gistfile1.scala

import scala.xml._
import java.net.{URLConnection, URL}

class RSSRead {
  def getFeed(feedUrl: String) = {
    val url = new URL(feedUrl)
    val connect = url.openConnection
    val feed = XML.load(connect.getInputStream)

    feed \\ "channel" \\ "item"
  }

  def handleItem(item: List[scala.xml.Node], accum: Map[String, String]): Map[String, String] = item match {
    case List() => accum
    case hd::tail => hd match {
      case <title>{title}</title> => handleItem(tail, accum.+(("title", title.toString)))
      case <link>{link}</link> => handleItem(tail, accum.+(("link", link.toString)))
      case <pubDate>{date}</pubDate> => handleItem(tail, accum.+(("date", date.toString)))
      case <description>{desc}</description> => handleItem(tail, accum.+(("desc", desc.toString)))
      case _ => handleItem(tail, accum)
    }
  }

  def handleFeed = {
    val curried = getFeed("http://tvrss.net/feed/combined").foldLeft(List[Map[String,String]]())_
    curried((y: List[Map[String,String]], x:scala.xml.Node) => 
      handleItem(x.child.toList, Map[String,String]())::y)
  }    
}