xmlrpc/server.rb

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 by Michael Neumann (mneumann@ntecs.de)

Released under the same term of license as Ruby.

Classes

• ((<XMLRPC::BasicServer>))

• ((<XMLRPC::CGIServer>))

• ((<XMLRPC::ModRubyServer>))

• ((<XMLRPC::Server>))

• ((<XMLRPC::WEBrickServlet>))

XMLRPC::BasicServer

Description

Is the base class for all XML-RPC server-types (CGI, standalone). You can add handler and set a default handler. Do not use this server, as this is/should be an abstract class.

How the method to call is found

The arity (number of accepted arguments) of a handler (method or (({Proc})) object) is compared to the given arguments submitted by the client for a RPC ((-Remote Procedure Call-)). A handler is only called if it accepts the number of arguments, otherwise the search for another handler will go on. When at the end no handler was found, the ((<default_handler|XMLRPC::BasicServer#set_default_handler>)) will be called. With this technique it is possible to do overloading by number of parameters, but only for (({Proc})) handler, because you cannot define two methods of the same name in the same class.

Class Methods