/**
 * Copyright (c) 2013, Redsolution LTD. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This file is part of Xabber project; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3.
 *
 * Xabber is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 * See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License,
 * along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 */
package com.xabber.xmpp;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlSerializer;

/**
 * Representation of some XML instance.
 *
 * @author alexander.ivanov
 */
public interface Instance {

    // TODO: Invalidate iq packets and packet extensions shouldn't be delivered
    // to the ConnectionManager.

    /**
     * @return Whether parsed instance has valid values (e.g. required field are
     * not <code>null</code>).
     */
    public boolean isValid();

    /**
     * Serializes an instance into XML using serializer.
     *
     * @param serializer
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void serialize(XmlSerializer serializer) throws IOException;

}
