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

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/**
*
* Copyright 2003-2007 Jive Software, 2018 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 extension elements.
* <p>
* An extension element is an XML subdocument
* with a root element name and namespace. Extension elements are used to provide
* extended functionality beyond what is in the base XMPP specification. Examples of
* extensions elements include message events, message properties, and extra presence data.
* IQ stanzas have limited support for extension elements.
* <p>
* This class is used primarily for extended content in XMPP Stanzas, to act as so called "extension elements". For more
* information see <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6120#section-8.4">RFC 6120 § 8.4 Extended Content</a>.
* </p>
*
* @see org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.ExtensionElementProvider
* @author Matt Tucker
*/
public interface ExtensionElement extends FullyQualifiedElement {
}