// InitialiseChannelItemCollection - Return a collection of ChannelItemEntities as read from
// the RSS Feed.
//
public ArrayList InitialiseChannelItemCollection()
{
ArrayList list = null;
CreateXPathNavigator();
if (nav != null)
{
XPathNodeIterator nodeItr = nav.Select("//channel/item");
while (nodeItr.MoveNext())
{
// If an item has been found, initialise our ArrayList class type if necessary
if (list == null)
{
list = new ArrayList();
}
// Create our ChannelItemEntity instance and initialise it
ChannelItemEntity item = new ChannelItemEntity();
item.title = nodeItr.Current.Evaluate("string(./title)").ToString();
item.link = nodeItr.Current.Evaluate("string(./link)").ToString();
item.description = nodeItr.Current.Evaluate("string(./description)").ToString();
item.author = nodeItr.Current.Evaluate("string(./author)").ToString();
item.category = nodeItr.Current.Evaluate("string(./category)").ToString();
item.publishedDate = nodeItr.Current.Evaluate("string(./pubDate)").ToString();
item.guid = nodeItr.Current.Evaluate("string(./guid)").ToString();
// Add it to our collection
list.Add(item);
}
}
return(list);
}
/// <summary>Creates a new, empty ChannelItemEntity object.</summary>
/// <returns>A new, empty ChannelItemEntity object.</returns>
public override IEntity Create()
{
IEntity toReturn = new ChannelItemEntity();
// __LLBLGENPRO_USER_CODE_REGION_START CreateNewChannelItem
// __LLBLGENPRO_USER_CODE_REGION_END
return(toReturn);
}
// dgThread_Click = Event for when a users chooses to view the news item
//
public void dgThread_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Get the current row (after the click event) and display the relevant items text
int rowNumber = dgThreads.CurrentCell.RowNumber;
ChannelItemEntity item = (ChannelItemEntity)currentChannel.channelItemEntityList[rowNumber];
txtContents.Text = item.Description;
}
// WriteChannelItems - Write collection of 'ChannelItemEntity' to th database
//
public void WriteChannelItems(ArrayList list)
{
for (int idx = 0; idx < list.Count; idx++)
{
// Cast to its intended type
ChannelItemEntity ci = (ChannelItemEntity)list[idx];
// Write to the database
// READER: An Exercise for you to do
}
}
