WireFeedParser (rome 1.12.2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

Atom03Parser, Atom10Parser, BaseWireFeedParser, RSS090Parser, RSS091NetscapeParser, RSS091UserlandParser, RSS092Parser, RSS093Parser, RSS094Parser, RSS10Parser, RSS20Parser, RSS20wNSParser
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public interface WireFeedParser
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Parses an XML document (JDOM) into a feed bean.
WireFeedParser instances must thread safe.
TODO: explain how developers can plugin their own implementations.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getType()`	Returns the type of feed the parser handles.
`boolean`	`isMyType(org.jdom2.Document document)`	Inspects an XML Document (JDOM) to check if it can parse it.
`WireFeed`	`parse(org.jdom2.Document document, boolean validate, Locale locale)`	Parses an XML document (JDOM Document) into a feed bean.

- Method Detail
  - getType
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String getType()
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    Returns the type of feed the parser handles.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of feed the parser handles.
    
    See Also:
    
    for details on the format of this string.
  - isMyType
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boolean isMyType(org.jdom2.Document document)
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    Inspects an XML Document (JDOM) to check if it can parse it.
    It checks if the given document if the type of feeds the parser understands.
    
    Parameters:
    
    document - XML Document (JDOM) to check if it can be parsed by this parser.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the parser know how to parser this feed, false otherwise.
  - parse
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WireFeed parse(org.jdom2.Document document,
               boolean validate,
               Locale locale)
        throws IllegalArgumentException,
               FeedException
```
    Parses an XML document (JDOM Document) into a feed bean.
    
    Parameters:
    
    document - XML document (JDOM) to parse.
    
    validate - indicates if the feed should be strictly validated (NOT YET IMPLEMENTED).
    
    Returns:
    
    the resulting feed bean.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - thrown if the parser cannot handle the given feed type.
    
    FeedException - thrown if a feed bean cannot be created out of the XML document (JDOM).