category.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 type Category struct {
 	*CommonAttributes
-	Content Content `xml:"content"` // undefinedContent in RFC4287
+	Content Content `xml:"content"` // should this even exist in here?
 	Term    string  `xml:"term,attr"`
 	Scheme  URI     `xml:"scheme,attr,omitempty"`
 	Label   string  `xml:"label,attr,omitempty"`

icon.go

@@ -1,26 +1,15 @@
 package atomfeed
 
-import (
+import "errors"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-)
 
 type Icon struct {
 	*CommonAttributes
 	URI URI `xml:"uri"`
 }
 
-func NewIcon(uri string) *Icon {
-	return &Icon{URI: URI(uri)}
-}
-
 func (i *Icon) Check() error {
 	if i.URI == "" {
 		return errors.New("uri element of icon empty")
-	} else {
-		if !isValidURI(i.URI) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("uri attribute %v of icon not correctly formatted", i.URI)
-		}
 	}
 
 	return nil

id.go

@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ func NewID() *ID {
 func (i *ID) Check() error {
 	if i.URI == "" {
 		return errors.New("uri element of id empty")
-	} else {
-		if !isValidURI(i.URI) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("uri element %v of id not correctly formatted", i.URI)
-		}
 	}
 
 	return nil

link.go

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 
 type Link struct {
 	*CommonAttributes
-	Title    Text        `xml:"title,attr,omitempty"`
+	Title    *Text       `xml:"title,attr,omitempty"`
-	Content  Content     `xml:"content"` // undefinedContent in RFC4287
+	Content  *Content    `xml:"content"`
 	Href     URI         `xml:"href,attr"`
 	Rel      string      `xml:"rel,attr,omitempty"`
 	Type     MediaType   `xml:"type,attr,omitempty"`
@@ -16,22 +16,13 @@ type Link struct {
 	Length   uint        `xml:"length,attr,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func NewLink(href string) (*Link, error) {
-	content, err := NewContent(InlineText, "", "")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating content element: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	return &Link{Href: URI(href), Content: content}, nil
-}
-
 func (l *Link) Check() error {
 	if l.Href == "" {
 		return errors.New("href attribute of link empty")
 	}
 
 	if l.Title != nil {
-		if err := l.Title.Check(); err != nil {
+		if err := (*l.Title).Check(); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("title attribute of link %v: %v", l.Href, err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -39,7 +30,7 @@ func (l *Link) Check() error {
 	if l.Content == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("no content element of link %v", l.Href)
 	} else {
-		if err := l.Content.Check(); err != nil {
+		if err := (*l.Content).Check(); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("content element of link %v: %v", l.Href, err)
 		}
 	}