private void processChannel(Element element, IFeed feed) {

    /* Interpret Attributes */
    List<?> attributes = element.getAttributes();
    for (Iterator<?> iter = attributes.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
      Attribute attribute = (Attribute) iter.next();

      /* Check wether this Attribute is to be processed by a Contribution */
      processAttributeExtern(attribute, feed);
    }

    /* Interpret Children */
    List<?> channelChildren = element.getChildren();
    for (Iterator<?> iter = channelChildren.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
      Element child = (Element) iter.next();
      String name = child.getName().toLowerCase();

      /* Check wether this Element is to be processed by a Contribution */
      if (processElementExtern(child, feed)) continue;

      /* Item */
      else if ("item".equals(name)) // $NON-NLS-1$
      processItems(child, feed);

      /* Title */
      else if ("title".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        feed.setTitle(child.getText());
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* Link */
      else if ("link".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        URI uri = URIUtils.createURI(child.getText());

        /*
         * Do not use the URI if it is empty. This is a workaround for
         * FeedBurner feeds that use a Atom 1.0 Link Element in place of an RSS
         * feed which RSSOwl 2 is not yet able to handle on this scope.
         */
        if (uri != null && StringUtils.isSet(uri.toString())) feed.setHomepage(uri);
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* Description */
      else if ("description".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        feed.setDescription(child.getText());
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* Publish Date */
      else if ("pubdate".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        feed.setPublishDate(DateUtils.parseDate(child.getText()));
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* Image */
      else if ("image".equals(name)) // $NON-NLS-1$
      processImage(child, feed);

      /* Language */
      else if ("language".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        feed.setLanguage(child.getText());
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* Copyright */
      else if ("copyright".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        feed.setCopyright(child.getText());
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* Webmaster */
      else if ("webmaster".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        feed.setWebmaster(child.getText());
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* Managing Editor */
      else if ("managingeditor".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        IPerson person = Owl.getModelFactory().createPerson(null, feed);
        person.setName(child.getText());

        processNamespaceAttributes(child, person);
      }

      /* Last Build Date */
      else if ("lastbuilddate".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        feed.setLastBuildDate(DateUtils.parseDate(child.getText()));
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* Category */
      else if ("category".equals(name)) // $NON-NLS-1$
      processCategory(child, feed);

      /* Generator */
      else if ("generator".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        feed.setGenerator(child.getText());
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* Docs */
      else if ("docs".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        URI uri = URIUtils.createURI(child.getText());
        if (uri != null) feed.setDocs(uri);
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* Rating */
      else if ("rating".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        feed.setRating(child.getText());
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* TTL */
      else if ("ttl".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        int ttl = StringUtils.stringToInt(child.getTextNormalize());
        if (ttl >= 0) feed.setTTL(ttl);
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
      }

      /* Skip Hours */
      else if ("skiphours".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
        List<?> skipHoursChildren = child.getChildren("hour"); // $NON-NLS-1$

        /* For each <hour> Element */
        for (Iterator<?> iterator = skipHoursChildren.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); ) {
          Element skipHour = (Element) iterator.next();
          processNamespaceAttributes(skipHour, feed);

          int hour = StringUtils.stringToInt(skipHour.getTextNormalize());
          if (0 <= hour && hour < 24) feed.addHourToSkip(hour);
        }
      }

      /* Skip Days */
      else if ("skipdays".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, feed);
        List<?> skipDaysChildren = child.getChildren("day"); // $NON-NLS-1$

        /* For each <day> Element */
        for (Iterator<?> iterator = skipDaysChildren.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); ) {
          Element skipDay = (Element) iterator.next();
          processNamespaceAttributes(skipDay, feed);

          String day = skipDay.getText().toLowerCase();
          int index = IFeed.DAYS.indexOf(day);
          if (index >= 0) feed.addDayToSkip(index);
        }
      }

      /* TextInput */
      else if ("textinput".equals(name)) // $NON-NLS-1$
      processTextInput(child, feed);

      /* Cloud */
      else if ("cloud".equals(name)) // $NON-NLS-1$
      processCloud(child, feed);
    }
  }
  private void processItems(Element element, IFeed feed) {
    INews news =
        Owl.getModelFactory()
            .createNews(null, feed, new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() - (fNewsCounter++ * 1)));
    news.setBase(feed.getBase());

    /* Check wether the Attributes are to be processed by a Contribution */
    processNamespaceAttributes(element, news);

    /* Interpret Children */
    List<?> newsChilds = element.getChildren();
    for (Iterator<?> iter = newsChilds.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
      Element child = (Element) iter.next();
      String name = child.getName().toLowerCase();

      /* Check wether this Element is to be processed by a Contribution */
      if (processElementExtern(child, news)) continue;

      /* Title */
      else if ("title".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        news.setTitle(child.getText());
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, news);
      }

      /* Link */
      else if ("link".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        URI uri = URIUtils.createURI(child.getText());
        if (uri != null) {
          news.setLink(uri);
          itemUrl = child.getText();
        }
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, news);
      }

      /* Description */
      else if ("description".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        if (!Owl.getPreferenceService().getGlobalScope().getBoolean(DefaultPreferences.HIDE_LIKE)) {
          news.setDescription(child.getText() + FacebookLikeUtil.getButtonCode(itemUrl));
          processNamespaceAttributes(child, news);
        } else {
          news.setDescription(child.getText());
          processNamespaceAttributes(child, news);
        }
      }

      /* Publish Date */
      else if ("pubdate".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        news.setPublishDate(DateUtils.parseDate(child.getText()));
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, news);
      }

      /* Author */
      else if ("author".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        IPerson person = Owl.getModelFactory().createPerson(null, news);
        person.setName(child.getText());

        processNamespaceAttributes(child, person);
      }

      /* Comments */
      else if ("comments".equals(name)) { // $NON-NLS-1$
        news.setComments(child.getText());
        processNamespaceAttributes(child, news);
      }

      /* Attachment */
      else if ("enclosure".equals(name)) // $NON-NLS-1$
      processEnclosure(child, news);

      /* Category */
      else if ("category".equals(name)) // $NON-NLS-1$
      processCategory(child, news);

      /* GUID */
      else if ("guid".equals(name)) // $NON-NLS-1$
      processGuid(child, news);

      /* Source */
      else if ("source".equals(name)) // $NON-NLS-1$
      processSource(child, news);
    }
  }