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      1 /**
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      6  * Copyright 2003-2007 Jive Software.
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     20 
     21 package org.jivesoftware.smackx.provider;
     22 
     23 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
     24 import org.jivesoftware.smackx.packet.PrivateData;
     25 
     26 /**
     27  * An interface for parsing custom private data. Each PrivateDataProvider must
     28  * be registered with the PrivateDataManager class for it to be used. Every implementation
     29  * of this interface <b>must</b> have a public, no-argument constructor.
     30  *
     31  * @author Matt Tucker
     32  */
     33 public interface PrivateDataProvider {
     34 
     35     /**
     36      * Parse the private data sub-document and create a PrivateData instance. At the
     37      * beginning of the method call, the xml parser will be positioned at the opening
     38      * tag of the private data child element. At the end of the method call, the parser
     39      * <b>must</b> be positioned on the closing tag of the child element.
     40      *
     41      * @param parser an XML parser.
     42      * @return a new PrivateData instance.
     43      * @throws Exception if an error occurs parsing the XML.
     44      */
     45     public PrivateData parsePrivateData(XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception;
     46 }
     47