001/** 002 * 003 * Copyright © 2014-2019 Florian Schmaus 004 * 005 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 006 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 007 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017 018package org.jivesoftware.smack.packet; 019 020/** 021 * Interface to represent a XML element. This is similar to {@link ExtensionElement}, but does not carry a single 022 * namespace, but instead is used with multiple namespaces. Examples for this include MUC's <destroy/> element. 023 * <p> 024 * Please note that usage of this interface is <b>discouraged</b>. The reason is that every XML element is fully 025 * qualified, i.e., it is qualified by a namespace. The namespace may not be explicitly given, but instead, is inherited 026 * from an outer element. Use {@link FullyQualifiedElement} instead when possible. 027 * </p> 028 */ 029public interface NamedElement extends Element { 030 031 /** 032 * Returns the root element name. 033 * 034 * @return the element name. 035 */ 036 String getElementName(); 037 038}