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XmlRpcClient.h

#ifndef _XMLRPCCLIENT_H_
#define _XMLRPCCLIENT_H_
//
// XmlRpc++ Copyright (c) 2002-2003 by Chris Morley
//
#if defined(_MSC_VER)
# pragma warning(disable:4786)    // identifier was truncated in debug info
#endif


#ifndef MAKEDEPEND
# include <string>
#endif

#include "XmlRpcDispatch.h"
#include "XmlRpcSource.h"

namespace XmlRpc {

  // Arguments and results are represented by XmlRpcValues
  class XmlRpcValue;

  class XmlRpcClient : public XmlRpcSource {
  public:
    // Static data
    static const char REQUEST_BEGIN[];
    static const char REQUEST_END_METHODNAME[];
    static const char PARAMS_TAG[];
    static const char PARAMS_ETAG[];
    static const char PARAM_TAG[];
    static const char PARAM_ETAG[];
    static const char REQUEST_END[];
    // Result tags
    static const char METHODRESPONSE_TAG[];
    static const char FAULT_TAG[];

    XmlRpcClient(const char* host, int port, const char* uri=0);

    virtual ~XmlRpcClient();

    bool execute(const char* method, XmlRpcValue const& params, XmlRpcValue& result);

    bool isFault() const { return _isFault; }


    // XmlRpcSource interface implementation
    virtual void close();

    virtual unsigned handleEvent(unsigned eventType);

  protected:
    // Execution processing helpers
    virtual bool doConnect();
    virtual bool setupConnection();

    virtual bool generateRequest(const char* method, XmlRpcValue const& params);
    virtual std::string generateHeader(std::string const& body);
    virtual bool writeRequest();
    virtual bool readHeader();
    virtual bool readResponse();
    virtual bool parseResponse(XmlRpcValue& result);

    // Possible IO states for the connection
    enum ClientConnectionState { NO_CONNECTION, CONNECTING, WRITE_REQUEST, READ_HEADER, READ_RESPONSE, IDLE };
    ClientConnectionState _connectionState;

    // Server location
    std::string _host;
    std::string _uri;
    int _port;

    // The xml-encoded request, http header of response, and response xml
    std::string _request;
    std::string _header;
    std::string _response;

    // Number of times the client has attempted to send the request
    int _sendAttempts;

    // Number of bytes of the request that have been written to the socket so far
    int _bytesWritten;

    // True if we are currently executing a request. If you want to multithread,
    // each thread should have its own client.
    bool _executing;

    // True if the server closed the connection
    bool _eof;


    // True if a fault response was returned by the server

    bool _isFault;


    // Number of bytes expected in the response body (parsed from response header)
    int _contentLength;

    // Event dispatcher
    XmlRpcDispatch _disp;

  };    // class XmlRpcClient

}       // namespace XmlRpc

#endif  // _XMLRPCCLIENT_H_

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