RPC::XML - An implementation of XML-RPC
Version: 0.75
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
* MANIFEST
Somehow, t/13_no_deep_recursion.t never got added to MANIFEST.
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
RT #65154: Fixed a cut/paste error in an error message.
* lib/RPC/XML/Client.pm
* t/51_client_with_host_header.t (added)
RT #68792: Merge pull request #2 from dragon3/master
(https://github.com/dragon3). Allow setting of "Host" header,
and test suite for it.
* MANIFEST
* t/51_client_with_host_header.t
Added new test suite to MANIFEST, fixed spelling. Also added
"plan tests" line to the test suite.
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
* t/20_xml_parser.t
* t/21_xml_libxml.t
* t/41_server_hang.t
Merge pull request #3 from yannk/master
(https://github.com/yannk). Expat parser subclass is protected
against ext ent attack, libxml isn't.
* t/41_server_hang.t
Undo a change to this suite from yannk's pull.
* etc/make_method
* lib/Apache/RPC/Server.pm
* lib/Apache/RPC/Status.pm
* lib/RPC/XML.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Client.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Function.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Method.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLParser.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/ParserFactory.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Procedure.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
More perlcritic-driven clean-up. This is mostly POD sections,
but also includes heavy re-working of etc/make_method and parts
of lib/RPC/XML.pm.
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
* t/21_xml_libxml.t
Fixed external entity handling on MacOS. Also made small change
to the test suite to be cleaner.
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLParser.pm
Took out warnings on external entities blocking. Now it blocks
silently. Also cleaned up some docs.
* t/15_serialize.t
Additions to increase code coverage in XML.pm.
* lib/RPC/XML.pm
Turns out this wasn't exporting RPC_I8.
* lib/Apache/RPC/Server.pm
* lib/Apache/RPC/Status.pm
* lib/RPC/XML.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Client.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Function.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Method.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLParser.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/ParserFactory.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Procedure.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
* xt/02_pod_coverage.t
Made 5.8.8 the new minimum-required perl. Also dropped the
utf8_downgrade hack, which affected an xt test.
* lib/RPC/XML/Client.pm
Improved arguments-checking in send_request.
* lib/RPC/XML/Client.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLParser.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
Fixed error-cases in usage of File::Temp->new().
File::Temp::new croaks on errors, doesn't return undef like I
thought.
* MANIFEST
* lib/RPC/XML/Function.pm (deleted)
* lib/RPC/XML/Method.pm (deleted)
* lib/RPC/XML/Procedure.pm
Roll Method.pm and Function.pm into Procedure.pm. Remove
Method.pm and Function.pm from distro.
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
Fixed regexp for methodName validation.
* t/10_data.t
* t/11_base64_fh.t
* t/12_nil.t
* t/15_serialize.t
* t/20_xml_parser.t
* t/21_xml_libxml.t
* t/25_parser_negative.t (added)
* t/29_parserfactory.t
* t/30_method.t
* t/40_server.t
* t/40_server_xmllibxml.t
* t/50_client.t
* t/BadParserClass.pm (added)
* t/meth_good_1.xpl
* t/namespace3.xpl
* t/svsm_text.b64 (added)
* t/util.pl
First round of Devel::Cover-inspired improvements. These are
the changes to the test suites to increase coverage of the code.
* lib/RPC/XML.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Procedure.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
Fixes and such from Devel::Cover analysis.
* lib/RPC/XML/Procedure.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
* t/30_method.t
* t/meth_good_1.xpl
* t/meth_good_2.xpl (added)
* t/meth_good_3.xpl (added)
Fixes for file-based method loading/reloading. New tests in the
suite, and re-working of the ugliest hacky part of this package.
* lib/RPC/XML/Procedure.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
* t/30_method.t
* t/meth_good_3.xpl
RPC::XML::Procedure test-coverage improvement. Also removed
some unneeded code.
* lib/RPC/XML/Procedure.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
* t/30_method.t
* t/40_server.t
Last round of RPC::XML::Procedure test coverage. This is mostly
in t/40_server.t, though some bugs were found and addressed in
the modules and in t/30_method.t.
* lib/Apache/RPC/Server.pm
* lib/Apache/RPC/Status.pm
* lib/RPC/XML.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Client.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLParser.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/ParserFactory.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Procedure.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
Documentation clean-up and update.
* lib/Apache/RPC/Server.pm
* lib/Apache/RPC/Status.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Client.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLLibXML.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Parser/XMLParser.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Procedure.pm
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
Changes from new Perl::Critic::Bangs policies.
* xt/01_pod.t
* xt/02_pod_coverage.t
* xt/03_meta.t
* xt/04_minimumversion.t
* xt/05_critic.t
Adjustments to reflect moving from t to xt. Also made changes
to xt/02_pod_coverage.t to reflect changes to modules.
* lib/RPC/XML/Client.pm
Removed some error checks that can never fail.
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
* t/40_server.t
Code-coverage-driven changes and added tests.
* etc/make_method
Fixes from new Perl::Critic::Bangs policies.
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
Removed usage of AutoLoader completely.
* lib/RPC/XML/Server.pm
* t/40_server.t
* xt/02_pod_coverage.t
Removed some dead code and better did the aliases. This
required a change in t/40_server.t for a private sub that no
longer exists. Also updated xt/02_pod_coverage.t for private
subs that have no pod.
* lib/Apache/RPC/Server.pm
RT #67694: Fix a potential infinite-loop condition.