SyndFeedInput in = new SyndFeedInput();
in.setPreserveWireFeed(true);
SyndFeed syndFeed = in.build(..);
WireFeed wireFeed = syndFeed.originalWireFeed();

Atom/RSS Entry/Item objects are also available from SyndEntry^? objects if the WireFeed^? is preserved:

Object obj = syndEntry.getWireEntry();
if (obj != null && obj instanceof Entry) {
        // it is an Atom Entry object
        // do Atom specific stuff, eg:
        Entry entry = (Entry) o;
        System.out.println(entry.getRights());
} else if (obj != null && obj instanceof Item) {
        // it is a RSS Item object
        // do RSS specific stuff eg:
        Item item = (Item) o;
        System.out.println(item.getComments());
}

The Fetcher can be set to preserve WireFeeds^? by setting the preserveWireFeed property to true:

feedFetcher.setPreserveWireFeed(true);

-- Main.nicklothian - 11 Mar 2009