com.colorfulsoftware.rss

Class RSS

java.lang.Object

com.colorfulsoftware.rss.RSS

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class RSS
extends Object
implements Serializable

The <rss> element.

From the RSS 2.0 specification...

At the top level, a RSS document is a <rss> element, with a mandatory attribute called version, that specifies the version of RSS that the document conforms to. If it conforms to this specification, the version attribute must be 2.0.

Subordinate to the <rss> element is a single <channel> element, which contains information about the channel (metadata) and its contents. RSS originated in 1999, and has strived to be a simple, easy to understand format, with relatively modest goals. After it became a popular format, developers wanted to extend it using modules defined in namespaces, as specified by the W3C.

RSS 2.0 adds that capability, following a simple rule. A RSS feed may contain elements not described on this page, only if those elements are defined in a namespace.

The elements defined in this document are not themselves members of a namespace, so that RSS 2.0 can remain compatible with previous versions in the following sense - - a version 0.91 or 0.92 file is also a valid 2.0 file. If the elements of RSS 2.0 were in a namespace, this constraint would break, a version 0.9x file would not be a valid 2.0 file.

The version="2.0" attribute of the <rss> element is automatically provided in this implementation.

Author:

Bill Brown

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Attribute	getAttribute(String attrName)
List<Attribute>	getAttributes()
Channel	getChannel()
Extension	getExtension(String extName)
List<Extension>	getExtensions()
int	hashCode()
String	toString() Shows the contents of the <rss> element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getChannel

public Channel getChannel()

Returns:

the channel object.

getAttributes

public List<Attribute> getAttributes()

Returns:

the attribute list.

getExtensions

public List<Extension> getExtensions()

Returns:

the extensions for this entry.

getAttribute

public Attribute getAttribute(String attrName)

Parameters:

attrName - the name of the attribute to get.

Returns:

the Attribute object if attrName matches or null if not found.

getExtension

public Extension getExtension(String extName)

Parameters:

extName - the element name of the extension. eg. "atom:link" or "someExtension"

Returns:

the extension matching the element or null if not found.

toString

public String toString()

Shows the contents of the <rss> element.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object