Here is the JSF backing bean class. Please refer to inline comments for more line information.


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package rss.kahimyang.info;


import javax.faces.bean.ManagedBean;
import javax.faces.bean.RequestScoped;
import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndFeed;
import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
import com.sun.syndication.io.SyndFeedInput;
import com.sun.syndication.io.XmlReader;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.util.List;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;

@ManagedBean
@RequestScoped
public class RssBean {
 
 public RssBean() {
 getrss();
 }
 
 List&lt;RssEntry> feeds;

 // Bound to our ui:repeat component
 public List&lt;RssEntry> getFeed() {
 return feeds;
 }

 private void getrss() {
 
 String rssFeedUrl ="some-feed-url";
 int count=5; // desired number of feeds to retrieve
 
 SimpleDateFormat df =
 new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE MMMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss");

 try {
 // Connect
 URLConnection feedUrl = new URL(rssFeedUrl).openConnection();
 SyndFeedInput input = new SyndFeedInput();
 // Build the feed list
 SyndFeed feed = input.build(new XmlReader(feedUrl));

 List&lt;SyndEntry> feedList = feed.getEntries();
 int feedSize = feedList.size();

 // Save only count requested
 if (feedSize > count) {
 feedSize = count;
 }

 feeds= new ArrayList<>();

 for (int i = 0; i < feedSize; i++) {

 // Please see Javadoc for more of SyndEntry members
 SyndEntry entry = (SyndEntry) feedList.get(i);

 RssEntry rss = new RssEntry();
 
 // Format based on your requirements
 String title = entry.getTitle(); 
 rss.setTitle(title);
 
 rss.setAuthor(entry.getAuthor());
 rss.setPublishedDate(df.format(entry.getPublishedDate()));
 
 // Do some formatting you may require;
 String description = entry.getDescription().getValue();
 
 rss.setDescription(description);

 // Update
 feeds.add(rss);
 }
 
 } catch (Exception e) {
 
 // Or whatever behaviour your application requires
 feeds = new ArrayList<>();
 RssEntry rss = new RssEntry();
 rss.setTitle("Error");
 rss.setAuthor("");
 rss.setDescription(e.getMessage());
 feeds.add(rss);
 
 }
 
 }

 // List item class
 public class RssEntry {

 private String title;
 private String author;
 private String publishedDate;
 private String description;

 public RssEntry() {
 }

 public String getTitle() {
 return title;
 }

 public void setTitle(String s) {
 title = s;
 }

 public String getAuthor() {
 return author;
 }

 public void setAuthor(String s) {
 author = s;
 }

 public String getPublishedDate() {
 return publishedDate;
 }

 public void setPublishedDate(String s) {
 publishedDate = s;
 }

 public String getDescription() {
 return description;
 }

 public void setDescription(String s) {
 description = s;
 }
 }
}


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<h4>
The markup
</h4>


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&lt;ui:repeat value="#{rssBean.feed}" var="feed">
 &lt;h:panelGrid width="650">

 &lt;h:outputText escape="false"
 value="#{feed.title}" />
 &lt;h:outputText escape="false"
 value="#{feed.description}" />

 &lt;/h:panelGrid>
&lt;/ui:repeat>
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That's it, good luck.

A Core Java Server Faces (JSF) RSS feed reader