Converting an RSS Feed into a Custom Object

rsshandler.cls

static global List<Dom.XMLNode> getRSSFeed(string URL) {
		Http h = new Http();
        HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
        // url that returns the XML in the response body  
    
        req.setEndpoint(url);
        req.setMethod('GET');
        HttpResponse res = h.send(req);
        Dom.Document doc = res.getBodyDocument();
        
        Dom.XMLNode rss = doc.getRootElement();
        System.debug('@@' + rss.getName());
        
        List<Dom.XMLNode> rssList = new List<Dom.XMLNode>();
        for(Dom.XMLNode child : rss.getChildren()) {
           System.debug('@@@' + child.getName());
           for(Dom.XMLNode channel : child.getChildren()) {
	           System.debug('@@@@' + channel.getName());
           
	           if(channel.getName() == 'item') {
	           		rssList.add(channel);
	           }
           }
        }
        
        return rssList;
		
	}
	
	static global Blog_Entry__c convertFeedToBlogPost(Dom.XMLNode post) {
		Blog_Entry__c bp = new Blog_Entry__c();
		Integer tagIndex = 0;
		
		for(Dom.XMLNode child : post.getChildren()) {
		//	System.debug('@@@@ -- @' + child.getName());
			if(child.getName() == 'title') { bp.Title__c = child.getText(); }
			if(child.getName() == 'creator') { bp.Author__c = child.getText(); }
			if(child.getName() == 'pubDate') { bp.Published__c = Utility.convertRSSDateStringToDate(child.getText()); }
			if(child.getName() == 'origLink') { bp.Link__c = child.getText(); }
			if(child.getName() == 'description') { bp.Lead_Copy__c = child.getText(); }
			if(child.getName() == 'category') {
				tagIndex++;
				if(tagIndex == 1) { bp.Tag_1__c = child.getText(); }
				if(tagIndex == 2) { bp.Tag_2__c = child.getText(); }
				if(tagIndex == 3) { bp.Tag_3__c = child.getText(); }
			}
		}
 		
 		return bp;		
	}