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NAME
    POE::Component::RSSAggregator - Watch Muliple RSS Feeds for New
    Headlines

VERSION
    Version 1.11

SYNOPSIS
        #!/usr/bin/perl
        use strict;
        use warnings;
        use POE;
        use POE::Component::RSSAggregator;

        my @feeds = (
            {   url   => "http://www.jbisbee.com/rdf/",
                name  => "jbisbee",
                delay => 10,
            },
            {   url   => "http://lwn.net/headlines/rss",
                name  => "lwn",
                delay => 300,
            },
        );

        POE::Session->create(
            inline_states => {
                _start      => \&init_session,
                handle_feed => \&handle_feed,
            },
        );

        $poe_kernel->run();

        sub init_session {
            my ( $kernel, $heap, $session ) = @_[ KERNEL, HEAP, SESSION ];
            $heap->{rssagg} = POE::Component::RSSAggregator->new(
                alias    => 'rssagg',
                debug    => 1,
                callback => $session->postback("handle_feed"),
                tmpdir   => '/tmp',        # optional caching 
            );
            $kernel->post( 'rssagg', 'add_feed', $_ ) for @feeds;
        }

        sub handle_feed {
            my ( $kernel, $feed ) = ( $_[KERNEL], $_[ARG1]->[0] );
            for my $headline ( $feed->late_breaking_news ) {

                # do stuff with the XML::RSS::Headline object
                print $headline->headline . "\n";
            }
        }

CONSTRUCTORS
  POE::Component::RSSAggregator->new( %hash );
    Create a new instace of PoCo::RSSAggregator.

    *   alias

        POE alias to use for your instance of PoCo::RSSAggregator.

    *   debug

        Boolean value to turn on verbose output. (debug is also passed to
        XML::RSS::Feed instances to turn on verbose output as well)

    *   tmpdir

        The tmpdir argument is passed on to XML::RSS::Feed as the directory
        to cache RSS between fetches (and instances).

    *   http_alias

        Optional. Alias of an existing PoCoCl::HTTP.

    *   follow_redirects

        Optional. Only if you don't have an exiting PoCoCl::HTTP. Argument
        is passed to PoCoCl::HTTP to tell it the follow redirect level.
        (Defaults to 2)

METHODS
  $rssagg->feed_list
    Returns the current feeds as an array or array_ref.

  $rssagg->feeds
    Returns a hash ref of feeds with the key being the feeds name. The hash
    reference you that belongs to the key is passed to
    XML::RSS::Feed->new($hash_ref). ( see XML::RSS::Feed )

  $rssagg->feed( $feed_name )
    Accessor to access a the XML::RSS::Feed object via a feed's name.

  $rssagg->add_feed( $hash_ref )
    The hash reference you pass in to add_feed is passed to
    XML::RSS::Feed->new($hash_ref). ( see XML::RSS::Feed )

  $rssagg->remove_feed( $feed_name )
    Pass in the name of the feed you want to remove.

  $rssagg->pause_feed( $feed_name )
    Pass in the name of the feed you want to pause.

  $rssagg->resume_feed( $feed_name )
    Pass in the name of the feed you want to resume (that you previously
    paused).

  $rssagg->shutdown
    Shutdown the instance of PoCo::RSSAggregator.

AUTHOR
    Jeff Bisbee, "<jbisbee at cpan.org>"

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to
    "bug-poe-component-rssaggregator at rt.cpan.org", or through the web
    interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=POE-Component-RSSAggrega
    tor>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of
    progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc POE::Component::RSSAggregator

    You can also look for information at:

    *   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

        <http://annocpan.org/dist/POE-Component-RSSAggregator>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/POE-Component-RSSAggregator>

    *   RT: CPAN's request tracker

        <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=POE-Component-RSSAggregato
        r>

    *   Search CPAN

        <http://search.cpan.org/dist/POE-Component-RSSAggregator>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    Special thanks to Rocco Caputo, Martijn van Beers, Sean Burke, Prakash
    Kailasa and Randal Schwartz for their help, guidance, patience, and bug
    reports. Guys thanks for actually taking time to use the code and give
    good, honest feedback.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
    Copyright 2006 Jeff Bisbee, all rights reserved.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO
    XML::RSS::Feed, XML::RSS::Headline, XML::RSS::Headline::PerlJobs,
    XML::RSS::Headline::Fark