Archive for October, 2005

Changing User Agent in Rome

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

If you are trying to use Rome and Rome Feed Fetcher, the following will not change the default user agent:

FeedFetcher feedFetcher = new HttpURLFeedFetcher();
feedFetcher.setUserAgent(\”User Agent 007\”);
SyndFeed feed = null;
feedURL = new URL(rssUrl);
feed = feedFetcher.retrieveFeed(feedURL);
List entries = feed.getEntries();

To change the user agent you must use the InfoCache as shown:

FeedFetcherCache feedInfoCache = HashMapFeedInfoCache.getInstance();
FeedFetcher feedFetcher = new HttpURLFeedFetcher(feedInfoCache);
feedFetcher.setUserAgent(\”User […]

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Inventing in software

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
— Thomas Edison

This is what is so facinating about programming. Your “pile of junk” consists of digital assest instead of physical matterial, so the raw materials are not limited by the normal laws of supply and demand. In software, you are limited […]

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