[NUTCH-1494] RSS feed plugin seems broken

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.7
• Component/s: parser

Environment

Ubuntu 12.04 + JDK 7

• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sourajit Basak
• Created: 09/Nov/12 11:34
• Updated: 27/Jan/15 21:07
• Resolved: 09/Jan/13 23:30

Description

The RSS "feed" plugin is broken.

I had to change the plugin dependencies to point to the correct rome library version.

<!-- changed to the version thats bundled with v1.5.1, previously 0.9 -->
<library name="rome-1.0.0.jar" />
<!-- added this due to a CNFE from rome -->
<library name="jdom-1.0.jar" />

Still it fails due to some (known) problem in rome.

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Properties$LineReader.readLine(Properties.java:434)
at java.util.Properties.load0(Properties.java:353)
at java.util.Properties.load(Properties.java:341)
at com.sun.syndication.io.impl.PropertiesLoader.<init>(PropertiesLoader.java:74)
at com.sun.syndication.io.impl.PropertiesLoader.getPropertiesLoader(PropertiesLoader.java:46)
at com.sun.syndication.io.impl.PluginManager.<init>(PluginManager.java:54)
at com.sun.syndication.io.impl.PluginManager.<init>(PluginManager.java:46)
at com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.impl.Converters.<init>(Converters.java:40)
at com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndFeedImpl.<clinit>(SyndFeedImpl.java:59)

Issue Links

• blocks: NUTCH-1053 Parsing of RSS feeds fails
• is related to: NUTCH-1893 Parse-tika fails to parse feed files