Added a system to load news from MultiMC.org's RSS

Currently it doesn't show it anywhere in the UI. That's next.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ IF(${BIGENDIAN})
 ENDIF(${BIGENDIAN})
 
 
+######## Set URLs ########
+
+SET(MultiMC_NEWS_RSS_URL "http://multimc.org/rss.xml" CACHE STRING "URL to fetch MultiMC's news RSS feed from.")
+
+
 ######## Set version numbers ########
 SET(MultiMC_VERSION_MAJOR		1)
 SET(MultiMC_VERSION_MINOR		0)
@@ -325,6 +330,12 @@ logic/updater/UpdateChecker.cpp
 logic/updater/DownloadUpdateTask.h
 logic/updater/DownloadUpdateTask.cpp
 
+# News System
+logic/news/NewsChecker.h
+logic/news/NewsChecker.cpp
+logic/news/NewsEntry.h
+logic/news/NewsEntry.cpp
+
 # legacy instances
 logic/LegacyInstance.h
 logic/LegacyInstance.cpp
@@ -477,7 +488,7 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(MultiMC MACOSX_BUNDLE WIN32
 
 # Link
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(MultiMC xz-embedded unpack200 quazip libUtil libSettings libGroupView ${MultiMC_LINK_ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
-QT5_USE_MODULES(MultiMC Core Widgets Network Xml ${MultiMC_QT_ADDITIONAL_MODULES})
+QT5_USE_MODULES(MultiMC Core Widgets Network Xml WebKit ${MultiMC_QT_ADDITIONAL_MODULES})
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(MultiMC MultiMCLauncher JavaCheck)
 
 ################################ INSTALLATION AND PACKAGING ################################

MultiMC.cpp

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include "logic/lists/MinecraftVersionList.h"
 #include "logic/lists/ForgeVersionList.h"
 
+#include "logic/news/NewsChecker.h"
+
 #include "logic/InstanceLauncher.h"
 #include "logic/net/HttpMetaCache.h"
 
@@ -147,6 +149,9 @@ MultiMC::MultiMC(int &argc, char **argv) : QApplication(argc, argv),
 	// initialize the updater
 	m_updateChecker.reset(new UpdateChecker());
 
+	// initialize the news checker
+	m_newsChecker.reset(new NewsChecker(NEWS_RSS_URL));
+
 	// and instances
 	auto InstDirSetting = m_settings->getSetting("InstanceDir");
 	m_instances.reset(new InstanceList(InstDirSetting->get().toString(), this));

MultiMC.h

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class QNetworkAccessManager;
 class ForgeVersionList;
 class JavaVersionList;
 class UpdateChecker;
+class NewsChecker;
 
 #if defined(MMC)
 #undef MMC
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ public:
 		return m_updateChecker;
 	}
 
+	std::shared_ptr<NewsChecker> newsChecker()
+	{
+		return m_newsChecker;
+	}
+
 	std::shared_ptr<LWJGLVersionList> lwjgllist();
 
 	std::shared_ptr<ForgeVersionList> forgelist();
@@ -129,6 +135,7 @@ private:
 	std::shared_ptr<SettingsObject> m_settings;
 	std::shared_ptr<InstanceList> m_instances;
 	std::shared_ptr<UpdateChecker> m_updateChecker;
+	std::shared_ptr<NewsChecker> m_newsChecker;
 	std::shared_ptr<MojangAccountList> m_accounts;
 	std::shared_ptr<IconList> m_icons;
 	std::shared_ptr<QNetworkAccessManager> m_qnam;

config.h.in

@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@
 // This is printed on start to standard output
 #define VERSION_STR        "@MultiMC_VERSION_STRING@"
 
+// This is used to fetch the news RSS feed.
+// It defaults in CMakeLists.txt to "http://multimc.org/rss.xml"
+#define NEWS_RSS_URL       "@MultiMC_NEWS_RSS_URL@"
+

gui/MainWindow.cpp

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 
 #include "logic/updater/DownloadUpdateTask.h"
 
+#include "logic/news/NewsChecker.h"
+
 #include "logic/net/URLConstants.h"
 
 #include "logic/BaseInstance.h"
@@ -243,6 +245,8 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWi
 			MMC->lwjgllist()->loadList();
 		}
 
+		MMC->newsChecker()->reloadNews();
+
 		// set up the updater object.
 		auto updater = MMC->updateChecker();
 		QObject::connect(updater.get(), &UpdateChecker::updateAvailable, this, &MainWindow::updateAvailable);

logic/news/NewsChecker.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/* Copyright 2013 MultiMC Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "NewsChecker.h"
+
+#include <QByteArray>
+#include <QDomDocument>
+
+#include <logger/QsLog.h>
+
+NewsChecker::NewsChecker(const QString& feedUrl)
+{
+	m_feedUrl = feedUrl;
+}
+
+void NewsChecker::reloadNews()
+{
+	// Start a netjob to download the RSS feed and call rssDownloadFinished() when it's done.
+	if (isLoadingNews())
+	{
+		QLOG_INFO() << "Ignored request to reload news. Currently reloading already.";
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	QLOG_INFO() << "Reloading news.";
+
+	NetJob* job = new NetJob("News RSS Feed");
+	job->addNetAction(ByteArrayDownload::make(m_feedUrl));
+	QObject::connect(job, &NetJob::succeeded, this, &NewsChecker::rssDownloadFinished);
+	QObject::connect(job, &NetJob::failed, this, &NewsChecker::rssDownloadFailed);
+	m_newsNetJob.reset(job);
+	job->start();
+}
+
+void NewsChecker::rssDownloadFinished()
+{
+	// Parse the XML file and process the RSS feed entries.
+	QLOG_DEBUG() << "Finished loading RSS feed.";
+
+	QByteArray data;
+	{
+		ByteArrayDownloadPtr dl = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ByteArrayDownload>(m_newsNetJob->first());
+		data = dl->m_data;
+		m_newsNetJob.reset();
+	}
+
+	QDomDocument doc;
+	{
+		// Stuff to store error info in.
+		QString errorMsg = "Unknown error.";
+		int errorLine = -1;
+		int errorCol = -1;
+
+		// Parse the XML.
+		if (!doc.setContent(data, false, &errorMsg, &errorLine, &errorCol))
+		{
+			QString fullErrorMsg = QString("Error parsing RSS feed XML. %s at %d:%d.").arg(errorMsg, errorLine, errorCol);
+			fail(fullErrorMsg);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If the parsing succeeded, read it.
+	QDomNodeList items = doc.elementsByTagName("item");
+	m_newsEntries.clear();
+	for (int i = 0; i < items.length(); i++)
+	{
+		QDomElement element = items.at(i).toElement();
+		NewsEntryPtr entry;
+		entry.reset(new NewsEntry());
+		QString errorMsg = "An unknown error occurred.";
+		if (NewsEntry::fromXmlElement(element, entry.get(), &errorMsg))
+		{
+			QLOG_DEBUG() << "Loaded news entry" << entry->title;
+			m_newsEntries.append(entry);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			QLOG_WARN() << "Failed to load news entry at index" << i << ":" << errorMsg;
+		}
+	}
+
+	succeed();
+}
+
+void NewsChecker::rssDownloadFailed()
+{
+	// Set an error message and fail.
+	fail("Failed to load news RSS feed.");
+}
+
+
+bool NewsChecker::isLoadingNews() const
+{
+	return m_newsNetJob.get() != nullptr;
+}
+
+QString NewsChecker::getLastLoadErrorMsg() const
+{
+	return m_lastLoadError;
+}
+
+void NewsChecker::succeed()
+{
+	m_lastLoadError = "";
+	QLOG_DEBUG() << "News loading succeeded.";
+	m_newsNetJob.reset();
+	emit newsLoaded();
+}
+
+void NewsChecker::fail(const QString& errorMsg)
+{
+	m_lastLoadError = errorMsg;
+	QLOG_DEBUG() << "Failed to load news:" << errorMsg;
+	m_newsNetJob.reset();
+	emit newsLoadingFailed(errorMsg);
+}
+

logic/news/NewsChecker.h

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/* Copyright 2013 MultiMC Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QList>
+
+#include <logic/net/NetJob.h>
+
+#include "NewsEntry.h"
+
+class NewsChecker : public QObject
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+public:
+	/*!
+	 * Constructs a news reader to read from the given RSS feed URL.
+	 */
+	NewsChecker(const QString& feedUrl);
+	
+	/*!
+	 * Returns the error message for the last time the news was loaded.
+	 * Empty string if the last load was successful.
+	 */
+	QString getLastLoadErrorMsg() const;
+
+	/*!
+	 * Returns true if the news has been loaded successfully.
+	 */
+	bool isNewsLoaded() const;
+
+	/*!
+	 * Returns a list of news entries.
+	 */
+	QList<NewsEntryPtr> getNewsEntries() const;
+
+	/*!
+	 * Reloads the news from the website's RSS feed.
+	 * If the news is already loading, this does nothing.
+	 */
+	void Q_SLOT reloadNews();
+
+signals:
+	/*!
+	 * Signal fired after the news has finished loading.
+	 */
+	void newsLoaded();
+
+	/*!
+	 * Signal fired after the news fails to load.
+	 */
+	void newsLoadingFailed(QString errorMsg);
+
+protected slots:
+	void rssDownloadFinished();
+	void rssDownloadFailed();
+
+protected:
+	//! The URL for the RSS feed to fetch.
+	QString m_feedUrl;
+
+	//! List of news entries.
+	QList<NewsEntryPtr> m_newsEntries;
+
+	//! The network job to use to load the news.
+	NetJobPtr m_newsNetJob;
+	
+	//! True if the news is currently loading. If true, reloadNews() will do nothing.
+	bool isLoadingNews() const;
+
+	//! True if news has been loaded.
+	bool m_loadedNews;
+
+	/*!
+	 * Gets the error message that was given last time the news was loaded.
+	 * If the last news load succeeded, this will be an empty string.
+	 */
+	QString m_lastLoadError;
+
+	
+	/*!
+	 * Emits newsLoaded() and sets m_lastLoadError to empty string.
+	 */
+	void Q_SLOT succeed();
+
+	/*!
+	 * Emits newsLoadingFailed() and sets m_lastLoadError to the given message.
+	 */
+	void Q_SLOT fail(const QString& errorMsg);
+};
+

logic/news/NewsEntry.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/* Copyright 2013 MultiMC Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "NewsEntry.h"
+
+#include <QDomNodeList>
+#include <QVariant>
+
+NewsEntry::NewsEntry(QObject* parent) :
+	QObject(parent)
+{
+	this->title = tr("Untitled");
+	this->content = tr("No content.");
+	this->link = "";
+	this->author = tr("Unknown Author");
+	this->pubDate = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
+}
+
+NewsEntry::NewsEntry(const QString& title, const QString& content, const QString& link, const QString& author, const QDateTime& pubDate, QObject* parent) :
+	QObject(parent)
+{
+	this->title = title;
+	this->content = content;
+	this->link = link;
+	this->author = author;
+	this->pubDate = pubDate;
+}
+
+/*!
+ * Gets the text content of the given child element as a QVariant.
+ */
+inline QString childValue(const QDomElement& element, const QString& childName, QString defaultVal="")
+{
+	QDomNodeList nodes = element.elementsByTagName(childName);
+	if (nodes.count() > 0)
+	{
+		QDomElement element = nodes.at(0).toElement();
+		return element.text();
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return defaultVal;
+	}
+}
+
+bool NewsEntry::fromXmlElement(const QDomElement& element, NewsEntry* entry, QString* errorMsg)
+{
+	QString title = childValue(element, "title", tr("Untitled"));
+	QString content = childValue(element, "description", tr("No content."));
+	QString link = childValue(element, "link");
+	QString author = childValue(element, "dc:creator", tr("Unknown Author"));
+	QString pubDateStr = childValue(element, "pubDate");
+
+	// FIXME: For now, we're just ignoring timezones. We assume that all time zones in the RSS feed are the same.
+	QString dateFormat("ddd, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss");
+	QDateTime pubDate = QDateTime::fromString(pubDateStr, dateFormat);
+
+	entry->title = title;
+	entry->content = content;
+	entry->link = link;
+	entry->author = author;
+	entry->pubDate = pubDate;
+	return true;
+}
+

logic/news/NewsEntry.h

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/* Copyright 2013 MultiMC Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QDomElement>
+#include <QDateTime>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+class NewsEntry : public QObject
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+	/*!
+	 * Constructs an empty news entry.
+	 */
+	explicit NewsEntry(QObject* parent=0);
+
+	/*!
+	 * Constructs a new news entry.
+	 * Note that content may contain HTML.
+	 */
+	NewsEntry(const QString& title, const QString& content, const QString& link, const QString& author, const QDateTime& pubDate, QObject* parent=0);
+
+	/*!
+	 * Attempts to load information from the given XML element into the given news entry pointer.
+	 * If this fails, the function will return false and store an error message in the errorMsg pointer.
+	 */
+	static bool fromXmlElement(const QDomElement& element, NewsEntry* entry, QString* errorMsg=0);
+
+
+	//! The post title.
+	QString title;
+
+	//! The post's content. May contain HTML.
+	QString content;
+
+	//! URL to the post.
+	QString link;
+
+	//! The post's author.
+	QString author;
+	
+	//! The date and time that this post was published.
+	QDateTime pubDate;
+};
+
+typedef std::shared_ptr<NewsEntry> NewsEntryPtr;
+