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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import lxml.etree as ET
+
+class RssItem(object):
+    """Class for storing an RSS 2.0 item."""
+
+    ELEMENTS = ["title", "link", "description", "author", "category", "comments",
+                "enclosure", "guid", "pubDate", "source"]
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Define available attributes."""
+        for element in self.ELEMENTS:
+            setattr(self, element, None)
+        self.timestamp = None
+        self.item = None
+
+    def assemble_item(self):
+        """Assemble an RSS 2.0 item."""
+        self.item = ET.Element("item")
+        for element in self.ELEMENTS:
+            attr = getattr(self, element)
+            if attr is not None:
+                self.item.append(attr)
+
+    def dump_item(self):
+        """Dump RSS item XML."""
+        if self.item is None:
+            self.assemble_item()
+        return ET.tostring(self.item).decode("utf-8")