TwitterRSSService.java

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package org.primefaces.examples.service;

import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndFeed;
import com.sun.syndication.io.SyndFeedInput;
import com.sun.syndication.io.XmlReader;

public class TwitterRSSService implements TwitterService {

	private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(TwitterRSSService.class.getName());
	
	public List<String> getTweets(String username) {
		List<String> tweets = new ArrayList<String>();
		
		try {
			URL feedSource = new URL("http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?count=100&screen_name=" + username);
            
			SyndFeedInput input = new SyndFeedInput();
			SyndFeed feed = input.build(new XmlReader(feedSource));
			for(Object f : feed.getEntries()) {
				SyndEntry entry = (SyndEntry) f;
				tweets.add(entry.getTitle().substring(username.length() + 2));
			}
		}catch(Exception e) {
			logger.severe(e.getMessage());
		}
		
		return tweets;
	}
}