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Download financial data, managing online portfolio or using Search BOSS from Yahoo! with .NET
' ******************************************************************************
' ** 
' **  Yahoo Finance Managed
' **  Written by Marius Häusler 2010
' **  It would be pleasant, if you contact me when you are using this code.
' **  Contact: YahooFinanceManaged@gmail.com
' **  Project Home: http://code.google.com/p/yahoo-finance-managed/
' **  
' ******************************************************************************
' **  
' **  Copyright 2010 Marius Häusler
' **  
' **  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
' **  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
' **  You may obtain a copy of the License at
' **  
' **    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
' **  
' **  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
' **  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
' **  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
' **  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
' **  limitations under the License.
' ** 
' ******************************************************************************


Namespace RSS

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Stores data of a rss feed item.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Public Class FeedItem

        Private mTitle, mDescription, mAuthor As String
        Private mLink, mComments As Uri
        Private mCategory As Category
        Private mEnclosure As Enclosure
        Private mSource As Source
        Private mInsertDate, mPublishDate As Date
        Private mGuid As GUID

        ''' <summary>
        ''' The title of the item.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Title() As String
            Get
                Return mTitle
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                mTitle = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' The URL of the item.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Link() As Uri
            Get
                Return mLink
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Uri)
                mLink = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' The item synopsis.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Description() As String
            Get
                Return mDescription
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                mDescription = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' Email address of the author of the item.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Author() As String
            Get
                Return mAuthor
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                mAuthor = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' Includes the item in one or more categories.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Category() As Category
            Get
                Return mCategory
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Category)
                mCategory = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' URL of a page for comments relating to the item.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Comments() As Uri
            Get
                Return mComments
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Uri)
                mComments = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' Describes a media object that is attached to the item.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Enclosure() As Enclosure
            Get
                Return mEnclosure
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Enclosure)
                mEnclosure = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' A string that uniquely identifies the item.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property GUID() As GUID
            Get
                Return mGuid
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As GUID)
                mGuid = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Public Property InsertDate() As Date
            Get
                Return mInsertDate
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Date)
                mInsertDate = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' Indicates when the item was published.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property PublishDate() As Date
            Get
                Return mPublishDate
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Date)
                mPublishDate = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' The RSS channel that the item came from.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Source() As Source
            Get
                Return mSource
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Source)
                mSource = value
            End Set
        End Property

        Public Sub New()
            Me.Clear()
        End Sub

        Public Overridable Sub Clear()
            Me.Title = String.Empty
            Me.Link = Nothing
            Me.Description = String.Empty
            Me.Author = String.Empty
            Me.InsertDate = #12:00:00 AM#
            Me.PublishDate = #12:00:00 AM#
            Me.Comments = Nothing
            Me.GUID = Nothing
            Me.Category = Nothing
            Me.Enclosure = Nothing
            Me.Source = Nothing
        End Sub
        Public Overridable Sub CopyValues(ByVal n As FeedItem)
            With Me
                .Author = n.Author
                If n.Category IsNot Nothing Then
                    .Category = New Category
                    .Category.Domain = n.Category.Domain
                    .Category.Name = n.Category.Name
                Else
                    .Category = Nothing
                End If
                .Comments = n.Comments
                .Description = n.Description
                If n.Enclosure IsNot Nothing Then
                    .Enclosure = New Enclosure
                    .Enclosure.Length = n.Enclosure.Length
                    .Enclosure.Type = n.Enclosure.Type
                    .Enclosure.Url = n.Enclosure.Url
                Else
                    .Enclosure = Nothing
                End If
                .GUID = n.GUID
                .InsertDate = n.InsertDate
                .Link = n.Link
                .PublishDate = n.PublishDate
                .Source = n.Source
                .Title = n.Title
            End With
        End Sub

        Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
            Return mTitle
        End Function
    End Class

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Provides information about a globally unique identifier. 
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Public Class GUID
        Private mID As String
        Private mIsPermaLink As Boolean
        ''' <summary>
        ''' It's a string that uniquely identifies the item. When present, an aggregator may choose to use this string to determine if an item is new.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks>There are no rules for the syntax of a guid. Aggregators must view them as a string. It's up to the source of the feed to establish the uniqueness of the string.</remarks>
        Public Property ID() As String
            Get
                Return mID
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                mID = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        '''  If the GUID element has an attribute named isPermaLink with a value of true, the reader may assume that it is a permalink to the item, that is, a url that can be opened in a Web browser, that points to the full item described by the FeedItem element.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value>If its value is FALSE, the guid may not be assumed to be a url, or a url to anything in particular.</value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks>IsPermaLink is optional, its default value is TRUE.</remarks>
        Public Property IsPermaLink() As Boolean
            Get
                Return mIsPermaLink
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Boolean)
                mIsPermaLink = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Public Sub New()
            mID = String.Empty
            mIsPermaLink = True
        End Sub
        Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
            Return mID
        End Function
    End Class


    ''' <summary>
    ''' Enclosure describes a media object that is attached to the item. 
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Public Class Enclosure
        Private mURL As Uri
        Private mType As String
        Private mLength As Long
        ''' <summary>
        ''' The location of the object.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Url() As Uri
            Get
                Return mURL
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Uri)
                mURL = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' The MIME type of the object.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Type() As String
            Get
                Return mType
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                mType = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' The size in Bytes of the object.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Length() As Long
            Get
                Return mLength
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Long)
                mLength = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Public Sub New()
            mURL = Nothing
            mType = String.Empty
            mLength = 0
        End Sub
        Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
            Return mType
        End Function
    End Class

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Provides information about the RSS channel where the item comes from.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Public Class Source
        Private mTitle As String
        Private mURL As Uri
        ''' <summary>
        ''' The title of the RSS channel.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Title() As String
            Get
                Return mTitle
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                mTitle = value
            End Set
        End Property
        ''' <summary>
        ''' The url of the RSS channel.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Url() As Uri
            Get
                Return mURL
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Uri)
                mURL = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Public Sub New()
            mURL = Nothing
            mTitle = String.Empty
        End Sub
        Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
            Return mTitle
        End Function
    End Class

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Provides information about catigorization of the item.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Public Class Category
        Private mName As String
        Private mDomain As Uri
        ''' <summary>
        ''' The name of the category.
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <value></value>
        ''' <returns></returns>
        ''' <remarks></remarks>
        Public Property Name() As String
            Get
                Return mName
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As String)
                mName = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Public Property Domain() As Uri
            Get
                Return mDomain
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Uri)
                mDomain = value
            End Set
        End Property
        Public Sub New()
            mName = String.Empty
            mDomain = Nothing
        End Sub
        Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
            Return mName
        End Function
    End Class





End Namespace

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