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add comments to the top of each function

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Jon Heller 2015-10-23 16:51:30 -04:00
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js/news/news.js
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@ -17,12 +17,20 @@ var news = {
fetchNewsIntervalId: null
}
/**
* Creates the query string that will be used to grab a converted RSS feed into a JSON object via Yahoo
* @param {string} feed The original location of the RSS feed
* @return {string} The new location of the RSS feed provided by Yahoo
*/
news.buildQueryString = function (feed) {
return this._yqURL + this._yqlQS + '\'' + encodeURIComponent(feed) + '\'';
}
/**
* Fetches the news for each feed provided in the config file
*/
news.fetchNews = function () {
// Reset the news feed
@ -37,6 +45,10 @@ news.fetchNews = function () {
}
/**
* Runs a GET request to Yahoo's service
* @param {string} yqUrl The URL being used to grab the RSS feed (in JSON format)
*/
news.fetchFeed = function (yqUrl) {
$.ajax({
@ -60,6 +72,11 @@ news.fetchFeed = function (yqUrl) {
}
/**
* Parses each item in a single news feed
* @param {Object} data The news feed that was returned by Yahoo
* @return {boolean} Confirms that the feed was parsed correctly
*/
news.parseFeed = function (data) {
var _rssItems = [];
@ -76,6 +93,11 @@ news.parseFeed = function (data) {
}
/**
* Loops through each available and unseen news feed after it has been retrieved from Yahoo and shows it on the screen
* When all news titles have been exhausted, the list resets and randomly chooses from the original set of items
* @return {boolean} Confirms that there is a list of news items to loop through and that one has been shown on the screen
*/
news.showNews = function () {
// If all items have been seen, swap seen to unseen
@ -104,6 +126,8 @@ news.showNews = function () {
$(this.newsLocation).updateWithText(_item, this.fadeInterval);
return true;
}
news.init = function () {