CkoAtom Objective-C Reference Documentation
CkoAtom
Current Version: 10.0.0
Represents an Atom document. The Atom API allows one to download, create and modify Atom documents.
Object Creation
CkoAtom *obj = [[CkoAtom alloc] init];
Properties
AbortCurrent
When set to YES, causes the currently running method to abort. Methods that always finish quickly (i.e.have no length file operations or network communications) are not affected. If no method is running, then this property is automatically reset to NO when the next method is called. When the abort occurs, this property is reset to NO. Both synchronous and asynchronous method calls can be aborted. (A synchronous method call could be aborted by setting this property from a separate thread.)
topDebugLogFilePath
If set to a file path, causes each Chilkat method or property call to automatically append it's LastErrorText to the specified log file. The information is appended such that if a hang or crash occurs, it is possible to see the context in which the problem occurred, as well as a history of all Chilkat calls up to the point of the problem. The VerboseLogging property can be set to provide more detailed information.
This property is typically used for debugging the rare cases where a Chilkat method call hangs or generates an exception that halts program execution (i.e. crashes). A hang or crash should generally never happen. The typical causes of a hang are:
- a timeout related property was set to 0 to explicitly indicate that an infinite timeout is desired,
- the hang is actually a hang within an event callback (i.e. it is a hang within the application code), or
- there is an internal problem (bug) in the Chilkat code that causes the hang.
LastErrorHtml
Provides information in HTML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.
topLastErrorText
Provides information in plain-text format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.
LastErrorXml
Provides information in XML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.
topLastMethodSuccess
Indicate whether the last method call succeeded or failed. A value of YES indicates success, a value of NO indicates failure. This property is automatically set for method calls. It is not modified by property accesses. The property is automatically set to indicate success for the following types of method calls:
- Any method that returns a string.
- Any method returning a Chilkat object, binary bytes, or a date/time.
- Any method returning a standard boolean status value where success = YES and failure = NO.
- Any method returning an integer where failure is defined by a return value less than zero.
Note: Methods that do not fit the above requirements will always set this property equal to YES. For example, a method that returns no value (such as a "void" in C++) will technically always succeed.
topNumEntries
Number of entries in the Atom document.
topVerboseLogging
If set to YES, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is NO. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.
topVersion
Methods
AddElement
value:(NSString *)value;
Adds a new element to the Atom document. The tag is a string such as "title", "subtitle", "summary", etc. Returns the index of the element added, or -1 for failure.
topAddElementDateStr
dateTimeStr:(NSString *)dateTimeStr;
Adds a new date-formatted element to the Atom document. The tag is a string such as "created", "modified", "issued", etc. The dateTimeStr should be an RFC822 formatted date/time string such as "Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:25:32 -0500". Returns the index of the element added, or -1 for failure.
topAddElementDt
Adds a new date-formatted element to the Atom document. The tag is a string such as "created", "modified", "issued", etc. Returns the index of the element added, or -1 for failure.
topAddElementHtml
htmlStr:(NSString *)htmlStr;
Adds a new HTML formatted element to the Atom document. Returns the index of the element added, or -1 for failure.
topAddElementXHtml
xmlStr:(NSString *)xmlStr;
Adds a new XHTML formatted element to the Atom document. Returns the index of the element added, or -1 for failure.
topAddElementXml
xmlStr:(NSString *)xmlStr;
Adds a new XML formatted element to the Atom document. Returns the index of the element added, or -1 for failure.
topAddEntry
Adds an "entry" Atom XML document to the caller's Atom document.
topAddLink
href:(NSString *)href
title:(NSString *)title
typ:(NSString *)typ;
Adds a link to the Atom document.
topAddPerson
name:(NSString *)name
uri:(NSString *)uri
email:(NSString *)email;
Adds a person to the Atom document. The tag should be a string such as "author", "contributor", etc. If a piece of information is not known, an empty string or NULL value may be passed.
topDeleteElement
index:(NSNumber *)index;
Removes the Nth occurrence of a given element from the Atom document. Indexing begins at 0. For example, to remove the 2nd category, set tag = "category" and index = 1.
topDeleteElementAttr
index:(NSNumber *)index
attrName:(NSString *)attrName;
Remove an attribute from an element.The index should be 0 unless there are multiple elements having the same tag, in which case it selects the Nth occurrence based on the index ( 0 = first occurrence ).
topDeletePerson
index:(NSNumber *)index;
Deletes a person from the Atom document. The tag is a string such as "author". The index should be 0 unless there are multiple elements having the same tag, in which case it selects the Nth occurrence based on the index. For example, DeletePerson("author",2) deletes the 3rd author.
topDownloadAtom
Download an Atom feed from the Internet and load it into the Atom object.
Returns YES for success, NO for failure.
topDownloadAtomAsync (1)
Creates an asynchronous task to call the DownloadAtom method with the arguments provided. (Async methods are available starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.52.)
Note: Async method event callbacks happen in the background thread. Accessing and updating UI elements existing in the main thread may require special considerations.
Returns nil on failure
topGetElement
index:(NSNumber *)index;
GetElementAttr
index:(NSNumber *)index
attrName:(NSString *)attrName;
Returns the value of an element's attribute. The element is selected by the tag name and the index (the Nth element having a specific tag) and the attribute is selected by name.
Returns nil on failure
topGetElementCount
The number of elements having a specific tag.
topGetElementDateStr
index:(NSNumber *)index;
Returns an element's value as a date/time in an RFC822 formatted string, such as such as "Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:25:32 -0500".
Returns nil on failure
topGetElementDt
GetEntry
GetLinkHref
Returns the href attribute of the link having a specified "rel" attribute (such as "service.feed", "alternate", etc.).
Returns nil on failure
topGetPersonInfo
index:(NSNumber *)index
tag2:(NSString *)tag2;
Returns a piece of information about a person. To get the 2nd author's name, call GetPersonInfo("author",1,"name").
Returns nil on failure
topGetTopAttr
Returns the value of an attribute on the top-level XML node. The tag of a top-level Atom XML node is typically "feed" or "entry", and it might have attributes such as "xmlns" and "xml:lang".
Returns nil on failure
topHasElement
True (1) if the element exists in the Atom document. Otherwise 0.
topLoadTaskCaller
LoadXml
NewEntry
Initializes the Atom document to be a new "entry".
topNewFeed
Initializes the Atom document to be a new "feed".
topSetElementAttr
index:(NSNumber *)index
attrName:(NSString *)attrName
attrValue:(NSString *)attrValue;
Adds or replaces an attribute on an element.
topSetTopAttr
value:(NSString *)value;
Adds or replaces an attribute on the top-level XML node of the Atom document.
topToXmlString
UpdateElement
index:(NSNumber *)index
value:(NSString *)value;
Replaces the content of an element.
topUpdateElementDateStr
index:(NSNumber *)index
dateTimeStr:(NSString *)dateTimeStr;
Replaces the content of a date-formatted element. The index should be an RFC822 formatted date/time string.
topUpdateElementDt
Replaces the content of a date-formatted element.
topUpdateElementHtml
index:(NSNumber *)index
htmlStr:(NSString *)htmlStr;
Replaces the content of an HTML element.
topUpdateElementXHtml
index:(NSNumber *)index
xmlStr:(NSString *)xmlStr;
Replaces the content of an XHTML element.
topUpdateElementXml
index:(NSNumber *)index
xmlStr:(NSString *)xmlStr;
Replaces the content of an XML element.
topUpdatePerson
index:(NSNumber *)index
name:(NSString *)name
uri:(NSString *)uri
email:(NSString *)email;
Replaces the content of a person. To update the 3rd author, call UpdatePerson("author",2,"new name","new URL","new email"). If a piece of information is not known, pass an empty string or a NULL.
topEvents
To implement an event callback, your application would define and implement a class that inherits from CkoBaseProgress. Your application can implement methods to override some or all of the default/empty method implementations of the CkoBaseProgress base class.
For example:
CkoAtom *atom = [[CkoAtom alloc] init]; MyAtomProgress *callbackObj = [[MyAtomProgress alloc] init]; [atom setEventCallbackObject:callbackObj];
MyAtomProgress interface example:
#import "CkoAtomProgress.h" @interface MyAtomProgress : CkoBaseProgress { } - (id)init; - (void)dealloc; - (void)dispose; - (void)AbortCheck:(BOOL *)abort; - (void)PercentDone:(NSNumber *)pctDone abort:(BOOL *)abort; - (void)ProgressInfo:(NSString *)name value:(NSString *)value; - (void)TaskCompleted:(CkoTask *)task; @end
AbortCheck
Provides the opportunity for a method call to be aborted. The AbortCheck event is fired periodically based on the value of the HeartbeatMs property. If HeartbeatMs is 0, then no AbortCheck events will fire. As an example, to fire 5 AbortCheck events per second, set the HeartbeatMs property equal to 200.
PercentDone
abort:(BOOL *)abort;
Provides the percentage completed for any method that involves network communications or time-consuming processing (assuming it is a method where a percentage completion can be measured). This event is only fired when it is possible to know a percentage completion, and when it makes sense to express the operation as a percentage completed. The pctDone argument will have a value from 1 to 100. For operations (Chilkat method calls) that complete very quickly, the number of PercentDone callbacks will vary, but the final callback should have a value of 100. For long running operations, no more than one callback per percentage point will occur (for example: 1, 2, 3, ... 98, 99, 100).
The PercentDone callback counts as an AbortCheck event. For method calls that complete quickly such that PercentDone events fire, it may be that AbortCheck events don't fire because the opportunity to abort is already provided in the PercentDone callback. For time consuming operations, where the amount of time between PercentDone callbacks are long, AbortCheck callbacks may be used to allow for the operation to be aborted in a more responsive manner.
The abort output argument provides a means for aborting the operation. Setting it to YES will cause the method to abort and return a failed status (or whatever return value indicates failure).
ProgressInfo
value:(NSString *)value;
A general name/value event that provides information about what is happening during a method call. To find out what information is available, write code to handle this event and log the name/value pairs. Most are self-explanatory.
TaskCompleted
Called in the background thread when an asynchronous task completes.