One of the goals I've been working towards is the ability to output and
parse Atom from alternative formats. For instance, we have a JSON
rendering of Atom we've been working on. There's also an RDF rendering.
I've extended Parser and have introduced new Writer interfaces to allow
for this.
For instance, suppose I want to output Atom as JSON...
Writer writer = WriterFactory.getInstance("json");
writer.writeTo(feed, outputStream);
Or, RDF
Writer writer = WriterFactory.getInstance("rdf");
writer.writeTo(feed, outputStream);
Alternatively, I could new up a Writer
Writer writer = new JsonWriter();
It would work the same on the parsing side. Suppose I want to parse
from JSON or RDF
Parser parser = ParserFactory.getInstance("json");
parser.parse(...)
Parser parser = ParserFactory.getInstance("rdf");
parser.parse(...)
The named parsers implement the exact same API as the default Abdera parser.
If there are no objections, I'll check it in.
- James
