com.sun.syndication.io
Interface WireFeedGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

Atom03Generator, Atom10Generator, BaseWireFeedGenerator, RSS090Generator, RSS091NetscapeGenerator, RSS091UserlandGenerator, RSS092Generator, RSS093Generator, RSS094Generator, RSS10Generator, RSS20Generator

public interface WireFeedGenerator

Generates an XML document (JDOM) out of a feed for a specific real feed type.

WireFeedGenerator instances must thread safe.

TODO: explain how developers can plugin their own implementations.

Author:

Alejandro Abdelnur

Method Summary

org.jdom.Document	generate(WireFeed feed) Creates an XML document (JDOM) for the given feed bean.
String	getType() Returns the type of feed the generator creates.

Method Detail

getType

String getType()

Returns the type of feed the generator creates.

Returns:

the type of feed the generator creates.

See Also:

for details on the format of this string.

generate

org.jdom.Document generate(WireFeed feed)
                           throws IllegalArgumentException,
                                  FeedException

Creates an XML document (JDOM) for the given feed bean.

Parameters:

feed - the feed bean to generate the XML document from.

Returns:

the generated XML document (JDOM).

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - thrown if the type of the given feed bean does not match with the type of the WireFeedGenerator.

FeedException - thrown if the XML Document could not be created.