Class Syndication::RSS::Channel
In: lib/syndication/rss.rb
Parent: Syndication::Container

Represents metadata about an RSS feed as a whole. Typically found via the Syndication::RSS::Feed#channel method.

Methods

day=   hour=   lastbuilddate   pubdate  

External Aliases

store_category -> category=

Attributes

category  [RW]  One or more categories for the channel, as an Array of Strings.
cloud  [RW]  rssCloud interface (for Radio UserLand).
copyright  [RW]  Copyright statement for channel.
description  [RW]  A textual description of the channel.
docs  [RW]  The URL of some documentation on what the RSS format is.
generator  [RW]  The software that generated the channel.
image  [RW]  The graphical image to represent the channel, as a Syndication::Image object.
language  [RW]  ISO code for the language the channel is written in.
lastbuilddate  [W]  Last time content in channel changed.
link  [RW]  The URL of the web site this is a channel for.
managingeditor  [RW]  E-mail address of person responsible for editorial content.
pubdate  [W]  Publication date of content in channel.
rating  [RW]  PICS rating for channel.
skipdays  [R]  Full names (in English) of days when the feed can be skipped.
skiphours  [R]  Hours when the feed can be skipped (because it will not have new content). Returned as an Array of values in the range 0..23 (even if parsing the UserLand variant of RSS 0.91).
textinput  [RW]  The TextInput area as a Syndication::TextInput object.
title  [RW]  The title of the channel.
ttl  [RW]  Time to live for this copy of the channel.
webmaster  [RW]  E-mail address of person responsible for technical issues with feed.

Public Instance methods

day=(dayname)

Add a day name to the list of days to skip.

The element in fact comes inside , but we don’t enforce that; we just make the Channel recognize it and store the values.

[Source]

# File lib/syndication/rss.rb, line 202
    def day=(dayname)
      if dayname.kind_of?(String)
        if !defined? @skipdays
          @skipdays = Array.new
        end
        @skipdays << dayname
      end
    end
hour=(hr)

Add an hour to the list of hours to skip.

The element in fact comes inside , but we don’t enforce that; we just make the Channel recognize it and store the values.

[Source]

# File lib/syndication/rss.rb, line 188
    def hour=(hr)
      if hr.kind_of?(String)
        if !defined? @skiphours
          @skiphours = Array.new
        end
        h = hr.to_i
        @skiphours << (h == 24 ? 0 : h)
      end
    end
lastbuilddate()

Last time content in channel changed, as a DateTime object if it can be parsed by DateTime; otherwise, as a String.

[Source]

# File lib/syndication/rss.rb, line 180
    def lastbuilddate
      return parse_date(@lastbuilddate)
    end
pubdate()

Publication date of content in channel, as a DateTime object if it can be parsed by DateTime; otherwise, as a String.

[Source]

# File lib/syndication/rss.rb, line 174
    def pubdate
      return parse_date(@pubdate)
    end

[Validate]