slim xml-rpc

pskink · by **pskink** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:52 pm

hi,

just created ultra slim xml-rpc lib counting three classes.
attached is library + small test app + python test server.py
some parts can be speed optimized, so
please let mknow about your performance feelings.
now it blocks calls to server but i'm workink on async
execution

pskink

pskink · by **pskink** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:56 pm

fyi: added boolean test case

pskink · by **pskink** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:36 pm

fyi: changed dom parser to pull parser which works better for parsing xmlrpc responses

pskink · by **pskink** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:19 pm

fyi: added couple of tests. thanks to pull parser the performance and memory usage is better than in previous versions

Malefico · by **Malefico** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:49 pm

Great..

but what about user authentication and security?

pskink · by **pskink** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:26 pm

Malefico wrote:Great..

but what about user authentication and security?

how is it done in xml-rpc? any links?
i thought it's supported by xml-rpc calls themselves (i mean user/hashed pswd/sand are passed as method params)

eyedol · by **eyedol** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:28 am

Hello pskink,
Thanks for sharing your library. I used your test app against a different and has a different result than I expected. I wonder what I'm doing wrong. This is my code

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uri = URI.create("http://data.kamusiproject.org/xmlrpc.php");
 
                client = new XMLRPCClient(uri);
 
OnItemClickListener testListener = new OnItemClickListener() {
 
                public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
 
                        if (position == 0) {
 
                        XMLRPCMethod method = new XMLRPCMethod("get.links", true, new XMLRPCMethodCallback() {
 
                                        public void callFinished(Object result) {
 
                                                textResult.setText( result.toString() );
 
                                        }
 
                        });
 
                        Object[] params = {
 
                                        "4f087891bc83b087c52e0ddffd732483",
 
                                        "dog",
 
                                        "en",
 
                                        "sw",
 
                        };
 
                        method.call(params);
 
                        }
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this is what is returned. Not sure what that is. Any insight???

{results=[Ljava.lang.Object;@4339de68, paging={items=[Ljava.lang.Object;@433961a0, total=[Ljava.lang.Object;@43395870, array=[Ljava.lang.Object;@43395d08}}

pskink · by **pskink** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:41 am

eyedol wrote:this is what is returned. Not sure what that is. Any insight???

{results=[Ljava.lang.Object;@4339de68, paging={items=[Ljava.lang.Object;@433961a0, total=[Ljava.lang.Object;@43395870, array=[Ljava.lang.Object;@43395d08}}

hi,

your server returned one struct that can be
casted to java.util.Map<String, Object>.

this map contains two items:
- results - which is Object [] array
- paging - which is another Map<String, Object>

'paging' item contains three items:
- items
- total
- array

all of them are Object[] arrays.

i cannot say what those Object[] arrays contain - it can be primitive types or another containers - you should iterate over them and see what's inside or you could capture the whole http server response - i use for that linux tool ngrep, you can use e.g. ethereal.

hope this helps.

pskink · by **pskink** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:50 am

eyedol wrote:Hello pskink,
Thanks for sharing your library. I used your test app against a different and has a different result than I expected. I wonder what I'm doing wrong.

btw in your real app you shouldn't use XMLRPCMethod - its just for test app purposes - use XMLRPCClient instead.

eyedol · by **eyedol** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:52 pm

Thanks pslink, I managed to figure out how to get the data with your explanation. Your library rocks :-)

pskink · by **pskink** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:22 pm

eyedol wrote:Thanks pslink, I managed to figure out how to get the data with your explanation. Your library rocks :-)

i'm glad to hear it.

so now the results you got are the same with your expectation?

pskink · by **pskink** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:33 pm

fyi: updated test app & javadoc
hope it has its final shape... :D

pskink · by **pskink** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:11 pm

Improved exception handling (minimal API change). Now call* methods throw XMLRPCException/XMLRPCFault instead of Exception.

eyedol · by **eyedol** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:05 am

Yes pskink. Thanks for the library

nickthecook · by **nickthecook** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:51 am

pskink, this is awesome!

I was getting some exceptions from Apache's XmlRpc implementation on Android, and I feared I wouldn't be able to do what I wanted to. Yet your code worked perfectly (and is also simpler to use for my needs).

When I get something useful written with it, I'll post it.

Thank you!

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