ParserInterface.php

<?php

namespace Drupal\aggregator\Plugin;

use Drupal\aggregator\FeedInterface;

/**
 * Defines an interface for aggregator parser implementations.
 *
 * A parser converts feed item data to a common format. The parser is called
 * at the second of the three aggregation stages: first, data is downloaded
 * by the active fetcher; second, it is converted to a common format by the
 * active parser; and finally, it is passed to all active processors which
 * manipulate or store the data.
 *
 * @see \Drupal\aggregator\Annotation\AggregatorParser
 * @see \Drupal\aggregator\Plugin\AggregatorPluginSettingsBase
 * @see \Drupal\aggregator\Plugin\AggregatorPluginManager
 * @see plugin_api
 */
interface ParserInterface {
    
    /**
     * Parses feed data.
     *
     * @param \Drupal\aggregator\FeedInterface $feed
     *   An object describing the resource to be parsed.
     *   $feed->source_string->value contains the raw feed data. Parse the data
     *   and add the following properties to the $feed object:
     *   - description: The human-readable description of the feed.
     *   - link: A full URL that directly relates to the feed.
     *   - image: An image URL used to display an image of the feed.
     *   - etag: An entity tag from the HTTP header used for cache validation to
     *     determine if the content has been changed.
     *   - modified: The UNIX timestamp when the feed was last modified.
     *   - items: An array of feed items. The common format for a single feed item
     *     is an associative array containing:
     *     - title: The human-readable title of the feed item.
     *     - description: The full body text of the item or a summary.
     *     - timestamp: The UNIX timestamp when the feed item was last published.
     *     - author: The author of the feed item.
     *     - guid: The global unique identifier (GUID) string that uniquely
     *       identifies the item. If not available, the link is used to identify
     *       the item.
     *     - link: A full URL to the individual feed item.
     *
     * @return bool
     *   TRUE if parsing was successful, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    public function parse(FeedInterface $feed);

}