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com.exploringxml.rss
Class RSSChannel

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.exploringxml.rss.RSSChannel

public class RSSChannel
extends java.lang.Object

Reads in a Rich Site Summary (RSS) file and populates its members with the parsed content of the file

does not depend on external XML parser anymore

Field Summary
`private java.net.URL`	`channelLink`
`private java.lang.String`	`channelTitle`
`private java.util.Vector`	`items`
`private Node`	`root`

Constructor Summary
`RSSChannel()`

Method Summary
`java.net.URL`	`getChannelLink()` gets the channel's associated URL
`java.lang.String`	`getChannelTitle()` gets the title of the RSS channel
`java.net.URL`	`getItemLink(int pos)` gets the associated link of the referenced channel item
`java.lang.String`	`getItemTitle(int pos)` gets the title of the referenced channel item
`int`	`getNumberOfItems()` gets the number of items in the channel
`void`	`load(java.lang.String srcURL)` loads an RSS file from a URL
`private java.lang.String`	`readChannel(java.lang.String srcURL)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, 
clone, 
equals, 
finalize, 
getClass, 
hashCode, 
notify, 
notifyAll, 
registerNatives, 
toString, 
wait, 
wait, 
wait

Field Detail

channelTitle

private java.lang.String channelTitle

channelLink

private java.net.URL channelLink

items

private java.util.Vector items

root

private Node root

Constructor Detail

RSSChannel

public RSSChannel()

Method Detail

load

public void load(java.lang.String srcURL)
          throws java.lang.Exception

loads an RSS file from a URL

Parameters:: srcURL - the URL to load from
Throws:: java.lang.Exception - mostly @see java.io.IOException or @see java.net.MalformedURLException

readChannel

private java.lang.String readChannel(java.lang.String srcURL)
                              throws java.lang.Exception

getChannelTitle

public java.lang.String getChannelTitle()

gets the title of the RSS channel

Returns:: String denoting the RSS channel's title

getChannelLink

public java.net.URL getChannelLink()

gets the channel's associated URL

Returns:: URL denoting the channel's link

getItemTitle

public java.lang.String getItemTitle(int pos)

gets the title of the referenced channel item

Parameters:: item - the item in the channel list
Returns:: String denoting the channel item's title

getItemLink

public java.net.URL getItemLink(int pos)

gets the associated link of the referenced channel item

Parameters:: item - the item in the channel list
Returns:: URL denoting the channel item's associated link

getNumberOfItems

public int getNumberOfItems()

gets the number of items in the channel

Returns:: the number of items