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017package examples.nntp;
018
019import java.io.IOException;
020import java.util.ArrayList;
021import java.util.List;
022import org.apache.commons.net.nntp.Article;
023import org.apache.commons.net.nntp.NNTPClient;
024
025/**
026 * Some convenience methods for NNTP example classes.
027 */
028public class NNTPUtils {
029
030    /**
031     * Given an {@link NNTPClient} instance, and an integer range of messages, return
032     * an array of {@link Article} instances.
033     * @param client the client to use
034     * @param lowArticleNumber low number
035     * @param highArticleNumber high number
036     * @return Article[] An array of Article
037     * @throws IOException on error
038     */
039    public  static List<Article> getArticleInfo(NNTPClient client, long lowArticleNumber, long highArticleNumber)
040    throws IOException {
041        List<Article> articles = new ArrayList<Article>();
042        Iterable<Article> arts = client.iterateArticleInfo(lowArticleNumber, highArticleNumber);
043        for(Article article : arts){
044            articles.add(article);
045        }
046        return articles;
047    }
048}