Atom VB.NET WinRT Reference Documentation

Atom

Current Version: 9.5.0.90

Represents an Atom document. The Atom API allows one to download, create and modify Atom documents.

Object Creation

Dim obj As New Chilkat.Atom()

Properties

AbortCurrent

AbortCurrent As Boolean (ReadOnly)

Introduced in version 9.5.0.58

When set to True, 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 False when the next method is called. When the abort occurs, this property is reset to False. Both synchronous and asynchronous method calls can be aborted. (A synchronous method call could be aborted by setting this property from a separate thread.)

DebugLogFilePath

DebugLogFilePath As String

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

LastErrorHtml As String (ReadOnly)

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.

LastErrorText

LastErrorText As String (ReadOnly)

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.

More Information and Examples

Concept of LastErrorText LastErrorText Standard Information

LastErrorXml

LastErrorXml As String (ReadOnly)

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.

LastMethodSuccess

LastMethodSuccess As Boolean

Introduced in version 9.5.0.52

Indicate whether the last method call succeeded or failed. A value of True indicates success, a value of False 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 = True and failure = False.
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 True. For example, a method that returns no value (such as a "void" in C++) will technically always succeed.

NumEntries

NumEntries As Integer (ReadOnly)

Number of entries in the Atom document.

VerboseLogging

VerboseLogging As Boolean

If set to True, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is False. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.

Version

Version As String (ReadOnly)

Version of the component/library, such as "9.5.0.63"

Methods

AddElement

Function AddElement(ByVal tag As String, ByVal value As String) As Integer

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.

AddElementDateStr

Function AddElementDateStr(ByVal tag As String, ByVal dateTimeStr As String) As Integer

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.

AddElementDt

Function AddElementDt(ByVal tag As String, ByVal dateTime As CkDateTime) As Integer

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.

AddElementHtml

Function AddElementHtml(ByVal tag As String, ByVal htmlStr As String) As Integer

Adds a new HTML formatted element to the Atom document. Returns the index of the element added, or -1 for failure.

AddElementXHtml

Function AddElementXHtml(ByVal tag As String, ByVal xmlStr As String) As Integer

Adds a new XHTML formatted element to the Atom document. Returns the index of the element added, or -1 for failure.

AddElementXml

Function AddElementXml(ByVal tag As String, ByVal xmlStr As String) As Integer

Adds a new XML formatted element to the Atom document. Returns the index of the element added, or -1 for failure.

AddEntry

Sub AddEntry(ByVal xmlStr As String)

Adds an "entry" Atom XML document to the caller's Atom document.

AddLink

Sub AddLink(ByVal rel As String, ByVal href As String, ByVal title As String, ByVal typ As String)

Adds a link to the Atom document.

AddPerson

Sub AddPerson(ByVal tag As String, ByVal name As String, ByVal uri As String, ByVal email As String)

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.

DeleteElement

Sub DeleteElement(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer)

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.

DeleteElementAttr

Sub DeleteElementAttr(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer, ByVal attrName As String)

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 ).

DeletePerson

Sub DeletePerson(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer)

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.

DownloadAtom

<Awaitable> Function DownloadAtomAsyncAsync(ByVal url As String) As IAsyncOperation(Of Boolean)

Download an Atom feed from the Internet and load it into the Atom object.

Returns True for success, False for failure.

GetElement

Function GetElement(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer) As String

Returns the content of the Nth element having a specified tag.

Returns Nothing on failure

GetElementAttr

Function GetElementAttr(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer, ByVal attrName As String) As String

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 Nothing on failure

GetElementCount

Function GetElementCount(ByVal tag As String) As Integer

The number of elements having a specific tag.

GetElementDateStr

Function GetElementDateStr(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer) As String

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 Nothing on failure

GetElementDt

Function GetElementDt(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer) As CkDateTime

Returns an element's value as a date/time object.

Returns Nothing on failure

GetEntry

Function GetEntry(ByVal index As Integer) As Atom

Returns the Nth entry as an Atom object. (Indexing begins at 0)

Returns Nothing on failure

GetLinkHref

Function GetLinkHref(ByVal relName As String) As String

Returns the href attribute of the link having a specified "rel" attribute (such as "service.feed", "alternate", etc.).

Returns Nothing on failure

GetPersonInfo

Function GetPersonInfo(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer, ByVal tag2 As String) As String

Returns a piece of information about a person. To get the 2nd author's name, call GetPersonInfo("author",1,"name").

Returns Nothing on failure

GetTopAttr

Function GetTopAttr(ByVal attrName As String) As String

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 Nothing on failure

HasElement

Function HasElement(ByVal tag As String) As Boolean

True (1) if the element exists in the Atom document. Otherwise 0.

LoadXml

Function LoadXml(ByVal xmlStr As String) As Boolean

Loads the Atom document from an XML string.

Returns True for success, False for failure.

NewEntry

Sub NewEntry()

Initializes the Atom document to be a new "entry".

NewFeed

Sub NewFeed()

Initializes the Atom document to be a new "feed".

SetElementAttr

Sub SetElementAttr(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer, ByVal attrName As String, ByVal attrValue As String)

Adds or replaces an attribute on an element.

SetTopAttr

Sub SetTopAttr(ByVal attrName As String, ByVal value As String)

Adds or replaces an attribute on the top-level XML node of the Atom document.

ToXmlString

Function ToXmlString() As String

Serializes the Atom document to an XML string.

Returns Nothing on failure

UpdateElement

Sub UpdateElement(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer, ByVal value As String)

Replaces the content of an element.

UpdateElementDateStr

Sub UpdateElementDateStr(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer, ByVal dateTimeStr As String)

Replaces the content of a date-formatted element. The index should be an RFC822 formatted date/time string.

UpdateElementDt

Sub UpdateElementDt(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer, ByVal dateTime As CkDateTime)

Replaces the content of a date-formatted element.

UpdateElementHtml

Sub UpdateElementHtml(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer, ByVal htmlStr As String)

Replaces the content of an HTML element.

UpdateElementXHtml

Sub UpdateElementXHtml(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer, ByVal xmlStr As String)

Replaces the content of an XHTML element.

UpdateElementXml

Sub UpdateElementXml(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer, ByVal xmlStr As String)

Replaces the content of an XML element.

UpdatePerson

Sub UpdatePerson(ByVal tag As String, ByVal index As Integer, ByVal name As String, ByVal uri As String, ByVal email As String)

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.

Events