// get a real (delayed by 20min) stockquote from
// http://services.xmethods.net/axis/. The IP addr
// below came from the host that the above form posts to ..
if ( symbol.equals("XXX") ) return( (float) 55.25 );
URL url = new URL( "http://services.xmethods.net/axis/getQuote?s="
+ symbol );
DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
Document doc = db.parse( url.toExternalForm() );
Element elem = doc.getDocumentElement();
NodeList list = elem.getElementsByTagName( "stock_quote" );
if ( list != null && list.getLength() != 0 ) {
elem = (Element) list.item(0);
list = elem.getElementsByTagName( "price" );
elem = (Element) list.item(0);
String quoteStr = elem.getAttribute("value");
try {
return Float.valueOf(quoteStr).floatValue();
} catch (NumberFormatException e1) {
// maybe its an int?
try {
return Integer.valueOf(quoteStr).intValue() * 1.0F;
} catch (NumberFormatException e2) {
return -1.0F;
}
}
}
return( 0 );
