Introduction
This package provides a simple XML-RPC client and server for C# applications. It's pure C#, using .Net for networking and XML functionality.
What separates this from XML-RPC.Net? This is much lower tech, no required attributes, no proxies, no IIS.
Features
- full xmlrpc.org spec implementation basic client (XmlRpcRequest)
- Embedded server (XmlRpcServer)
- Introspection System object (XmlRpcSystemObject) optional XML-RPC specific method access attribute over and above C#'s "public" (XmlRpcExposedAttribute)
Prerequisites To build
- Have a new .NET SDK loaded Have csc and friends in your PATH.
- Put nant/bin into your PATH. nant is an OpenSource C# build tool, binaries included in ./nant, or see http://nant.sourceforge.net
To Build
In a command shell:nant
Basic Test
Open two command shells, in one:server
In the other:client
Sample Code
Under src/samples there are examples. There is a simple server, a simple client, an example using the system object remotely and a server using the optional XmlRpcExposed attribute.
To Do
- Standard Fault codes
- Better exception handling
- Support the rest of XML-RPC "system" Object
- boxcaring
- capabilities
- Documentation
- Threading/performance
- optimize
- Test with Mono
Changes:
| Version |
Date |
Change |
| 1.2 |
20030130 |
Introspection via "system" object.
Added optional XmlRpcExposed Attribute.
Moved to using "is" operator...damn C# is syntax fat.
Fix known deserializer bug pertaining to containers . (array/struct) in containers. |
| 1.1 |
20030128 |
Bug fix in request deserializer.
Better samples.
response.FaultCode/.FaultString added.
indentention on the XML in ToString of request/response. |
| 1.0 |
20030125 |
Support for base64.
Use .Net's XmlWriter.
Centralize XML-RPC tokens into XmlRpcXmlTokens. |