/**
 *
 * Copyright © 2014 Florian Schmaus
 *
 * 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
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

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;
}

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+/**%0A * Smack provider are the parsers used to deserialize raw XMPP into the according Java %7B@link Element%7Ds.%0A * %3Cp%3E%0A * At any time when %7B@link #parse(XmlPullParser, int)%7D is invoked any type of exception can be thrown. If the parsed%0A * element does not follow the specification, for example by putting a string where only integers are allowed, then a%0A * %7B@link org.jivesoftware.smack.SmackException%7D should be thrown.%0A * %3C/p%3E%0A * %0A * @author Florian Schmaus%0A * @param %3CE%3E the type of the resulting element.%0A */%0A
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