TIdNNTP.ParseXOVER Method

Parses an XOVER response line into variables.

Pascal

procedure ParseXOVER(
    Aline: String; 
    var AArticleIndex: Integer; 
    var ASubject: String; 
    var AFrom: String; 
    var ADate: TDateTime; 
    var AMsgId: String; 
    var AReferences: String; 
    var AByteCount: Integer; 
    var ALineCount: Integer; 
    var AExtraData: String
);

Parameters

Parameters	Description
Aline	Response line to be parsed.
AArticleIndex	NNTP article number for the message.
ASubject	Subject header for the article.
AFrom	author of the article.
ADate	posting date for the article.
AMsgId	NNTP message identifier for the article.
AReferences	list of message identifers for the threading hierarchy for the article.
AByteCount	size of the article in bytes.
ALineCount	number of lines in the body of the article.
AExtraData	fields from LIST OVERVIEW.FMT.

Description

ParseXOVER is a procedure used to parse a line in an NNTP XOVER response, as supplied in XOver, into variables. ParseXOVER will separate the information from the article OVERVIEW database in ALine into the corresponding variable parameters.

AArticleIndex is the NNTP article number for the message.

ASubject is the subject header for the article.

AFrom is the author of the article.

ADate is the posting date for the article. Note: ADate is converted from GMT to a representation in the the local timezone during parsing.

AMsgId is the NNTP message identifier for the article.

AReferences is a list of message identifers that indicate the threading hierarchy for the article.

AByteCount is the size of the article in bytes.

ALineCount is the number of lines in the body of the article.

AExtraData contains optional fields as indicated by the NNTP LIST OVERVIEW.FMT command.

ParseXOver can be used in the OnNewNewsList event handler when the NNTP client needs to examine individual elements returned in an XOver response line.