com.caplin.datasource.messaging.news

Interface NewsMessage

All Superinterfaces:

Message

public interface NewsMessage
extends Message

An instance of NewsMessage defines the headline text that provides a brief description of a news story (see StoryMessage).

An object implementing this interface cannot be instantiated directly, but can be constructed using the MessageFactory.createNewsMessage(String, String, String, String) method of the MessageFactory that is available on the Publisher interface.

If this NewsMessage has a corresponding story for the headline, call the setStoryReference(String) method to uniquely identify that story. To record any keywords that can be used to locate the story in a search result call getTags(). This method returns a reference to a list of the keywords (if any) in the NewsMessage. You can then add additional keywords to the list.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Field	getField(java.lang.String fieldName) Gets a custom field from a news message
java.lang.String	getHeadline() Gets the headline of the news message.
java.lang.String	getNewsDateTime() Gets the date and time that the headline was created.
java.lang.String	getPermission() Gets a permission string relating to this news message.
java.lang.String	getStoryReference() Gets a reference that identifies the story associated with the headline.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getTags() Gets a reference to the set of keywords or terms that describe the news item.
void	setField(java.lang.String fieldName, java.lang.String value) Sets a custom field on this news message
void	setPermission(java.lang.String permission) Sets a permission string relating to this news message.
void	setStoryReference(java.lang.String reference) Sets a reference that identifies the story associated with the headline.

Methods inherited from interface com.caplin.datasource.messaging.Message

getMessageType, getSubject, isImage, setImage

Method Detail

getTags

java.util.List<java.lang.String> getTags()

Gets a reference to the set of keywords or terms that describe the news item.

Returns:

The keywords. This is a modifiable list to which you can add additional keywords if required.

getHeadline

java.lang.String getHeadline()

Gets the headline of the news message.

Returns:

The headline.

getStoryReference

java.lang.String getStoryReference()

Gets a reference that identifies the story associated with the headline.

Returns:

The reference.

setStoryReference

void setStoryReference(java.lang.String reference)

Sets a reference that identifies the story associated with the headline.

Parameters:

reference - The reference.

getNewsDateTime

java.lang.String getNewsDateTime()

Gets the date and time that the headline was created.

Returns:

A String representation of the date and time.

getPermission

java.lang.String getPermission()

Gets a permission string relating to this news message.

Liberator can use the contents of this property to determine whether this headline should be sent to a client.

Returns:

The permission string.

setPermission

void setPermission(java.lang.String permission)

Sets a permission string relating to this news message.

Liberator can use the contents of this property to determine whether this headline should be sent to a client.

Parameters:

permission - The permission string.

setField

void setField(java.lang.String fieldName,
              java.lang.String value)

Sets a custom field on this news message

Parameters:

fieldName - the name of the field - does not need to be specified in fields.conf

value - value for the field

getField

Field getField(java.lang.String fieldName)

Gets a custom field from a news message

Parameters:

fieldName - the name of the field

Returns:

The custom field corresponding to the field name. If field doesn't exist, then null.