com.sun.syndication.feed.synd
Interface Converter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConverterForAtom03, ConverterForAtom10, ConverterForRSS090, ConverterForRSS091Netscape, ConverterForRSS091Userland, ConverterForRSS092, ConverterForRSS093, ConverterForRSS094, ConverterForRSS10, ConverterForRSS20

public interface Converter

Interface that defines the functionality to convert a SyndFeedImpl to a real feed (RSS or Atom) and vice versa.

Each implementation knows how to deal with a specific type (version) of a real feed.

Implementations must be thread safe.

TODO: explain how developers can plugin their own implementations.

Author:

Alejandro Abdelnur

Method Summary

void	copyInto(WireFeed feed, SyndFeed syndFeed) Makes a deep copy/conversion of the values of a real feed into a SyndFeedImpl.
WireFeed	createRealFeed(SyndFeed syndFeed) Creates real feed with a deep copy/conversion of the values of a SyndFeedImpl.
String	getType() Returns the type (version) of the real feed this converter handles.

Method Detail

getType

String getType()

Returns the type (version) of the real feed this converter handles.

Returns:

the real feed type.

See Also:

for details on the format of this string.

copyInto

void copyInto(WireFeed feed,
              SyndFeed syndFeed)

Makes a deep copy/conversion of the values of a real feed into a SyndFeedImpl.

It assumes the given SyndFeedImpl has no properties set.

Parameters:

feed - real feed to copy/convert.

syndFeed - the SyndFeedImpl that will contain the copied/converted values of the real feed.

createRealFeed

WireFeed createRealFeed(SyndFeed syndFeed)

Creates real feed with a deep copy/conversion of the values of a SyndFeedImpl.

Parameters:

syndFeed - SyndFeedImpl to copy/convert value from.

Returns:

a real feed with copied/converted values of the SyndFeedImpl.