> How can I fail gracefully when using xmlParse and the feed is 
> not available/online?
> 
> <cfset xmlFeed =
> xmlParse("http://www.somedomainwithrssfeed.com/keyword.xml";)>

Use try/catch.

> When using cfhttp, you could always use <cfif 
> findNoCase("200", cfhttp.statusCode)> to test for success. 
> How is it done with xmlParse? I'd rather not use a 
> cftry/cfcatch block.

Why? This is exactly what try/catch is for!

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