RPC::XML - An implementation of XML-RPC

Version: 0.74

WHAT IS IT

The RPC::XML package is an implementation of XML-RPC. The module provides classes for sample client and server implementations, a server designed as an Apache location-handler, and a suite of data-manipulation classes that are used by them.

USING RPC::XML

There are not any pre-packaged executables in this distribution (except for a utility tool). Client usage will usually be along the lines of:

use RPC::XML::Client;

my $client = new RPC::XML::Client

'http://www.oreillynet.com/meerkat/xml-rpc/server.php'; my $req = RPC::XML::request->new('meerkat.getChannelsBySubstring', 'perl'); my $res = $client->send_request($req); # This returns an object of the RPC::XML::response class. This double-call # of value() first gets a RPC::XML::* data object from the response, then # the actual data from it:
my $value = $res->value->value;

Running a simple server is not much more involved:

use RPC::XML::Server;

my $srv = new RPC::XML::Server (host => 'localhost',

port => 9000); # You would then use $srv->add_method to add some remotely-callable code ...
$srv->accept_loop; # Stays in an accept/connect loop

BUILDING/INSTALLING

This package is set up to configure and build like a typical Perl extension. To build:

        perl Makefile.PL
        make && make test

If RPC::XML passes all tests, then:

make install

You may need super-user access to install.

PROBLEMS/BUG REPORTS

Please send any reports of problems or bugs to rjray@blackperl.com

SEE ALSO

XML-RPC: http://www.xmlrpc.com/spec The Artistic 2.0: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license-2.0.php The LGPL 2.1: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.php

CHANGES

• t/90_rt54183_sigpipe.t RT #56800: Make this suite skip all tests on Windows platforms.
• lib/Apache/RPC/Server.pm Clean up some run-time "use of undefined value" messages.
• lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
• lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLParser.pm
• t/90_rt58323_push_parser.t (added) RT #58323: Started as making the parser interfaces correctly report errors when passed null-length strings or "0" values. Turned out that the error return interface from XMLLibXML.pm was not consistent with the rest of the system, so fixed that as well.
• lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
• t/40_server.t RT #58240: Applied a patch from Martijn van de Streek that adds access to the HTTP::Request object to called method code.
• lib/RPC/XML.pm
• lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
• lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLParser.pm
• t/90_rt58065_allow_nil.t (added) RT #58065: Allow the parsing of <nil /> tags when they are encountered, even if $RPC::XML::ALLOW_NIL is not set. Only limit the generation of these tags.
• lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
• t/41_server_hang.t This test sporadically fails, so enhance the error message for more info. Also alter the test slightly, hoping it fixes the random failures.
• etc/make_method Applied perlcritic to the make_method tool.
• lib/XML/RPC.pm
• t/10_data.t
• t/20_xml_parser.t
• t/21_xml_libxml.t RT #62916: Previous adjustments to the dateTime.iso8601 stringification caused it to no longer fit the XML-RPC spec. Fixed.
• lib/RPC/XML.pm
• lib/RPC/XML/Client.pm
• lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLParser.pm
• lib/RPC/XML/ParserFactory.pm
• lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm Used warnings::unused to find unused variables not found by Perl::Critic.
• t/10_data.t Realized I had no boundary-tests for ints in smart_encode(). This revealed some problems with i8 values on my 32-bit system. Don't want to introduce dependency on BigInt right now, so marked those tests "TODO".