gistfile1.java

public RssParser(String feedURLString) throws Exception  {
        HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpGet request = new HttpGet(feedURLString);
        HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
    
        SAXParserFactory f = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
        SAXParser parser = f.newSAXParser();
        XMLReader reader = parser.getXMLReader();
        RssHandler handler = new RssHandler();
        reader.setContentHandler(handler);
        
        reader.parse(new InputSource(new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity().getContent())));
    
        mItems = handler.mItems;
}