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11/18/2011

SyndicationFeed Class

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Represents a top-level feed object, <feed> in Atom 1.0 and <rss> in RSS 2.0.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.ServiceModel.Syndication.SyndicationFeed

Namespace: System.ServiceModel.Syndication
Assembly: System.ServiceModel.Syndication (in System.ServiceModel.Syndication.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class SyndicationFeed

public class SyndicationFeed

The SyndicationFeed type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	SyndicationFeed()	Initializes a new instance of the SyndicationFeed class.
	SyndicationFeed(IEnumerable<SyndicationItem>)	Initializes a new instance of the SyndicationFeed class with the specified collection of SyndicationItem objects.
	SyndicationFeed(SyndicationFeed, Boolean)	Creates a new instance of the SyndicationFeed class with the specified feed.
	SyndicationFeed(String, String, Uri)	Initializes a new instance of the SyndicationFeed class with the specified title, description, and Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
	SyndicationFeed(String, String, Uri, IEnumerable<SyndicationItem>)	Initializes a new instance of the SyndicationFeed class with the specified title, description, URI, and collection of SyndicationItem objects.
	SyndicationFeed(String, String, Uri, String, DateTimeOffset)	Creates a new instance of the SyndicationFeed class.
	SyndicationFeed(String, String, Uri, String, DateTimeOffset, IEnumerable<SyndicationItem>)	Creates a new instance of the SyndicationFeed class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	AttributeExtensions	Gets a collection of attribute extensions.
	Authors	Gets a collection of authors of the feed.
	BaseUri	Gets or sets the base URI for the SyndicationFeed instance.
	Categories	Gets a collection of categories for the feed.
	Contributors	Gets a collection of the contributors to the feed.
	Copyright	Gets or sets copyright information for the feed.
	Description	Gets or sets a description of the feed.
	ElementExtensions	Gets the element extensions for the feed.
	Generator	Gets or sets the generator of the feed.
	Id	Gets or sets the ID of the feed.
	ImageUrl	Gets or sets the image URL for the feed.
	Items	Gets a collection of the feed items contained in the feed.
	Language	Gets or sets the language of the feed.
	LastUpdatedTime	Gets or sets the time the feed was last updated.
	Links	Gets the links associated with the feed.
	Title	Gets or sets the title of the feed.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Clone	Creates a copy of the SyndicationFeed instance.
	CreateCategory	Creates a new SyndicationCategory instance.
	CreateItem	Creates a new SyndicationItem instance.
	CreateLink	Creates a new SyndicationLink instance.
	CreatePerson	Creates a new SyndicationPerson instance.
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetAtom10Formatter	Gets an Atom10FeedFormatter instance.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetRss20Formatter()	Gets an Rss20FeedFormatter instance.
	GetRss20Formatter(Boolean)	Gets a new Rss20FeedFormatter instance.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	Load(XmlReader)	Loads a syndication feed from the specified XML reader.
	Load<TSyndicationFeed>(XmlReader)	Loads a SyndicationFeed-derived instance from the specified XmlReader.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	SaveAsAtom10	Write the syndication feed to the specified XmlWriter in Atom 1.0 format.
	SaveAsRss20	Write the syndication feed to the specified XmlWriter in RSS 2.0 format.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	TryParseAttribute	Attempts to parse an attribute extension.
	TryParseElement	Attempts to parse an element extension.
	WriteAttributeExtensions	Writes the attribute extensions to the specified XmlWriter using the specified syndication version.
	WriteElementExtensions	Writes the element extensions to the specified XmlWriter using the specified syndication version.

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Remarks

When serialized to Atom 1.0, a SyndicationFeed instance is written to a <feed> element. The following table shows how each property defined in the SyndicationFeed class is serialized to Atom 1.0.

SyndicationFeed property	Serialized form
AttributeExtensions	An attribute in the <feed> element for each attribute in the collection.
Authors	An <author> element for each SyndicationPerson in the collection.
Categories	A <category> element for each SyndicationCategory in the collection.
Contributors	A <contributor> element for each SyndicationPerson in the collection.
Copyright	A <rights> element.
Description	A <subtitle> element.
ElementExtensions	Each element in the collection is written within the <feed> element.
Generator	A <generator> element.
Id	An <id>element.
ImageUri	A <logo> element.
Items	An <entry> element for each SyndicationItem in the collection.
Language	Not serialized.
LastUpdatedTime	An <updated> element.
Links	A <link> element for each SyndicationLink in the collection.
Title	A <title> element.

When serialized to RSS 2.0, a SyndicationFeed instance is written to an <rss> element. The following table shows how each property defined in the SyndicationFeed class is serialized to RSS 2.0.

SyndicationFeed property	Serialized form
AttributeExtensions	An attribute in the <channel> element for each attribute in the collection.
Authors	A <managingEditor> element if only one SyndicationPerson is in the collection; otherwise, an <a10:author> element for each SyndicationPerson in the collection.
Categories	A <category> element for each SyndicationCategory in the collection.
Contributors	An <a10:contributor> element for each SyndicationPerson in the collection.
Copyright	A <copyright> element.
Description	A <description> element.
ElementExtensions	Each element in the collection is written within the <channel> element.
Generator	A <generator> element.
Id	An <a10:id> element.
ImageUri	An <image> element.
Items	An <item> element for each SyndicationItem in the collection.
Language	A <language> element.
LastUpdatedTime	A <lastBuildDate> element.
Links	An <a10:link> element for each SyndicationLink in the collection.
Title	A <title> element.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.