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+<?php
+/**
+ * StatusNet, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * Generate sitemap index
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Sitemap
+ * @package   StatusNet
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @copyright 2010 StatusNet, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://status.net/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Show the sitemap index
+ *
+ * @category Sitemap
+ * @package  StatusNet
+ * @author   Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://status.net/
+ */
+
+class SitemapAction extends Action
+{
+    /**
+     * handle the action
+     *
+     * @param array $args unused.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+
+    function handle($args)
+    {
+        header('Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8');
+        $this->startXML();
+
+        $this->elementStart('sitemapindex', array('xmlns' => 'http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9'));
+
+        $this->showUserSitemaps();
+        $this->showNoticeSitemaps();
+
+        $this->elementEnd('sitemapindex');
+
+        $this->endXML();
+    }
+
+    function showUserSitemaps()
+    {
+        $user = new User();
+        $cnt = $user->count();
+
+    }
+}