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Parsing RSS feeds with J2ME and KXML
Some days have passed since last J2ME tutorial, so here is a fresh new one!
Today we’ll see how parsing a RSS feed with J2me is easy using KXML library, a fast and small XML pull parser, expecially suited for constrained environments like mobile devices. A live sample, parsing the RSS feed of this blog, is available here.
The detailed explanation of source code is available on my Forum Nokia Wiki article: J2ME RSS Parser with KXml. If you’re interested only in plain source code, you can pick it up here (it includes also the sample midlet you find on the emulator page). To use KXmlRssParser class, you must simply do:
KXmlRssParser parser = new KXmlRssParser(); Vector rssItems = parser.parse(yourFeedURL);
and the parse() method will return the complete list of parsed Items, as instances of RssItem class. Source code is of course simplified, for the purpose of this tutorial, as it only considers title, link and description tags of each <item>, but once you understand KXml logic you can extend it, without much effort, to include other infos from RSS feed.
Other resources you might find useful:
- KXML JavaDocs: http://kxml.sourceforge.net/kxml2/javadoc/
- RSS 2.0 Specifications: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html
May 15th, 2008 at 10:48 am
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June 19th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Hi i m a trainer in my comp, i saw the code its very nice n the standards are maintained i this coding. Currently i m working on xml parsing, so i juz want to know that if i want to display the names(channel names) in a list view on device, then is this the same procedure i need to follow or else there is a diferent way. If so can u plz tell me?
June 20th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Hi Mahesh,
the approach and code described in this post works only to parse (and display) RSS feed items, but you can easily adapt it to parse channel names, or any other infos contained within the RSS feed.
Pit