//Goes through character by character when parsing whats inside of a tag.
@Override
public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) throws SAXException {
if (currentItem != null) {
//If parsingTitle is true, then that means we are inside a <title> tag so the text is the title of an item.
if (parsingTitle)
currentItem.setTitle(new String(ch, start, length));
//If parsingLink is true, then that means we are inside a <link> tag so the text is the link of an item.
else if (parsingLink)
currentItem.setLink(new String(ch, start, length));
//If parsingDescription is true, then that means we are inside a <description> tag so the text is the description of an item.
else if (parsingDescription)
currentItem.setDescription(new String(ch, start, length));
else if (parsingPubDate)
currentItem.setPubDate(new String(ch, start, length));
}
}
public static List<RssItem> parse(String rssFeed, Activity activity) {
try {
Thread.sleep(6000);
} catch (InterruptedException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
List<RssItem> list = new ArrayList<RssItem>();
XmlPullParser parser = Xml.newPullParser();
InputStream stream = null;
try {
stream = new URL(rssFeed).openStream();
} catch (MalformedURLException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e1.printStackTrace();
}
try {
// auto-detect the encoding from the stream
parser.setInput(stream, null);
int eventType = parser.getEventType();
boolean done = false;
RssItem item = null;
while (eventType != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT && !done) {
String name = null;
switch (eventType) {
case XmlPullParser.START_DOCUMENT:
break;
case XmlPullParser.START_TAG:
name = parser.getName();
if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(ITEM)) {
Log.i("new item", "Create new item");
item = new RssItem();
} else if (item != null) {
if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(LINK)) {
Log.i("Attribute", "setLink");
item.setLink(parser.nextText());
} else if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(DESCRIPTION)) {
Log.i("Attribute", "description");
item.setDescription(parser.nextText().trim());
} else if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(PUB_DATE)) {
Log.i("Attribute", "date");
item.setPubDate(parser.nextText());
} else if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(TITLE)) {
Log.i("Attribute", "title");
item.setTitle(parser.nextText().trim());
}
}
break;
case XmlPullParser.END_TAG:
name = parser.getName();
Log.i("End tag", name);
if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(ITEM) && item != null) {
Log.i("Added", item.toString());
list.add(item);
} else if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(CHANNEL)) {
done = true;
}
break;
}
eventType = parser.next();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
} finally {
if (stream != null) {
try {
stream.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
return list;
}
