RssItem now is a Date instead of a String

[eagskunst]

As for issue #8 and in terms for making it more simple to devs to filter Items by date, I make the necessary modifications to now have a Date inside the RssItem.

Added also a Log message in order to inform the existence of an unparseable date.

I tried to make changes in dev, but I couldn't be able to resolve the conflicts in merge.

[faruktoptas]

Hi @eagskunst The date format is not the same for all RSS contents. It changes depends on the content. So date will be null if the format is other than EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss. You can find different contents here: https://github.com/faruktoptas/RetrofitRssConverterFactory/tree/dev/library/src/androidTest/assets/rss

[eagskunst]

@faruktoptas What about if there's a builder where you could add the formatter?

[faruktoptas]

@eagskunst The formatter should change depending on the RSS content. An interceptor should be better instead of the builder. You can manipulate the RssItem after it is created by intercepting. So you can change each field's value or type.

[eagskunst]

@faruktoptas I'm not familiar with the concept of interceptors (how they're made). Could you help me a little bit so I can do it?

[faruktoptas]

Currently, it is not implemented. But I'm planning to add it to be more flexible. You can follow the steps below:

• Extend RssItem with a date object instead of String. Something like MyRssItem
• When Retrofit service successfully returns the RssFeed object. Iterate through RssItem list and convert them to MyRssItem with formatted date objects.

[eagskunst]

In my research for the ways to test all patterns of SimpleDateFormatter, I found this library,
POJava DateTime. They site is down, but with web archive you could see the docs. I tested the dates with the sample app and with the custom test you make, all passed @faruktoptas.

[eagskunst]

@faruktoptas Don't forge to give me some feedback 😅

[faruktoptas]

If parsing fails date will be null. But the user could parse it somehow.

[faruktoptas]

@eagskunst sorry for late reply :)

Trying to parse the date string could cause date to be null. But it should not be. I will add a formatter that works with RSS urls. So user can add their own formatters. It would be more flexible

[eagskunst]

@faruktoptas What about using a formatter with the RSS specification?