edu.cmu.ri.createlab.rss.readers
Class WeatherReader

java.lang.Object
  edu.cmu.ri.createlab.rss.RSSReader
      edu.cmu.ri.createlab.rss.readers.WeatherReader

public class WeatherReader
extends RSSReader

WeatherReader accesses current weather conditions for north american cities.

WeatherReader.java Description: Reader class which utilizes the ROME library to read RSS feed information from the weather underground website.

Author:

Tom Lauwers (tlauwers@andrew.cmu.edu)

Constructor Summary

WeatherReader(String location)
Construct the Weather Reader by providing City, ST of the city which you wish to obtain weather data from.

Method Summary

String	getConditions()
double	getHumidity()
double	getPressure()
double	getTemperature()
String	getWindDirection()
double	getWindSpeed()
void	updateWeatherFeed() Updates all of the weather data from the website

Methods inherited from class edu.cmu.ri.createlab.rss.RSSReader

getEntries, getEntriesPublishedAfterTimestamp, getEntryAuthor, getEntryCount, getEntryDate, getEntryDescription, getEntryLink, getEntryTitle, getFeedAuthor, getFeedDate, getFeedDescription, getFeedLink, getFeedTitle, updateFeed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

WeatherReader

public WeatherReader(String location)

Construct the Weather Reader by providing City, ST of the city which you wish to obtain weather data from. For example, to get Pittsburgh, PA's data, construct with WeatherReader("Pittsburgh, PA").

Parameters:

location - String holds which location to get weather data from

Method Detail

updateWeatherFeed

public void updateWeatherFeed()

Updates all of the weather data from the website

getTemperature

public double getTemperature()

Returns:

Temperature in fahrenheit

getPressure

public double getPressure()

Returns:

Barometric pressure in inches

getHumidity

public double getHumidity()

Returns:

Humidity as a percentage

getWindSpeed

public double getWindSpeed()

Returns:

Wind speed in miles per hour

getConditions

public String getConditions()

Returns:

Current weather conditions (like 'partly cloudy', 'raindy', etc)

getWindDirection

public String getWindDirection()

Returns:

Wind direction ("West" or "ENE" or "SW")