[twitter-dev] Re: Getting Source Parameter in Java from XML returns "<"

[Travis James]

package jtwitter;

import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;


public class TwitterEntry {

        // Twitter Entry Nodes (each corresponds to a XML node with the same
name)
        public static final String CREATED_AT = "created_at";
        public static final String ID = "id";
        public static final String TEXT = "text";
        public static final String SOURCE = "source";

        private Date createdAt;
        private int id;
        private String text;
        private String source;
        private TwitterUser user;

        //This is currently the date format used by twitter
        public static final String TWITTER_DATE_FORMAT = "EEE MMM dd kk:mm:ss
Z yyyy";

        public TwitterEntry(Date createdAt, int id, String text, String
source, TwitterUser user) {
                super();
                this.createdAt = createdAt;
                this.id = id;
                this.text = text;
                this.source = source;
                this.user = user;
        }

        public TwitterEntry() {
                this.user = new TwitterUser();
        }

        public Date getCreatedAt()
        {
                return createdAt;
        }

        public void setCreatedAt(Date createdAt)
        {
                this.createdAt = createdAt;
        }

        public int getId()
        {
                return id;
        }

        public void setId(int id)
        {
                this.id = id;
        }

        public String getText()
        {
                return text;
        }

        public void setText(String text)
        {
                this.text = text;
        }

        public String getSource()
        {
                return source;
        }

        public void setSource(String source)
        {
                this.source = source;
        }

        public TwitterUser getUser()
        {
                return user;
        }

        public void setUser(TwitterUser user)
        {
                this.user = user;
        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode()
        {
                final int PRIME = 31;
                int result = 1;
                result = PRIME * result + id;
                return result;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object obj)
        {
                if (this == obj)
                        return true;
                if (obj == null)
                        return false;
                if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
                        return false;
                final TwitterEntry other = (TwitterEntry) obj;
                if (id != other.id)
                        return false;
                return true;
        }

        public void addAttribute(String key, String value)
                throws ParseException, MalformedURLException {

                if(key.equals(CREATED_AT))
                        this.setCreatedAt(makeDate(value));
                else if(key.equals(ID))
                        this.setId(Integer.parseInt(value));
                else if (key.equals(TEXT))
                        this.setText(value);
                else if (key.equals(SOURCE))
                        this.setSource(value);
                else if (key.equals(TwitterUser.NAME))
                        this.getUser().setName(value);
                else if (key.equals(TwitterUser.SCREEN_NAME))
                        this.getUser().setScreenName(value);
                else if (key.equals(TwitterUser.LOCATION))
                        this.getUser().setLocation(value);
                else if (key.equals(TwitterUser.DESCRIPTION))
                        this.getUser().setDescription(value);
                else if (key.equals(TwitterUser.PROFILE_IMAGE_URL))
                        this.getUser().setProfileImageURL(value);
                else if (key.equals(TwitterUser.URL))
                        this.getUser().setUrl(value);
                else if (key.equals(TwitterUser.IS_PROTECTED))
                        
this.getUser().setProtected(Boolean.parseBoolean(value));
        }

        public String toString() {
                return "Created At: " + this.getCreatedAt() + "; "
                + "Status: " + this.getText() + "; "
                + "User: " + this.getUser();
        }

        private Date makeDate(String date)
                throws ParseException {
                return new SimpleDateFormat(TWITTER_DATE_FORMAT, 
Locale.US).parse
(date);
        }

}

On Apr 16, 7:41 am, Cameron Kaiser <spec...@floodgap.com> wrote:
> > I have a Twitter application that I created in Java and I am able to
> > get the source parameter by using XMLParser.
>
> > I have my application to where it displays "Username from Source,
> > Status Text"
>
> > Username works perfectly, but source only displays when a user updates
> > from the web, if they updated from a different application, all it
> > displays is "<".
>
> > Can anyone shed some light on this?
>
> A relevant section of code is always helpful.
>
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