/**
* @param String $element
* @return String
*/
public static function getSetting($element)
{
$xh = new XMLHandler("../Classes/settings.xml");
return $xh->getValue($element);
}
/**
* @param String $url
* @return NewsItem[]
*/
public static function getNewsList($url, $format)
{
//Exception thrown in XMLHandler constructor if url is incorrect
$xh = new XMLHandler($url);
$newsList = array();
if (isset($xh)) {
$news = $xh->getNodes(BRAFTON_NEWS_LIST_ITEM);
$exceptionList = array();
foreach ($news as $n) {
/* @var $n DomElement */
$ni = new NewsItem();
try {
//Check if all required nodes exist, throw exception if not!
if ($n->getElementsByTagName(BRAFTON_ID)->length == 0) {
throw new XMLNodeException("Element " . BRAFTON_ID . " for " . BRAFTON_NEWS_LIST_ITEM);
}
//set value of BRAFTON_ID here to use in debugging!
$ni->id = $n->getElementsByTagName(BRAFTON_ID)->item(0)->textContent;
if ($n->getElementsByTagName(BRAFTON_PUBLISH_Date)->length == 0) {
throw new XMLNodeException("Element " . BRAFTON_PUBLISH_Date . " for " . BRAFTON_NEWS_LIST_ITEM . " with id: " . $ni->id);
}
if (!$n->getAttribute(BRAFTON_HREF)) {
throw new XMLNodeException("Attribute " . BRAFTON_HREF . " for " . BRAFTON_NEWS_LIST_ITEM . " with id: " . $ni->id);
}
if ($n->getElementsByTagName(BRAFTON_HEADLINE)->length == 0) {
throw new XMLNodeException("Element " . BRAFTON_HEADLINE . " for " . BRAFTON_NEWS_LIST_ITEM . " with id: " . $ni->id);
}
//Check if date is valid if not throw exception
$ni->publishDate = $n->getElementsByTagName(BRAFTON_PUBLISH_Date)->item(0)->textContent;
$dateIsValid = date_parse($ni->publishDate);
if (!$dateIsValid) {
throw new DateParseException("Invalid Date for " . BRAFTON_PUBLISH_Date . " on " . BRAFTON_NEWS_LIST_ITEM . " with id: " . $ni->id . "<br />\n");
}
//Set the value of all other required elements
$ni->href = $n->getAttribute(BRAFTON_HREF);
$ni->headline = $n->getElementsByTagName(BRAFTON_HEADLINE)->item(0)->textContent;
$ni->format = $format;
//Add to newslist array
$newsList[] = $ni;
} catch (XMLException $e) {
$exceptionList[] = $e;
//Add exception to a list
} catch (DateParseException $e) {
$exceptionList[] = $e;
}
}
//If exception list contains any exceptions throw a new exception which relays all exceptions to the user
if (!empty($exceptionList)) {
echo implode("<br />", $exceptionList) . "<br /><br />";
}
}
return $newsList;
}
