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+/**
+ * $RCSfile$
+ * $Revision$
+ * $Date$
+ *
+ * Copyright 2003-2007 Jive Software.
+ *
+ * All rights reserved. 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.smackx.packet;
+
+/**
+ * Interface to represent private data. Each private data chunk is an XML sub-document
+ * with a root element name and namespace.
+ *
+ * @see org.jivesoftware.smackx.PrivateDataManager
+ * @author Matt Tucker
+ */
+public interface PrivateData {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the root element name.
+     *
+     * @return the element name.
+     */
+    public String getElementName();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the root element XML namespace.
+     *
+     * @return the namespace.
+     */
+    public String getNamespace();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the XML reppresentation of the PrivateData.
+     *
+     * @return the private data as XML.
+     */
+    public String toXML();
+}