Parser.java

/*
 * Copyright © 2011 Nokia Corporation. All rights reserved.
 * Nokia and Nokia Connecting People are registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation. 
 * Oracle and Java are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its
 * affiliates. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks
 * or trade names of their respective owners. 
 * See LICENSE.TXT for license information.
 */ 

package com.nokia.example.wordpress.networking;

import java.util.Calendar;
import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;

/**
 * Parser abstract class to be extended by specific parsers.
 * Based on the default SAX parser event handler.
 */
public abstract class Parser extends DefaultHandler {

    /**
     * Name of the tag inside which the parser is currently.
     */
    protected String current = "";
    /**
     * Buffer for accumulating string content.
     */
    private StringBuffer chars = new StringBuffer();

    /**
     * Event handler for the start of an XML element. Clears the content string buffer
     * so that a new string can be stored.
     * @param uri
     * @param localName
     * @param qName
     * @param attributes
     */
    public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes attributes) {
        chars = new StringBuffer();
    }

    /**
     * Character callback for content characters. Data is appended to the
     * string buffer.
     * @param ch
     * @param start
     * @param length
     */
    public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length) {
        chars.append(ch, start, length);
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the last content string and clears the string buffer.
     * @return
     */
    protected String getChars() {
        // For some reason there is some extra whitespace around the characters sometimes. Trim those out.
        String c = chars.toString().trim();
        chars = new StringBuffer();
        return c;
    }

    /**
     * Convert the ISO8601 to a more readable date representation.
     * @param text Date string in ISO8601
     * @return
     */
    protected String convertDate(String text) {
        //01234567890123456
        //20100520T11:53:54
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, Integer.valueOf(text.substring(0, 4)).intValue());
        cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, Integer.valueOf(text.substring(4, 6)).intValue() - 1); // note -1
        cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, Integer.valueOf(text.substring(6, 8)).intValue());
        cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, Integer.valueOf(text.substring(9, 11)).intValue());
        cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, Integer.valueOf(text.substring(12, 14)).intValue());
        cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, Integer.valueOf(text.substring(15, 17)).intValue());

        // "dow mon dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyy"
        String s = cal.getTime().toString();

        //     "dow "             "hh:mm"                      "dd"
        return s.substring(0, 4) + s.substring(11, 16) + ", " + s.substring(8, 10) + ". " + s.substring(4, 7);
     }
}