| Called just before a feed is downloaded. This method can return
false to signal curn that the feed should be
skipped. The plug-in method can also set values on the
URLConnection used to download the plug-in, via
URL.setRequestProperty(). (Note that all URLs, even
file: URLs, are passed into this method. Setting a request
property on the URLConnection object for a file:
URL will have no effect--though it isn't specifically harmful.)
Possible uses for a pre-feed download plug-in include:
- filtering on feed URL to prevent downloading non-matching feeds
- changing the default User-Agent value
- setting a non-standard HTTP header field
Parameters:
feedInfo - the FeedInfo object for the feed to bedownloaded
Parameters:
urlConn - the java.net.URLConnection object that willbe used to download the feed's XML. true if curn should continue to process thefeed, false to skip the feed
throws:
CurnException - on error
See Also: FeedInfo |