Custom extension format with smack 4.1.8 StanzaListener

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We define a custom xmpp message format like this " app nameabc<app_version>1</app_version>.
I can see the complete xmpp response message from Smack Debug Log, but when I try to parse <app_version>1</app_version> custom extension via stanzalistener, I can only obtain element name, but I was not able to get the value of 1.

I found some discuss from forum or stackoverflow, the custom element should be define as

  1. “<app_version>1</app_version>” --> get value from element.toXML and parse it
  2. "<app_version xmlns=‘app_version:version’ value=‘1’/> --> get value from attribute

when I change the format to above two format then I can get what I want
my question will be: is other way to get the value without change the custom extension format?

2

I would highly suggest you to use the format of 2, as it makes most sense.

3

format

The complete response message will be like above:

  1. Is it right way to parsing the response via StanzaListener?
  2. Does my xmpp message follow standard?
4

There is no parsing done in the StanzaListeners. It happens before and is performed by Provider.

No, extension elements need to be qualified by a (unique) namespace. I’d also group them in a single extension element.

5

You probably want something like

<message to='jid' ... >
    <myelement xmlns='my:extension:namespace:0'>
        <number>2</number>
        <total>3</total>
        <thread>session_id</thread>
        <app_version>1</app_version>
    </myelement>
</message>

or

<message to='jid' ... >
    <myelement xmlns='my:extension:namespace:0' number='2' total='3' thread='session_id' app_version='1'/>
</message>
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6

Thank you for your help.