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-/*
- * SIP Communicator, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
- *
- * Distributable under LGPL license.
- * See terms of license at gnu.org.
- */
-package net.java.sip.communicator.impl.protocol.rss;
-
-import java.text.*;
-import java.util.*;
-
-/**
- * The <code>RssItemKey</code> is used to encapsulate information pertaining to
- * the last item retrieved from a RSS feed. It can be used with both feeds that
- * provide and that don't provide a date for their contents.
- * 
- * @author Mihai Balan
- */
-class RssItemKey
-   implements Comparable
-{
-    /***
-     * Date of the last show post. If it cannot be used, it's null. 
-     */
-    private Date itemDate = null;
-    
-    /***
-     * URI (link) of the last shown post. If it's not used, it's null.
-     */
-    private String itemUri = null;
-    
-    /***
-     * Flag to mark whether date is used to mark items (<code>true</code>) or
-     * URI (<code>false</code>)
-     */
-    private boolean usesDate = true;
-
-    private static SimpleDateFormat formatter = 
-       new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd-HH:mm:ss");
-
-    /***
-     * Creates a RssContactSettings object that by default uses date to 
-     * identify feed items, with the last item date the current date/time.
-     */
-    public RssItemKey()
-    {
-        itemDate = new Date();
-        itemUri = null;
-        usesDate = true;
-    }
-    
-    /***
-     * Creates a RssContactSettings object that uses date to identify feed
-     * items, with the last item date specified by the <tt>lastPostDate</tt>
-     * parameter.
-     * @param itemDate date/time of the item
-     */
-    public RssItemKey(Date itemDate)
-    {
-        this.itemDate = itemDate;
-        this.itemUri = null;
-        this.usesDate = true;
-    }
-    
-    /***
-     * Creates a RssContactSettings object that uses URI to identify feed
-     * items, with the last item URI specified by the <tt>lastPostUri</tt>
-     * @param itemUri URI/link of the item
-     */
-    public RssItemKey(String itemUri)
-    {
-        this.itemUri = itemUri;
-        this.itemDate = null;
-        this.usesDate = false;
-    }
-    
-    /**
-     * Determines if the current key uses <code>Date</code> as a means of
-     * identification or not. Usually if true is returned this also implies that
-     * <code>getItemUri() == null</code> so this should be used with care.
-     * Similarly, if <code>false</code> is returned, one should assume that
-     * <code>getItemDate() == null</code>.
-     * 
-     * @return <code>true</code> if date is used for identification,
-     * <code>false</code> otherwise.
-     * @see #getItemDate()
-     * @see #getItemUri()
-     */
-    public boolean usesDate()
-    {
-        return this.usesDate;
-    }
-    
-    /**
-     * Returns the date that is used as a key. Note that null can also be
-     * returned in case <code>usesDate() == false</code>.
-     * 
-     * @return date field of the key.
-     * @see #usesDate()
-     */
-    public Date getItemDate()
-    {
-        return this.itemDate;
-    }
-    
-    /**
-     * Returns the URI that is used as a key. Note that null can also be
-     * returned in case <code>usesDate() == true</code>.
-     * 
-     * @return URI field of the key.
-     * @see #usesDate()
-     */
-    public String getItemUri()
-    {
-        return this.itemUri;
-    }
-
-    /***
-     * Used for restoring the key information from a textual representation.
-     *
-     * @param settings textual representation of the stored data
-     */
-    public static RssItemKey deserialize(String settings)
-    {
-        StringTokenizer reader = new StringTokenizer(settings, ";");
-        RssItemKey result = new RssItemKey();
-
-        while (reader.hasMoreTokens())
-        {
-            String data[] = reader.nextToken().split("=");
-            if (data[0].equals("itemDate"))
-            {
-                if (data.length == 2)
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        result.itemDate = formatter.parse(data[1]);
-                    }
-                    catch (ParseException e)
-                    {
-                        result.itemDate = null;
-                        //XXX: logger.error("Could not parse date: " + data[1]);
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                    result.itemDate = null;
-            }
-            
-            if (data[0].equals("itemUri"))
-            {
-                if (data.length == 2)
-                    result.itemUri = data[1];
-                else
-                    result.itemUri = null;
-            }
-       
-            if (data[0].equals("usesDate"))
-            {
-                if (data.length == 2)
-                    result.usesDate = Boolean.valueOf(data[1]).booleanValue();
-                else
-                    result.usesDate = result.itemDate == null;
-            }
-        }
-        
-        if (result.itemDate == null && result.itemUri == null)
-            return null;
-        else
-            return result;
-    }
-
-    /***
-     * Returns the textual representation of the settings object. This can
-     * be easily de-serialized with a call to <code>deserialize()</code>.
-     * 
-     * @see #deserialize(String)
-     */
-    public String toString()
-    {
-        StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
-        
-        result.append("itemDate=");
-        result.append(itemDate == null ? 
-            "" : formatter.format(itemDate));
-        result.append(";");
-
-        result.append("itemUri=");
-        result.append(itemUri == null ? "" : itemUri);
-        result.append(";");
-
-        result.append("usesDate=");
-        result.append(usesDate);
-        result.append(";");
-
-        return result.toString();
-    }
-    
-    /***
-     * Serializes current key to a textual representation.
-     * 
-     * @return String containing the textual representation of the current key.
-     */
-    public String serialize()
-    {
-        return this.toString();
-    }
-
-    public int compareTo(Object o)
-    {
-        RssItemKey obj = (RssItemKey)o;
-   
-        if (obj == null)
-            throw new ClassCastException("Can only compare item keys.");
-   
-        if (this.usesDate())
-        {
-            if (obj.usesDate())
-                return this.itemDate.compareTo(obj.itemDate);
-            else
-                return 0;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            if(obj.usesDate())
-                return 0;
-            else
-                return this.itemUri.compareToIgnoreCase(obj.itemUri);
-        }
-    }
-}
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