement} instead when possible.
* </p>
*/
public interface NamedElement extends Element {
/**
* Returns the root element name.
*
* @return the element name.
*/
String getElementName();
}