Source for file AlphaFeed.inc
Documentation is available at AlphaFeed.inc
require_once $config->get('sysRoot'). 'alpha/util/MarkdownFacade.inc';
* Base feed class for generating syndication feeds
* @package alpha::util::feeds
* @author John Collins <dev@alphaframework.org>
* @version $Id: AlphaFeed.inc 1341 2011-03-17 15:02:02Z johnc $
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* The DOMDocument object used to create the feed
* The DOMElement object used to hold the item or entry elements
* Holds the DOMElement to which metadata is added for the feed
* The actual root tag used in each feed type
* If the feed format has a channel or not
* Maps the tags to the feed-specific tags
protected $tagMap = array('item'=> 'item','feeddesc'=> 'description','itemdesc'=> 'description');
* The BO which we will serve up in this feed
* An array containing BO field names -> RSS field name mappings
* The XML namespace to use in the generated feed
private static $logger = null;
* @param string $BOName The classname of the BO to render a feed for.
* @param string $title The title of the feed.
* @param string $url The base URL for the feed.
* @param string $description The description of the feed.
* @param string $pubDate The publish date, only used in Atom feeds.
* @param integer $id The feed id, only used in Atom feeds.
* @param integer $limit The amount of items to render in the feed.
* @throws IllegalArguementException
public function __construct($BOName, $title, $url, $description, $pubDate = null, $id = null, $limit = 10) {
self::$logger = new Logger('AlphaFeed');
self::$logger->debug('>>__construct(BOName=['. $BOName. '], title=['. $title. '], url=['. $url. '], description=['. $description. '], pubDate=['. $pubDate. '], id=['. $id. '], limit=['. $limit. '])');
$this->rssDoc = new DOMDocument();
self::$logger->error('Unable to load the class definition for the class ['. $BOName. '] while trying to generate a feed!');
$this->createRSSNode('feed', $this->root, $title, $url, $description, $pubDate, $id);
self::$logger->debug('<<__construct');
* Method to load all of the BO items to the feed from the database, from the newest to the
* @param integer $limit The amount of items to render in the feed.
* @param string $sortBy The name of the field to sort the feed by.
public function loadBOs($limit, $sortBy) {
$BOs = $this->BO->loadAll(0, $limit, $sortBy, 'DESC');
* Method for adding a BO to the current feed
public function addBO($BO) {
$pubDate = date(DATE_ATOM, $dateTS);
$this->addItem($title, $url, $description, $pubDate, $id);
* Method for mapping BO fieldnames to feed field names
* @param string $title The title of the feed.
* @param string $url The base URL for the feed.
* @param string $description The description of the feed.
* @param string $pubDate The publish date, only used in Atom feeds.
* @param integer $id The feed id, only used in Atom feeds.
public function setFieldMappings($title, $url, $description= null, $pubDate= null, $id= null) {
* Method for creating a new feed element
* @param string $name The name of the element.
* @param string $value The value of the element.
return $this->rssDoc->createElement($name, $value);
* Method for creating link elements (note that Atom has a different format)
* @param DOMElement $parent The parent element.
* @param string $url The URL for the link.
$parent->appendChild($link);
* Method for creating an RSS node with a title, url and description
* @param integer $type Can be either (item|feed) to indicate the type of node we are creating.
* @param DOMElement $parent The parent element.
* @param string $title The title of the feed.
* @param string $url The base URL for the feed.
* @param string $description The description of the feed.
* @param string $pubDate The publish date, only used in Atom feeds.
* @param integer $id The feed id, only used in Atom feeds.
* @throws IllegalArguementException
protected function createRSSNode($type, $parent, $title, $url, $description, $pubDate= null, $id = null) {
$parent->appendChild($title);
$titletag = $this->tagMap['itemdesc'];
}else if ($type == 'feed') {
$titletag = $this->tagMap['feeddesc'];
$parent->appendChild($description);
// id elements and updated elements are just for Atom!
$parent->appendChild($idnode);
$parent->appendChild($datenode);
* Method for adding an item to a feed
* @param string $title The title of the feed.
* @param string $url The base URL for the feed.
* @param string $description The description of the feed.
* @param string $pubDate The publish date, only used in Atom feeds.
* @param integer $id The feed id, only used in Atom feeds.
protected function addItem($title, $url, $description= null, $pubDate= null, $id= null) {
$this->createRSSNode('item', $item, $title, $url, $description, $pubDate, $id);
* Returns the formatted XML for the feed as a string
$this->rssDoc->formatOutput = true;
return $this->rssDoc->saveXML();
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