I've begun working on [what I believe to be] an extraordinary class to top all my others. But I'm also trying to gauge it's usefulness, before I get too in-depth.
In this age of "Web 2.0" and syndicate everything, I've started working on a set of classes which can not only parse RSS feeds into REALbasic objects, but parse nearly *any* feed into the same objects - and also create any kind of feed. And lastly, convert feeds simply by setting a property and asking it to create the XML. So as a brief example, (I've named the classes RSSxxxx), to create a feed one would do something like dim r as new rssfeed r.title = "My New Feed" r.linkurl = "http://www.feeds.com/"; r.lastupdated = new date // create atom 1.0 feed r.format = rssfeed.kformatatom10 msgbox r.asxml.tostring // create rss 2.0 feed r.format = rssfeed.kformatrss20 msgbox r.asxml.tostring And parsing a feed would be as simple as downloading it using an HTTPSocket and then sending it to RSSModule.Parse: dim r as rssfeed r = RSSModule.Parse(myHTTPContent) if r <> nil then msgbox "You downloaded feed " + r.title end I have not found something similar to this for RB yet, so the simple question: is this wanted? -- Thom McGrath, <http://www.thezaz.com/> "You realize you've created God in your own image when God hates all the same people you do." _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
