XML-RPC Sample with a Java Server and a Python Client

README.md

compile:

mvn clean compile assembly:single

start XML-RPC Server:

java -cp target/xmlrpc-test-server-1.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar net.thomd.JavaServer

monitor any traffic on loopback interface on port 8080:

ngrep -d lo0 port 8080

call method sumAndDifference(11,7):

python -c 'import xmlrpclib; print xmlrpclib.Server("http://localhost:8080/RPC2").sample.sumAndDifference(11,7)'

JavaServer.java

// src/main/java/net/thomd/JavaServer.java

package net.thomd;

import java.util.Hashtable;
import helma.xmlrpc.*;

public class JavaServer {

    public JavaServer () {
        // Our handler is a regular Java object. It can have a
        // constructor and member variables in the ordinary fashion.
        // Public methods will be exposed to XML-RPC clients.
    }

    public Hashtable sumAndDifference (int x, int y) {
        Hashtable result = new Hashtable();
        result.put("sum", new Integer(x + y));
        result.put("difference", new Integer(x - y));
        return result;
    }

    public static void main (String [] args) {
        try {
            WebServer server = new WebServer(8080);
            server.addHandler("sample", new JavaServer());

        } catch (Exception exception) {
            System.err.println("JavaServer: " + exception.toString());
        }
    }
}

pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>net.thomd</groupId>
  <artifactId>xmlrpc-test-server</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <name>xmlrpc-test-server</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>xmlrpc-helma</groupId>
      <artifactId>xmlrpc-helma</artifactId>
      <version>1.0</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.3.2</version>
        <configuration>
          <source>1.6</source>
          <target>1.6</target>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <archive>
            <manifest>
              <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
              <mainClass>net.thomd.JavaServer</mainClass>
            </manifest>
          </archive>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <descriptorRefs>
            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
          </descriptorRefs>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>