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 * A Nonza, i.e everything that is <b>not a stanza</b> as defined
022 * RFC 6120 8. Stanzas are {@link Message}, {@link Presence} and {@link IQ}.
023 * Everything else should sublcass this class instead of {@link Stanza}.
024 * <p>
025 * It is important to cleanly distinguish between stanzas and non-stanzas. For
026 * example plain stream elements don't count into the stanza count of XEP-198
027 * Stream Management.
028 * </p>
029 *
030 * @author Florian Schmaus
031 * @see <a href="http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0360.html">XEP-0360: Nonzas (are not Stanzas)</a>
032 */
033public interface Nonza extends TopLevelStreamElement {
034
035}