rubysl-xmlrpc 1.0.0

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+language: ruby
+before_install:
+  - gem update --system
+  - gem --version
+  - gem install rubysl-bundler
+script: bundle exec mspec spec
+rvm:
+  - rbx-nightly-18mode

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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in rubysl-xmlrpc.gemspec
+gemspec

data/LICENSE

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+Copyright (c) 2013, Brian Shirai
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
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+3. Neither the name of the library nor the names of its contributors may be
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+   specific prior written permission.
+
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data/README.md

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+# Rubysl::Xmlrpc
+
+TODO: Write a gem description
+
+## Installation
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+    gem 'rubysl-xmlrpc'
+
+And then execute:
+
+    $ bundle
+
+Or install it yourself as:
+
+    $ gem install rubysl-xmlrpc
+
+## Usage
+
+TODO: Write usage instructions here
+
+## Contributing
+
+1. Fork it
+2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
+3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
+4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
+5. Create new Pull Request

data/Rakefile

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+require "bundler/gem_tasks"

data/lib/rubysl/xmlrpc.rb

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+require "rubysl/xmlrpc/version"

data/lib/rubysl/xmlrpc/version.rb

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+module RubySL
+  module XMLRPC
+    VERSION = "1.0.0"
+  end
+end

data/lib/xmlrpc/README.txt

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+= XMLRPC for Ruby, Standard Library Documentation
+
+== Overview
+
+XMLRPC is a lightweight protocol that enables remote procedure calls over
+HTTP.  It is defined at http://www.xmlrpc.com.
+
+XMLRPC allows you to create simple distributed computing solutions that span
+computer languages.  Its distinctive feature is its simplicity compared to
+other approaches like SOAP and CORBA.
+
+The Ruby standard library package 'xmlrpc' enables you to create a server that
+implements remote procedures and a client that calls them.  Very little code
+is required to achieve either of these.
+
+== Example
+
+Try the following code.  It calls a standard demonstration remote procedure.
+
+  require 'xmlrpc/client'
+  require 'pp'
+
+  server = XMLRPC::Client.new2("http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/api/sample.php")
+  result = server.call("sample.sumAndDifference", 5, 3)
+  pp result
+
+== Documentation
+
+See http://www.ntecs.de/projects/xmlrpc4r.  There is plenty of detail there to
+use the client and implement a server.
+

data/lib/xmlrpc/base64.rb

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+=begin
+= xmlrpc/base64.rb
+Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 by Michael Neumann (mneumann@ntecs.de)
+
+Released under the same term of license as Ruby.
+
+= Classes
+* ((<XMLRPC::Base64>))
+
+= XMLRPC::Base64
+== Description
+This class is necessary for (('xmlrpc4r')) to determine that a string should 
+be transmitted base64-encoded and not as a raw-string. 
+You can use (({XMLRPC::Base64})) on the client and server-side as a 
+parameter and/or return-value.
+
+== Class Methods
+--- XMLRPC::Base64.new( str, state = :dec )
+    Creates a new (({XMLRPC::Base64})) instance with string ((|str|)) as the
+    internal string. When ((|state|)) is (({:dec})) it assumes that the 
+    string ((|str|)) is not in base64 format (perhaps already decoded), 
+    otherwise if ((|state|)) is (({:enc})) it decodes ((|str|)) 
+    and stores it as the internal string.
+    
+--- XMLRPC::Base64.decode( str )
+    Decodes string ((|str|)) with base64 and returns that value.
+
+--- XMLRPC::Base64.encode( str )
+    Encodes string ((|str|)) with base64 and returns that value.
+
+== Instance Methods
+--- XMLRPC::Base64#decoded
+    Returns the internal string decoded.
+
+--- XMLRPC::Base64#encoded
+    Returns the internal string encoded with base64.
+
+=end
+
+module XMLRPC
+
+class Base64
+  
+  def initialize(str, state = :dec)
+    case state
+    when :enc
+      @str = Base64.decode(str)
+    when :dec
+      @str = str
+    else
+      raise ArgumentError, "wrong argument; either :enc or :dec"
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def decoded
+    @str  
+  end
+  
+  def encoded
+    Base64.encode(@str)
+  end
+
+
+  def Base64.decode(str)
+    str.gsub(/\s+/, "").unpack("m")[0]
+  end
+
+  def Base64.encode(str)
+    [str].pack("m")
+  end
+
+end
+
+
+end # module XMLRPC
+
+
+=begin
+= History
+    $Id: base64.rb 11708 2007-02-12 23:01:19Z shyouhei $
+=end

data/lib/xmlrpc/client.rb

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+=begin
+= xmlrpc/client.rb
+Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 by Michael Neumann (mneumann@ntecs.de)
+
+Released under the same term of license as Ruby.
+
+= Classes
+* ((<XMLRPC::Client>))
+* ((<XMLRPC::Client::Proxy>))
+
+
+= XMLRPC::Client
+== Synopsis
+    require "xmlrpc/client"
+
+    server = XMLRPC::Client.new("www.ruby-lang.org", "/RPC2", 80)
+    begin
+      param = server.call("michael.add", 4, 5)
+      puts "4 + 5 = #{param}"
+    rescue XMLRPC::FaultException => e
+      puts "Error:"
+      puts e.faultCode
+      puts e.faultString
+    end
+
+or
+
+    require "xmlrpc/client"
+  
+    server = XMLRPC::Client.new("www.ruby-lang.org", "/RPC2", 80)
+    ok, param = server.call2("michael.add", 4, 5)
+    if ok then
+      puts "4 + 5 = #{param}"
+    else
+      puts "Error:"
+      puts param.faultCode
+      puts param.faultString
+    end
+
+== Description
+Class (({XMLRPC::Client})) provides remote procedure calls to a XML-RPC server.
+After setting the connection-parameters with ((<XMLRPC::Client.new>)) which
+creates a new (({XMLRPC::Client})) instance, you can execute a remote procedure 
+by sending the ((<call|XMLRPC::Client#call>)) or ((<call2|XMLRPC::Client#call2>))
+message to this new instance. The given parameters indicate which method to 
+call on the remote-side and of course the parameters for the remote procedure.
+
+== Class Methods
+--- XMLRPC::Client.new( host=nil, path=nil, port=nil, proxy_host=nil, proxy_port=nil, user=nil, password=nil, use_ssl=false, timeout =nil)
+    Creates an object which represents the remote XML-RPC server on the 
+    given host ((|host|)). If the server is CGI-based, ((|path|)) is the
+    path to the CGI-script, which will be called, otherwise (in the
+    case of a standalone server) ((|path|)) should be (({"/RPC2"})).
+    ((|port|)) is the port on which the XML-RPC server listens.
+    If ((|proxy_host|)) is given, then a proxy server listening at
+    ((|proxy_host|)) is used. ((|proxy_port|)) is the port of the
+    proxy server.
+
+    Default values for ((|host|)), ((|path|)) and ((|port|)) are 'localhost', '/RPC2' and
+    '80' respectively using SSL '443'.
+
+    If ((|user|)) and ((|password|)) are given, each time a request is send, 
+    a Authorization header is send. Currently only Basic Authentification is 
+    implemented no Digest.
+
+    If ((|use_ssl|)) is set to (({true})), comunication over SSL is enabled.
+    Note, that you need the SSL package from RAA installed.
+
+    Parameter ((|timeout|)) is the time to wait for a XML-RPC response, defaults to 30.
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client.new2( uri, proxy=nil, timeout=nil)
+--- XMLRPC::Client.new_from_uri( uri, proxy=nil, timeout=nil)
+:   uri
+    URI specifying protocol (http or https), host, port, path, user and password.
+    Example: https://user:password@host:port/path
+
+:   proxy
+    Is of the form "host:port".
+ 
+:   timeout
+    Defaults to 30. 
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client.new3( hash={} )
+--- XMLRPC::Client.new_from_hash( hash={} )
+    Parameter ((|hash|)) has following case-insensitive keys:
+    * host
+    * path
+    * port
+    * proxy_host
+    * proxy_port
+    * user
+    * password
+    * use_ssl
+    * timeout
+
+    Calls ((<XMLRPC::Client.new>)) with the corresponding values.
+
+== Instance Methods
+--- XMLRPC::Client#call( method, *args )
+    Invokes the method named ((|method|)) with the parameters given by 
+    ((|args|)) on the XML-RPC server.
+    The parameter ((|method|)) is converted into a (({String})) and should 
+    be a valid XML-RPC method-name.  
+    Each parameter of ((|args|)) must be of one of the following types,
+    where (({Hash})), (({Struct})) and (({Array})) can contain any of these listed ((:types:)):
+    * (({Fixnum})), (({Bignum}))
+    * (({TrueClass})), (({FalseClass})) ((({true})), (({false})))
+    * (({String})), (({Symbol}))
+    * (({Float}))
+    * (({Hash})), (({Struct}))
+    * (({Array}))
+    * (({Date})), (({Time})), (({XMLRPC::DateTime}))
+    * (({XMLRPC::Base64})) 
+    * A Ruby object which class includes XMLRPC::Marshallable (only if Config::ENABLE_MARSHALLABLE is (({true}))). 
+      That object is converted into a hash, with one additional key/value pair "___class___" which contains the class name
+      for restoring later that object.
+    
+    The method returns the return-value from the RPC 
+    ((-stands for Remote Procedure Call-)). 
+    The type of the return-value is one of the above shown,
+    only that a (({Bignum})) is only allowed when it fits in 32-bit and
+    that a XML-RPC (('dateTime.iso8601')) type is always returned as
+    a ((<(({XMLRPC::DateTime}))|URL:datetime.html>)) object and 
+    a (({Struct})) is never returned, only a (({Hash})), the same for a (({Symbol})), where
+    always a (({String})) is returned. 
+    A (({XMLRPC::Base64})) is returned as a (({String})) from xmlrpc4r version 1.6.1 on.
+    
+    If the remote procedure returned a fault-structure, then a 
+    (({XMLRPC::FaultException})) exception is raised, which has two accessor-methods
+    (({faultCode})) and (({faultString})) of type (({Integer})) and (({String})).
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#call2( method, *args )
+    The difference between this method and ((<call|XMLRPC::Client#call>)) is, that
+    this method do ((*not*)) raise a (({XMLRPC::FaultException})) exception.
+    The method returns an array of two values. The first value indicates if 
+    the second value is a return-value ((({true}))) or an object of type
+    (({XMLRPC::FaultException})). 
+    Both are explained in ((<call|XMLRPC::Client#call>)).
+
+    Simple to remember: The "2" in "call2" denotes the number of values it returns.
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#multicall( *methods )
+    You can use this method to execute several methods on a XMLRPC server which supports
+    the multi-call extension.
+    Example:
+
+      s.multicall(
+        ['michael.add', 3, 4],
+        ['michael.sub', 4, 5]
+      )
+      # => [7, -1]
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#multicall2( *methods )
+    Same as ((<XMLRPC::Client#multicall>)), but returns like ((<XMLRPC::Client#call2>)) two parameters 
+    instead of raising an (({XMLRPC::FaultException})).
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#proxy( prefix, *args )
+    Returns an object of class (({XMLRPC::Client::Proxy})), initialized with
+    ((|prefix|)) and ((|args|)). A proxy object returned by this method behaves
+    like ((<XMLRPC::Client#call>)), i.e. a call on that object will raise a
+    (({XMLRPC::FaultException})) when a fault-structure is returned by that call. 
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#proxy2( prefix, *args )
+    Almost the same like ((<XMLRPC::Client#proxy>)) only that a call on the returned
+    (({XMLRPC::Client::Proxy})) object behaves like ((<XMLRPC::Client#call2>)), i.e.
+    a call on that object will return two parameters. 
+
+
+
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#call_async(...)
+--- XMLRPC::Client#call2_async(...)
+--- XMLRPC::Client#multicall_async(...)
+--- XMLRPC::Client#multicall2_async(...)
+--- XMLRPC::Client#proxy_async(...)
+--- XMLRPC::Client#proxy2_async(...)
+    In contrast to corresponding methods without "_async", these can be
+    called concurrently and use for each request a new connection, where the 
+    non-asynchronous counterparts use connection-alive (one connection for all requests)
+    if possible. 
+
+    Note, that you have to use Threads to call these methods concurrently. 
+    The following example calls two methods concurrently:
+    
+      Thread.new {
+        p client.call_async("michael.add", 4, 5)
+      }
+ 
+      Thread.new {
+        p client.call_async("michael.div", 7, 9)
+      }
+ 
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#timeout
+--- XMLRPC::Client#user
+--- XMLRPC::Client#password
+    Return the corresponding attributes.
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#timeout= (new_timeout)
+--- XMLRPC::Client#user= (new_user)
+--- XMLRPC::Client#password= (new_password)
+    Set the corresponding attributes.
+    
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#set_writer( writer )
+    Sets the XML writer to use for generating XML output.
+    Should be an instance of a class from module (({XMLRPC::XMLWriter})).
+    If this method is not called, then (({XMLRPC::Config::DEFAULT_WRITER})) is used. 
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#set_parser( parser )
+    Sets the XML parser to use for parsing XML documents.
+    Should be an instance of a class from module (({XMLRPC::XMLParser})).
+    If this method is not called, then (({XMLRPC::Config::DEFAULT_PARSER})) is used.
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#cookie
+--- XMLRPC::Client#cookie= (cookieString)
+    Get and set the HTTP Cookie header.
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#http_header_extra= (additionalHeaders)
+    Set extra HTTP headers that are included in the request.
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#http_header_extra
+    Access the via ((<XMLRPC::Client#http_header_extra=>)) assigned header. 
+
+--- XMLRPC::Client#http_last_response
+    Returns the (({Net::HTTPResponse})) object of the last RPC.
+
+= XMLRPC::Client::Proxy
+== Synopsis
+    require "xmlrpc/client"
+
+    server = XMLRPC::Client.new("www.ruby-lang.org", "/RPC2", 80)
+
+    michael  = server.proxy("michael")
+    michael2 = server.proxy("michael", 4)
+
+    # both calls should return the same value '9'.
+    p michael.add(4,5)
+    p michael2.add(5)
+
+== Description
+Class (({XMLRPC::Client::Proxy})) makes XML-RPC calls look nicer!
+You can call any method onto objects of that class - the object handles 
+(({method_missing})) and will forward the method call to a XML-RPC server.
+Don't use this class directly, but use instead method ((<XMLRPC::Client#proxy>)) or
+((<XMLRPC::Client#proxy2>)).
+
+== Class Methods
+--- XMLRPC::Client::Proxy.new( server, prefix, args=[], meth=:call, delim="." ) 
+    Creates an object which provides (({method_missing})).
+
+    ((|server|)) must be of type (({XMLRPC::Client})), which is the XML-RPC server to be used
+    for a XML-RPC call. ((|prefix|)) and ((|delim|)) will be prepended to the methodname
+    called onto this object. 
+
+    Parameter ((|meth|)) is the method (call, call2, call_async, call2_async) to use for
+    a RPC.
+
+    ((|args|)) are arguments which are automatically given
+    to every XML-RPC call before the arguments provides through (({method_missing})).
+    
+== Instance Methods
+Every method call is forwarded to the XML-RPC server defined in ((<new|XMLRPC::Client::Proxy#new>)).
+    
+Note: Inherited methods from class (({Object})) cannot be used as XML-RPC names, because they get around
+(({method_missing})). 
+          
+
+
+= History
+    $Id: client.rb 18091 2008-07-16 17:07:44Z shyouhei $
+
+=end
+
+
+
+require "xmlrpc/parser"
+require "xmlrpc/create"
+require "xmlrpc/config"
+require "xmlrpc/utils"     # ParserWriterChooseMixin
+require "net/http"
+
+module XMLRPC
+
+  class Client
+   
+    USER_AGENT = "XMLRPC::Client (Ruby #{RUBY_VERSION})"
+
+    include ParserWriterChooseMixin
+    include ParseContentType
+
+
+    # Constructors -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def initialize(host=nil, path=nil, port=nil, proxy_host=nil, proxy_port=nil, 
+                   user=nil, password=nil, use_ssl=nil, timeout=nil)
+
+      @http_header_extra = nil
+      @http_last_response = nil 
+      @cookie = nil
+
+      @host       = host || "localhost"
+      @path       = path || "/RPC2"
+      @proxy_host = proxy_host
+      @proxy_port = proxy_port
+      @proxy_host ||= 'localhost' if @proxy_port != nil
+      @proxy_port ||= 8080 if @proxy_host != nil
+      @use_ssl    = use_ssl || false
+      @timeout    = timeout || 30
+
+      if use_ssl
+        require "net/https"
+        @port = port || 443
+      else
+        @port = port || 80
+      end
+
+      @user, @password = user, password
+
+      set_auth
+
+      # convert ports to integers
+      @port = @port.to_i if @port != nil
+      @proxy_port = @proxy_port.to_i if @proxy_port != nil
+
+      # HTTP object for synchronous calls
+      Net::HTTP.version_1_2
+      @http = Net::HTTP.new(@host, @port, @proxy_host, @proxy_port) 
+      @http.use_ssl = @use_ssl if @use_ssl
+      @http.read_timeout = @timeout
+      @http.open_timeout = @timeout
+
+      @parser = nil
+      @create = nil
+    end
+
+
+    class << self
+
+    def new2(uri, proxy=nil, timeout=nil)
+      if match = /^([^:]+):\/\/(([^@]+)@)?([^\/]+)(\/.*)?$/.match(uri)
+        proto = match[1]
+        user, passwd = (match[3] || "").split(":")
+        host, port = match[4].split(":") 
+        path = match[5]
+
+        if proto != "http" and proto != "https"
+          raise "Wrong protocol specified. Only http or https allowed!"
+        end
+
+      else
+        raise "Wrong URI as parameter!"
+      end
+ 
+      proxy_host, proxy_port = (proxy || "").split(":")
+
+      self.new(host, path, port, proxy_host, proxy_port, user, passwd, (proto == "https"), timeout)
+    end
+
+    alias new_from_uri new2
+
+    def new3(hash={})
+
+      # convert all keys into lowercase strings
+      h = {}
+      hash.each { |k,v| h[k.to_s.downcase] = v }
+
+      self.new(h['host'], h['path'], h['port'], h['proxy_host'], h['proxy_port'], h['user'], h['password'],
+               h['use_ssl'], h['timeout'])
+    end
+
+    alias new_from_hash new3
+
+    end
+
+
+    # Attribute Accessors -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    # add additional HTTP headers to the request
+    attr_accessor :http_header_extra
+
+    # makes last HTTP response accessible
+    attr_reader :http_last_response
+
+    # Cookie support
+    attr_accessor :cookie
+    
+
+    attr_reader :timeout, :user, :password
+
+    def timeout=(new_timeout)
+      @timeout = new_timeout
+      @http.read_timeout = @timeout
+      @http.open_timeout = @timeout
+    end
+
+    def user=(new_user)
+      @user = new_user
+      set_auth
+    end
+
+    def password=(new_password)
+      @password = new_password
+      set_auth
+    end
+
+    # Call methods --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def call(method, *args)
+      ok, param = call2(method, *args) 
+      if ok
+        param
+      else
+        raise param
+      end
+    end 
+
+    def call2(method, *args)
+      request = create().methodCall(method, *args)
+      data = do_rpc(request, false)
+      parser().parseMethodResponse(data)
+    end
+
+    def call_async(method, *args)
+      ok, param = call2_async(method, *args) 
+      if ok
+        param
+      else
+        raise param
+      end
+    end 
+
+    def call2_async(method, *args)
+      request = create().methodCall(method, *args)
+      data = do_rpc(request, true)
+      parser().parseMethodResponse(data)
+    end
+
+
+    # Multicall methods --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def multicall(*methods)
+      ok, params = multicall2(*methods)
+      if ok
+        params
+      else
+        raise params
+      end
+    end
+
+    def multicall2(*methods)
+      gen_multicall(methods, false)
+    end
+
+    def multicall_async(*methods)
+      ok, params = multicall2_async(*methods)
+      if ok
+        params
+      else
+        raise params
+      end
+    end
+
+    def multicall2_async(*methods)
+      gen_multicall(methods, true)
+    end
+
+
+    # Proxy generating methods ------------------------------------------
+    
+    def proxy(prefix=nil, *args)
+      Proxy.new(self, prefix, args, :call)
+    end
+
+    def proxy2(prefix=nil, *args)
+      Proxy.new(self, prefix, args, :call2)
+    end
+
+    def proxy_async(prefix=nil, *args)
+      Proxy.new(self, prefix, args, :call_async)
+    end
+
+    def proxy2_async(prefix=nil, *args)
+      Proxy.new(self, prefix, args, :call2_async)
+    end
+
+
+    private # ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def set_auth
+      if @user.nil?
+        @auth = nil
+      else
+        a =  "#@user"
+        a << ":#@password" if @password != nil
+        @auth = ("Basic " + [a].pack("m")).chomp
+      end
+    end
+
+    def do_rpc(request, async=false)
+      header = {  
+       "User-Agent"     =>  USER_AGENT,
+       "Content-Type"   => "text/xml; charset=utf-8",
+       "Content-Length" => request.size.to_s, 
+       "Connection"     => (async ? "close" : "keep-alive")
+      }
+
+      header["Cookie"] = @cookie        if @cookie
+      header.update(@http_header_extra) if @http_header_extra
+
+      if @auth != nil
+        # add authorization header
+        header["Authorization"] = @auth
+      end
+ 
+      resp = nil
+      @http_last_response = nil
+
+      if async
+        # use a new HTTP object for each call 
+        Net::HTTP.version_1_2
+        http = Net::HTTP.new(@host, @port, @proxy_host, @proxy_port) 
+        http.use_ssl = @use_ssl if @use_ssl
+        http.read_timeout = @timeout
+        http.open_timeout = @timeout
+        
+        # post request
+        http.start {
+          resp = http.post2(@path, request, header) 
+        }
+      else
+        # reuse the HTTP object for each call => connection alive is possible
+        # we must start connection explicitely first time so that http.request
+        # does not assume that we don't want keepalive
+        @http.start if not @http.started?
+        
+        # post request
+        resp = @http.post2(@path, request, header) 
+      end
+  
+      @http_last_response = resp
+
+      data = resp.body
+
+      if resp.code == "401"
+        # Authorization Required
+        raise "Authorization failed.\nHTTP-Error: #{resp.code} #{resp.message}" 
+      elsif resp.code[0,1] != "2"
+        raise "HTTP-Error: #{resp.code} #{resp.message}" 
+      end
+
+      ct = parse_content_type(resp["Content-Type"]).first
+      if ct != "text/xml"
+        if ct == "text/html"
+          raise "Wrong content-type (received '#{ct}' but expected 'text/xml'): \n#{data}"
+        else
+          raise "Wrong content-type (received '#{ct}' but expected 'text/xml')"
+        end
+      end
+
+      expected = resp["Content-Length"] || "<unknown>"
+      if data.nil? or data.size == 0 
+        raise "Wrong size. Was #{data.size}, should be #{expected}" 
+      elsif expected != "<unknown>" and expected.to_i != data.size and resp["Transfer-Encoding"].nil?
+        raise "Wrong size. Was #{data.size}, should be #{expected}"
+      end
+
+      set_cookies = resp.get_fields("Set-Cookie")
+      if set_cookies and !set_cookies.empty?
+        require 'webrick/cookie'
+        @cookie = set_cookies.collect do |set_cookie|
+          cookie = WEBrick::Cookie.parse_set_cookie(set_cookie)
+          WEBrick::Cookie.new(cookie.name, cookie.value).to_s
+        end.join("; ")
+      end
+
+      return data
+    end
+
+    def gen_multicall(methods=[], async=false)
+      meth = :call2
+      meth = :call2_async if async
+
+      ok, params = self.send(meth, "system.multicall", 
+        methods.collect {|m| {'methodName' => m[0], 'params' => m[1..-1]} }
+      )
+
+      if ok 
+        params = params.collect do |param|
+          if param.is_a? Array
+            param[0]
+          elsif param.is_a? Hash
+            XMLRPC::FaultException.new(param["faultCode"], param["faultString"])
+          else
+            raise "Wrong multicall return value"
+          end 
+        end
+      end
+
+      return ok, params
+    end
+
+
+
+    class Proxy
+
+      def initialize(server, prefix, args=[], meth=:call, delim=".")
+	@server = server
+	@prefix = prefix ? prefix + delim : ""
+	@args   = args 
+        @meth   = meth
+      end
+
+      def method_missing(mid, *args)
+	pre = @prefix + mid.to_s
+	arg = @args + args
+	@server.send(@meth, pre, *arg)
+      end
+
+    end # class Proxy
+
+  end # class Client
+
+end # module XMLRPC
+