How to write an RSS feed with Java?

Question

I'm using Java, and need to generate a simple, standards-compliant RSS feed. How can I go about this?

Answer 1

I recommend using Rome:

// Feed header SyndFeed feed = new SyndFeedImpl(); feed.setFeedType("rss_2.0"); feed.setTitle("Sample Feed"); feed.setLink("http://example.com/");  // Feed entries List entries = new ArrayList(); feed.setEntries(entries);  SyndEntry entry = new SyndEntryImpl(); entry.setTitle("Entry #1"); entry.setLink("http://example.com/post/1"); SyndContent description = new SyndContentImpl(); description.setType("text/plain"); description.setValue("There is text in here."); entry.setDescription(description); entries.add(entry);  // Write the feed to XML StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(); new SyndFeedOutput().output(feed, writer); System.out.println(writer.toString());