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| <H3>XmlRpc++ Library</H3> |
| <P>This is version 0.7 of XmlRpc++, an implementation of the <A HREF="http://www.xmlrpc.org"> |
| XmlRpc protocol</A> written in C++, based upon Shilad Sen's excellent <A HREF="http://py-xmlrpc.sourceforge.net"> |
| py-xmlrpc library</A>. XmlRpc++ is designed to make it easy to incorporate |
| XmlRpc client and server support into C++ applications. Or use both client and |
| server objects in your app for easy peer-to-peer support. |
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| <H3>Features</H3> |
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| <STRONG>Easy</STRONG> This library is easy to incorporate into C++ |
| applications. No other libraries are required, other than your system's socket |
| libraries. Simple XML parsing and HTTP support are built in.<br> |
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| <STRONG>Fast</STRONG> All IO is non-blocking, so a slow client or |
| network will not slow down the server.<br> |
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| <STRONG>Portable</STRONG> Written in standard C++ to the POSIX and Windows |
| sockets APIs. You do need a fairly recent compiler (g++ 3.1 or MSVC++ .Net or |
| MSVC++ 6 with the <A href="http://www.dinkumware.com/vc_fixes.html">STL patches</A>.) |
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| <STRONG>Free</STRONG> This library is released under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/"> |
| GNU</a> <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html">LGPL</a>.<br> |
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| <h3>Changes</h3> |
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| Better handling of fault responses: server methods can throw an |
| XmlRpcException to return a fault and XmlRpcClient has a new method to |
| test whether the last response was a fault.</li> |
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| Support for system.listMethods and system.methodHelp from the introspection |
| API.</li> |
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| Support for system.multicall to process multiple requests in a single transaction.</li> |
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| Fixed a problem in the XmlRpcServer destructor (it should not have been deleting the methods).</li> |
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| The server ensures a valid result value is returned even if the method does not |
| set the result. The default result is an empty string.</li> |
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| Doxygen comments in header files and a doc target in the makefile.</li> |
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| <P> </P> |
| <h3>Installation</h3> |
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| There are VC++ 6 and VC++ .Net project files building on Windows. If you are |
| using VC++ 6, you should apply SP3 and the fixes at <A href="http://www.dinkumware.com/vc_fixes.html"> |
| http://www.dinkumware.com/vc_fixes.html</A>. Be sure to set the appropriate |
| code generation switches. In particular, ensure that the runtime library |
| (single/multi-threaded, static library/DLL) used is the same for the XmlRpc++ |
| code and whatever application it will be linked to.</P> |
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| For Linux, Solaris, and other Unix-like platforms there is a GNU Makefile which |
| can be edited to suit your system. Specify your C++ compiler, compiler flags, |
| and your system's socket libraries. |
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| <p>In the test directory there are various test programs that are built by default. |
| To verify that the library built correctly, you can start the HelloServer |
| example:<br> |
| <pre>HelloServer 8000 |
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| and the HelloClient example in another terminal window:<br> |
| <pre>HelloClient localhost 8000 |
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| You should see two Hello messages and a sum displayed (amongst a bunch of debug |
| output). You can also try the XML server validator program (eg, "Validator 80") |
| and then attempt to connect to it from <A href="http://validator.xmlrpc.com">http://validator.xmlrpc.com</A> |
| (if you have access to the internet and are not behind a firewall etc). |
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| <H3>Author</H3> |
| <P><A href="mailto:[email protected]">Chris Morley</A> |
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| <P>Although no code was re-used, the design and structure of the library is based |
| upon the py-xmlrpc library implementation.<BR> |
| The base64 decoder/encoder is by <A href="mailto:[email protected]">Konstantin |
| Pilipchuk</A>.</P> |
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| <H3>License</H3> |
| <p>A full copy of the LGPL license is included in the file COPYING. The source code |
| is Copyright (c) 2002-2003 by Chris Morley. This library is free software; you |
| can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General |
| Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 |
| of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is |
| distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; |
| without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A |
| PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. |
| You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along |
| with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 |
| Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
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