Class: XML::XMLRPC::Client

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/xml/libxml/xmlrpc/client.rb

Overview

Client is an easy-to-use XML-RPC method call and response mechanism.

It will not handle redirection.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(http, url) ⇒ Client

Given an unused Net::HTTP object and a relative URL, it will post the XML-RPC information to this form after calling a method with ruby types.

See XML::XMLRPC::Builder for caveats related to Base64 handling.



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# File 'lib/xml/libxml/xmlrpc/client.rb', line 19

def initialize(http, url)
    @http = http
    @url  = url
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(*args) ⇒ Object

See #call.



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# File 'lib/xml/libxml/xmlrpc/client.rb', line 27

def method_missing(*args)
    self.call(*args)
end

Instance Method Details

#call(methodName, *args) ⇒ Object

Call and recieve the response. Returns a XML::XMLRPC::Parser object.

Will throw an XML::XMLRPC::RemoteCallError if the call returns a fault response.



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# File 'lib/xml/libxml/xmlrpc/client.rb', line 37

def call(methodName, *args)
    res = @http.post(@url, XML::XMLRPC::Builder.call(methodName, *args))
    res_args = XML::XMLRPC::Parser.new(res.body)
    return res_args
end