gistfile1.java

public class RssHandler extends DefaultHandler {
    private Stack<String> mTagStack = new Stack<String>();
    private String currentTagContents;	
	
    private String currentTag() { return mTagStack.peek(); }
    private String parentTag() { return mTagStack.get(mTagStack.size() - 2); }

    public ArrayList<RssItem> mItems = new ArrayList<RssItem>();
    private RssItem mCurrentItem;
    	
    @Override
    public void startElement (String uri, String localName, String qName, Attributes attributes) {        
        currentTagContents = "";
        mTagStack.add(qName);
                
        System.out.println("Current tag: " + currentTag());
        
        if (currentTag().equals("item"))
            mCurrentItem = new RssItem();
    }

    @Override
    public void endElement (String uri, String localName, String qName) {                
        if (currentTag().equals("item"))
            mItems.add(mCurrentItem);
        else if (currentTag().equals("title") && parentTag().equals("item"))
            mCurrentItem.title = currentTagContents;
        else if (currentTag().equals("description") && parentTag().equals("item"))
            mCurrentItem.body = currentTagContents;
        else if (currentTag().equals("link") && parentTag().equals("item"))
            mCurrentItem.permalinkURL = currentTagContents;
        else if (currentTag().equals("author") && parentTag().equals("item"))
            mCurrentItem.author = currentTagContents;
        else if (currentTag().equals("pubDate")) {
            DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz");
            try { mCurrentItem.publishedTime = formatter.parse(currentTagContents); } catch (Exception e) {}
        }
        
        mTagStack.pop();
    }

    @Override
    public void characters (char[] ch, int start, int length) {
        currentTagContents += new String(get(ch, start, length));
    }
    
    // Helpers for dealing with character arrays returned in characters method.
    public static char[] get(char[] array, int offset) {
        return get(array, offset, array.length - offset);
    }

    public static char[] get(char[] array, int offset, int length) {
        char[] result = new char[length];
        System.arraycopy(array, offset, result, 0, length);
	return result;
    }
  
}