Provider.java

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 *
 * Copyright © 2014 Florian Schmaus
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package org.jivesoftware.smack.provider;

import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Element;
import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.ParserUtils;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;

public abstract class Provider<E extends Element> {

    public final E parse(XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception{
        // XPP3 calling convention assert: Parser should be at start tag
        ParserUtils.assertAtStartTag(parser);

        final int initialDepth = parser.getDepth();
        E e = parse(parser, initialDepth);

        // XPP3 calling convention assert: Parser should be at end tag of the consumed/parsed element
        ParserUtils.forwardToEndTagOfDepth(parser, initialDepth);
        return e;
    }

    public abstract E parse(XmlPullParser parser, int initialDepth) throws Exception;
}