Re: [mylar-dev] Synchronizing RSS Feed with Task list

[Eugene Kuleshov <eu@xxxxxxxx>]

Anthony,

 It is best to look at the existing connectors. The simplest ones are 
web based connector in org.eclipse.mylar.sandbox plugin and Trac connector.

 I've implemented a quick hack for web-repository connector to fetch 
the rss feed, leaving all the wizards the same as for regexp-based one.

 So, the only difference is in performQuery() method, so if there are 
no regexp defined, it would try to parse query url using Rome framewok:

           SyndFeed feed = input.build(new XmlReader(new URL(queryUrl)));
          
           for (Iterator it = feed.getEntries().iterator(); 
it.hasNext(); ) {
               SyndEntry entry = (SyndEntry) it.next();
              
               String entryUri = entry.getUri();
               if(entryUri.startsWith(taskPrefix)) {
                   String id = entryUri.substring(taskPrefix.length());
                   hits.add(new WebQueryHit(id, id+": 
"+entry.getTitle(), taskPrefix, repositoryUrl));
               }
           }

 Unfortunately it can't go into Mylar's CVS now, because there is no 
approval for Rome libraries. Not sure if Mik requested this stuff yet. 
Anyways, this is what required to make above fragment to work:

jdom-1.0.jar
 location: http://jdom.org/
 license: ASL like - http://jdom.org/docs/faq.html#a0030

rome-0.8.jar
rome-fetcher-0.7.jar
 location: https://rome.dev.java.net/
 license: ASL - http://www.apache.org/LICENSE.txt

 Going further, it would be really great to have tighter integration of 
the web related connectors and have better drag-n-drop support as well 
as offline store.

 regards,
 Eugene

PS: apparently Jakarta commons feedparser project is dormant now, which 
leave us either Rome (ASL) of Informa (LGPL)


Anthony Bargnesi wrote:
> Eugene,
>
> I have attempted to add to the task list via a RSS feed but to no 
> certain success.
> I create a preference page that sets up how the rss url and interval 
> for parsing the
> rss feed.  Then I create a background job that will periodically parse 
> the rss, but I
> run into problems when trying to add to the Task List. 
>
> What plugins would I need as extensions in order to create new tasks 
> in the task
> list?  I am new to eclipse dev. so it is so going and frustrating.  I 
> took a look at your
> sandbox code and noticed you created a Repository connector for your 
> web based
> tasks.  Would I need a repository connector just to add tasks to the list?
>
> I am hoping I can just declare an extension to the the 
> org.eclipse.mylar.tasks.ui plugin
> and be able to access the TaskList directly.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,