Atom PureBasic Reference Documentation

Atom

Current Version: 9.5.0.97

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

Object Creation

obj.i = CkAtom::ckCreate()

; Make sure to dispose of the object when finished like this:
CkAtom::ckDispose(obj);

Properties

AbortCurrent
Declare.i ckAbortCurrent(obj.i) ; (read-only)
Introduced in version 9.5.0.58

When set to 1, 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 0 when the next method is called. When the abort occurs, this property is reset to 0. Both synchronous and asynchronous method calls can be aborted. (A synchronous method call could be aborted by setting this property from a separate thread.)

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DebugLogFilePath
Declare.s ckDebugLogFilePath(obj.i)
Declare setCkDebugLogFilePath(obj.i, value.s)

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:

  1. a timeout related property was set to 0 to explicitly indicate that an infinite timeout is desired,
  2. the hang is actually a hang within an event callback (i.e. it is a hang within the application code), or
  3. there is an internal problem (bug) in the Chilkat code that causes the hang.

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LastErrorHtml
Declare.s ckLastErrorHtml(obj.i) ; (read-only)

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.

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LastErrorText
Declare.s ckLastErrorText(obj.i) ; (read-only)

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.

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LastErrorXml
Declare.s ckLastErrorXml(obj.i) ; (read-only)

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.

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LastMethodSuccess
Declare.i ckLastMethodSuccess(obj.i)
Declare setCkLastMethodSuccess(obj.i, value.i)

Indicate whether the last method call succeeded or failed. A value of 1 indicates success, a value of 0 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 = 1 and failure = 0.
  • 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 1. For example, a method that returns no value (such as a "void" in C++) will technically always succeed.

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NumEntries
Declare.i ckNumEntries(obj.i) ; (read-only)

Number of entries in the Atom document.

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VerboseLogging
Declare.i ckVerboseLogging(obj.i)
Declare setCkVerboseLogging(obj.i, value.i)

If set to 1, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is 0. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.

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Version
Declare.s ckVersion(obj.i) ; (read-only)

Version of the component/library, such as "9.5.0.94"

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Methods

AddElement
Declare.i ckAddElement(obj.i, tag.s, value.s)

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.

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AddElementDateStr
Declare.i ckAddElementDateStr(obj.i, tag.s, dateTimeStr.s)

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.

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AddElementDt
Declare.i ckAddElementDt(obj.i, tag.s, dateTime.i)

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.

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AddElementHtml
Declare.i ckAddElementHtml(obj.i, tag.s, htmlStr.s)

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

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AddElementXHtml
Declare.i ckAddElementXHtml(obj.i, tag.s, xmlStr.s)

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

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AddElementXml
Declare.i ckAddElementXml(obj.i, tag.s, xmlStr.s)

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

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AddEntry
Declare ckAddEntry(obj.i, xmlStr.s)

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

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AddLink
Declare ckAddLink(obj.i, rel.s, href.s, title.s, typ.s)

Adds a link to the Atom document.

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AddPerson
Declare ckAddPerson(obj.i, tag.s, name.s, uri.s, email.s)

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.

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DeleteElement
Declare ckDeleteElement(obj.i, tag.s, index.l)

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.

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DeleteElementAttr
Declare ckDeleteElementAttr(obj.i, tag.s, index.l, attrName.s)

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 ).

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DeletePerson
Declare ckDeletePerson(obj.i, tag.s, index.l)

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.

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DownloadAtom
Declare.i ckDownloadAtom(obj.i, url.s)

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

Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.

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DownloadAtomAsync (1)
Declare.i ckDownloadAtomAsync(obj.i, url.s)

Creates an asynchronous task to call the DownloadAtom method with the arguments provided. (Async methods are available starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.52.)

Returns 0 on failure

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GetElement
Declare.s ckGetElement(obj.i, tag.s, index.l)

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

Returns an empty string on failure. Use the LastMethodSuccess property to check for success.

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GetElementAttr
Declare.s ckGetElementAttr(obj.i, tag.s, index.l, attrName.s)

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 an empty string on failure. Use the LastMethodSuccess property to check for success.

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GetElementCount
Declare.i ckGetElementCount(obj.i, tag.s)

The number of elements having a specific tag.

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GetElementDateStr
Declare.s ckGetElementDateStr(obj.i, tag.s, index.l)

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 an empty string on failure. Use the LastMethodSuccess property to check for success.

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GetElementDt
Declare.i ckGetElementDt(obj.i, tag.s, index.l)

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

Returns 0 on failure

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GetEntry
Declare.i ckGetEntry(obj.i, index.l)

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

Returns 0 on failure

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GetLinkHref
Declare.s ckGetLinkHref(obj.i, relName.s)

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

Returns an empty string on failure. Use the LastMethodSuccess property to check for success.

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GetPersonInfo
Declare.s ckGetPersonInfo(obj.i, tag.s, index.l, tag2.s)

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

Returns an empty string on failure. Use the LastMethodSuccess property to check for success.

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GetTopAttr
Declare.s ckGetTopAttr(obj.i, attrName.s)

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 an empty string on failure. Use the LastMethodSuccess property to check for success.

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HasElement
Declare.i ckHasElement(obj.i, tag.s)

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

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LoadTaskCaller
Declare.i ckLoadTaskCaller(obj.i, task.i)
Introduced in version 9.5.0.80

Loads the caller of the task's async method.

Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.

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LoadXml
Declare.i ckLoadXml(obj.i, xmlStr.s)

Loads the Atom document from an XML string.

Returns 1 for success, 0 for failure.

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NewEntry
Declare ckNewEntry(obj.i)

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

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NewFeed
Declare ckNewFeed(obj.i)

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

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SetElementAttr
Declare ckSetElementAttr(obj.i, tag.s, index.l, attrName.s, attrValue.s)

Adds or replaces an attribute on an element.

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SetTopAttr
Declare ckSetTopAttr(obj.i, attrName.s, value.s)

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

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ToXmlString
Declare.s ckToXmlString(obj.i)

Serializes the Atom document to an XML string.

Returns an empty string on failure. Use the LastMethodSuccess property to check for success.

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UpdateElement
Declare ckUpdateElement(obj.i, tag.s, index.l, value.s)

Replaces the content of an element.

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UpdateElementDateStr
Declare ckUpdateElementDateStr(obj.i, tag.s, index.l, dateTimeStr.s)

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

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UpdateElementDt
Declare ckUpdateElementDt(obj.i, tag.s, index.l, dateTime.i)

Replaces the content of a date-formatted element.

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UpdateElementHtml
Declare ckUpdateElementHtml(obj.i, tag.s, index.l, htmlStr.s)

Replaces the content of an HTML element.

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UpdateElementXHtml
Declare ckUpdateElementXHtml(obj.i, tag.s, index.l, xmlStr.s)

Replaces the content of an XHTML element.

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UpdateElementXml
Declare ckUpdateElementXml(obj.i, tag.s, index.l, xmlStr.s)

Replaces the content of an XML element.

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UpdatePerson
Declare ckUpdatePerson(obj.i, tag.s, index.l, name.s, uri.s, email.s)

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.

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