How can I generate Atom Feed which will contain the namespaces displayed in the image below? All the nodes of the Atom feed have to start with "a:".
Here is what I am doing right now, however it doesn't work.
SyndicationFeed feed = new SyndicationFeed();
XmlQualifiedName key = new XmlQualifiedName("os", "xmlns");
feed.AttributeExtensions.Add(key, "http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/");
Thanks!
I believe it should be
SyndicationFeed feed = new SyndicationFeed();
XmlQualifiedName key = new XmlQualifiedName("os", "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/");
feed.AttributeExtensions.Add(key, "http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/");
UPDATE:
After reading your question more carefully, I believe you could accomplish this by overriding the WriteStartElement and WriteStartAttribute methods of the XmlWriter instance used by the Atom10FeedFormatter. You can do this by implementing a custom XmlWriter class like the example below.
class AtomXmlTextWriter : XmlTextWriter
{
private const string Atom10XmlNs = "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom";
private const string Atom10XmlNsPrefix = "a";
public AtomXmlTextWriter(String filename, Encoding encoding)
: base(filename, encoding)
{
}
public override void WriteStartElement(string prefix, string localName, string ns)
{
base.WriteStartElement(GetAtomPrefix(ns), localName, ns);
}
public override void WriteStartAttribute(string prefix, string localName, string ns)
{
base.WriteStartAttribute(GetAtomPrefix(ns), localName, ns);
}
internal string GetAtomPrefix(string ns)
{
string prefix = string.Empty;
if ((ns != null) && (ns.Equals(Atom10XmlNs)))
prefix = Atom10XmlNsPrefix;
return prefix;
}
}
Using your custom class with the Atom10FeedFormatter
SyndicationFeed feed = new SyndicationFeed();
feed.AttributeExtensions.Add(new XmlQualifiedName("os", "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/"),
"http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/");
feed.AttributeExtensions.Add(new XmlQualifiedName(null, "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/"),
http://schemas.zune.net/catalog/apps/2008/02");
using (XmlWriter writer = new AtomXmlTextWriter(@"TestFeed.xml", Encoding.UTF8))
{
Atom10FeedFormatter feedFormatter = new Atom10FeedFormatter(feed);
feedFormatter.WriteTo(writer);
}
produces the desired output
<a:feed xmlns:os="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"
xmlns="http://schemas.zune.net/catalog/apps/2008/02"
xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<a:title type="text" />
<a:id>uuid:0f1b2c84-c935-459e-bc89-79d06b5a976b;id=1</a:id>
<a:updated>2011-05-21T17:07:46Z</a:updated>
</a:feed>