| /** |
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| * $Date$ |
| * |
| * Copyright 2003-2007 Jive Software. |
| * |
| * All rights reserved. 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 |
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| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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| |
| 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; |
| } |