net.sourceforge.rssowl.controller.thread
Class AmphetaRateThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      net.sourceforge.rssowl.controller.thread.AmphetaRateThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class AmphetaRateThread

extends Thread

This class is used to implement AmphetaRate functionality to RSSOwl. A running thread submits ratings (connects to an URL for each rating) every 15 minutes. The ratings are stored in a Hashtable. The user may rate each news from a newsfeed. Possible ratings are given throught the constants Wow!, Good and Crap.

Version:

1.1.3

Author:

Benjamin Pasero

Field Summary

private boolean	isSubmitting Flag indicates that the thread is currently submitting ratings
private boolean	keepRunning Flag indicates that the thread was not stopped yet
private static String	PARAM_CLIENT Tell that RSSOwl querrys AmphetaRate
private static String	PARAM_HTML Tell that the recommendation articles should not be formatted with HTML
private static String	PARAM_LINKINDESC Tell that we dont want the feed link in the description
static String	PARAM_LIST Complete list of parameters as we want AmphetaRate to behave
private static String	PARAM_ORIGURL Tell that we need the origurl-tag in the recommendations
static int	RATE_BAD Rate-level: Bad
static int	RATE_FANTASTIC Rate-level: Fantastic
static int	RATE_GOOD Rate-level: Good
static int	RATE_MODERATE Rate-level: Moderate
static int	RATE_VERY_BAD Rate-level: Very Bad
static Hashtable	ratedNews Store the news that have been rated in this session
private static Hashtable	ratings Holds all not yet submitted ratings
private static String	STATUS_ERROR Server status code for an erroneous submission of a rating
static String	STATUS_OK Server status code for a successfull submission of a rating
private static int	SUBMIT_INTERVAL Interval for the thread to submit the collected ratings

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

AmphetaRateThread()
Instantiate a new AmphetaRateThread

Method Summary

static Hashtable	getRatings() Get all ratings
static String	getTranslatedRatingLevel(int rateLevel) Get the translated rating level for the giving level
static boolean	isOldUser() Get if the user is an old one using the AmphetaRate user id and not the new username alias and password
static boolean	rate(NewsItem rssNewsItem, int rating) Rate a newsitem from a newschannel
static String	register(String user, String password, String oldId) Register to AmphetaRate
void	run() Will check the ratings Hashtable every 15 minutes and connect to all URLs that are int (= perform the rating).
void	stopThread() Stop this Thread
private static boolean	submitRating(String url) Submits a rating from with connecting to the given URL.
void	wakeUp() Wake up submit thread

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

RATE_BAD

public static final int RATE_BAD

Rate-level: Bad

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RATE_FANTASTIC

public static final int RATE_FANTASTIC

Rate-level: Fantastic

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RATE_GOOD

public static final int RATE_GOOD

Rate-level: Good

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RATE_MODERATE

public static final int RATE_MODERATE

Rate-level: Moderate

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RATE_VERY_BAD

public static final int RATE_VERY_BAD

Rate-level: Very Bad

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ratedNews

public static Hashtable ratedNews

Store the news that have been rated in this session

STATUS_OK

public static final String STATUS_OK

Server status code for a successfull submission of a rating

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Constant Field Values

PARAM_CLIENT

private static final String PARAM_CLIENT

Tell that RSSOwl querrys AmphetaRate

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PARAM_HTML

private static final String PARAM_HTML

Tell that the recommendation articles should not be formatted with HTML

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PARAM_LINKINDESC

private static final String PARAM_LINKINDESC

Tell that we dont want the feed link in the description

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PARAM_ORIGURL

private static final String PARAM_ORIGURL

Tell that we need the origurl-tag in the recommendations

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PARAM_LIST

public static final String PARAM_LIST

Complete list of parameters as we want AmphetaRate to behave

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ratings

private static final Hashtable ratings

Holds all not yet submitted ratings

STATUS_ERROR

private static final String STATUS_ERROR

Server status code for an erroneous submission of a rating

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SUBMIT_INTERVAL

private static final int SUBMIT_INTERVAL

Interval for the thread to submit the collected ratings

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Constant Field Values

isSubmitting

private boolean isSubmitting

Flag indicates that the thread is currently submitting ratings

keepRunning

private boolean keepRunning

Flag indicates that the thread was not stopped yet

Constructor Detail

AmphetaRateThread

public AmphetaRateThread()

Instantiate a new AmphetaRateThread

Method Detail

getRatings

public static Hashtable getRatings()

Get all ratings

Returns:

Hashtable holding the ratings

getTranslatedRatingLevel

public static String getTranslatedRatingLevel(int rateLevel)

Get the translated rating level for the giving level

Parameters:

rateLevel - The level of the rating

Returns:

String The translated level for the given level

isOldUser

public static boolean isOldUser()

Get if the user is an old one using the AmphetaRate user id and not the new username alias and password

Returns:

boolean TRUE if AmphetaRate user id is given

rate

public static boolean rate(NewsItem rssNewsItem,
                           int rating)

Rate a newsitem from a newschannel

Parameters:

rssNewsItem - Selected newsitem

rating - either fantastic, good, moderate, bad or very bad

Returns:

boolean TRUE if newsitem is a valid item to rate

register

public static String register(String user,
                              String password,
                              String oldId)
                       throws IOException

Register to AmphetaRate

Parameters:

user - Desired username

password - Desired password

oldId - Optional oldId

Returns:

String An User ID that is 3 digits followed by 3 numbers or an empty String if an warning occured

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs

submitRating

private static boolean submitRating(String url)
                             throws IOException

Submits a rating from with connecting to the given URL.

Parameters:

url - The rating-URL consists of title, newsfeed XML URL, description, newsitem link and the user id.

Returns:

TRUE if submit was successfull or the rating URL is malformed. FALSE if the connection could not be established.

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurs

run

public void run()

Will check the ratings Hashtable every 15 minutes and connect to all URLs that are int (= perform the rating). All submitted ratings are deleted from the Hashtable.

stopThread

public void stopThread()

Stop this Thread

wakeUp

public void wakeUp()

Wake up submit thread