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Patch by Giorgos Tsiftsis git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@43844 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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8.5 KiB
Ruby
301 lines
8.5 KiB
Ruby
# == Author and Copyright
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#
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# Copyright (C) 2001-2004 by Michael Neumann (mailto:mneumann@ntecs.de)
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#
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# Released under the same term of license as Ruby.
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#
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# == Overview
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#
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# XMLRPC is a lightweight protocol that enables remote procedure calls over
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# HTTP. It is defined at http://www.xmlrpc.com.
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#
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# XMLRPC allows you to create simple distributed computing solutions that span
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# computer languages. Its distinctive feature is its simplicity compared to
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# other approaches like SOAP and CORBA.
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#
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# The Ruby standard library package 'xmlrpc' enables you to create a server that
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# implements remote procedures and a client that calls them. Very little code
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# is required to achieve either of these.
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#
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# == Example
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#
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# Try the following code. It calls a standard demonstration remote procedure.
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#
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# require 'xmlrpc/client'
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# require 'pp'
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#
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# server = XMLRPC::Client.new2("http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/api/sample.php")
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# result = server.call("sample.sumAndDifference", 5, 3)
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# pp result
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#
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# == Documentation
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#
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# See http://www.ntecs.de/ruby/xmlrpc4r/. There is plenty of detail there to
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# use the client and implement a server.
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#
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# == Features of XMLRPC for Ruby
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#
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# * Extensions
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# * Introspection
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# * multiCall
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# * optionally nil values and integers larger than 32 Bit
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#
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# * Server
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# * Standalone XML-RPC server
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# * CGI-based (works with FastCGI)
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# * Apache mod_ruby server
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# * WEBrick servlet
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#
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# * Client
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# * synchronous/asynchronous calls
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# * Basic HTTP-401 Authentification
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# * HTTPS protocol (SSL)
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#
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# * Parsers
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# * NQXML (XMLParser::NQXMLStreamParser, XMLParser::NQXMLTreeParser)
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# * Expat (XMLParser::XMLStreamParser, XMLParser::XMLTreeParser)
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# * REXML (XMLParser::REXMLStreamParser)
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# * xml-scan (XMLParser::XMLScanStreamParser)
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# * Fastest parser is Expat's XMLParser::XMLStreamParser!
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#
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# * General
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# * possible to choose between XMLParser module (Expat wrapper) and REXML/NQXML (pure Ruby) parsers
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# * Marshalling Ruby objects to Hashs and reconstruct them later from a Hash
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# * SandStorm component architecture XMLRPC::Client interface
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#
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# == Howto
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#
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# === Client
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#
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# require "xmlrpc/client"
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#
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# # Make an object to represent the XML-RPC server.
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# server = XMLRPC::Client.new( "xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net", "/api/sample.php")
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#
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# # Call the remote server and get our result
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# result = server.call("sample.sumAndDifference", 5, 3)
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#
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# sum = result["sum"]
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# difference = result["difference"]
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#
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# puts "Sum: #{sum}, Difference: #{difference}"
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#
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# === XMLRPC::Client with XML-RPC fault-structure handling
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#
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# There are two possible ways, of handling a fault-structure:
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#
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# ==== by catching a XMLRPC::FaultException exception
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#
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# require "xmlrpc/client"
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#
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# # Make an object to represent the XML-RPC server.
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# server = XMLRPC::Client.new( "xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net", "/api/sample.php")
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#
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# begin
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# # Call the remote server and get our result
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# result = server.call("sample.sumAndDifference", 5, 3)
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#
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# sum = result["sum"]
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# difference = result["difference"]
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#
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# puts "Sum: #{sum}, Difference: #{difference}"
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#
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# rescue XMLRPC::FaultException => e
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# puts "Error: "
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# puts e.faultCode
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# puts e.faultString
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# end
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#
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# ==== by calling "call2" which returns a boolean
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#
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# require "xmlrpc/client"
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#
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# # Make an object to represent the XML-RPC server.
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# server = XMLRPC::Client.new( "xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net", "/api/sample.php")
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#
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# # Call the remote server and get our result
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# ok, result = server.call2("sample.sumAndDifference", 5, 3)
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#
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# if ok
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# sum = result["sum"]
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# difference = result["difference"]
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#
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# puts "Sum: #{sum}, Difference: #{difference}"
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# else
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# puts "Error: "
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# puts result.faultCode
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# puts result.faultString
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# end
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#
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# === Using XMLRPC::Client::Proxy
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#
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# You can create a Proxy object onto which you can call methods. This way it
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# looks nicer. Both forms, _call_ and _call2_ are supported through _proxy_ and
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# _proxy2_. You can additionally give arguments to the Proxy, which will be
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# given to each XML-RPC call using that Proxy.
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#
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# require "xmlrpc/client"
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#
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# # Make an object to represent the XML-RPC server.
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# server = XMLRPC::Client.new( "xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net", "/api/sample.php")
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#
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# # Create a Proxy object
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# sample = server.proxy("sample")
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#
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# # Call the remote server and get our result
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# result = sample.sumAndDifference(5,3)
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#
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# sum = result["sum"]
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# difference = result["difference"]
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#
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# puts "Sum: #{sum}, Difference: #{difference}"
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#
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# === CGI-based server using XMLRPC::CGIServer
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#
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# There are also two ways to define handler, the first is
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# like C/PHP, the second like Java, of course both ways
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# can be mixed:
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#
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# ==== C/PHP-like (handler functions)
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#
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# require "xmlrpc/server"
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#
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# s = XMLRPC::CGIServer.new
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#
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# s.add_handler("sample.sumAndDifference") do |a,b|
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# { "sum" => a + b, "difference" => a - b }
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# end
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#
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# s.serve
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#
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# ==== Java-like (handler classes)
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#
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# require "xmlrpc/server"
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#
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# s = XMLRPC::CGIServer.new
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#
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# class MyHandler
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# def sumAndDifference(a, b)
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# { "sum" => a + b, "difference" => a - b }
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# end
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# end
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#
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# # NOTE: Security Hole (read below)!!!
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# s.add_handler("sample", MyHandler.new)
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# s.serve
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#
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#
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# To return a fault-structure you have to raise an XMLRPC::FaultException e.g.:
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#
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# raise XMLRPC::FaultException.new(3, "division by Zero")
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#
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# ===== Security Note
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#
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# From Brian Candler:
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#
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# Above code sample has an extremely nasty security hole, in that you can now call
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# any method of 'MyHandler' remotely, including methods inherited from Object
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# and Kernel! For example, in the client code, you can use
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#
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# puts server.call("sample.send","`","ls")
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#
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# (backtick being the method name for running system processes). Needless to
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# say, 'ls' can be replaced with something else.
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#
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# The version which binds proc objects (or the version presented below in the next section)
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# doesn't have this problem, but people may be tempted to use the second version because it's
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# so nice and 'Rubyesque'. I think it needs a big red disclaimer.
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#
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#
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# From Michael:
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#
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# A solution is to undef insecure methods or to use
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# XMLRPC::Service::PublicInstanceMethodsInterface as shown below:
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#
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# class MyHandler
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# def sumAndDifference(a, b)
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# { "sum" => a + b, "difference" => a - b }
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# end
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# end
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#
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# # ... server initialization ...
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#
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# s.add_handler(XMLRPC::iPIMethods("sample"), MyHandler.new)
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#
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# # ...
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#
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# This adds only public instance methods explicitly declared in class MyHandler
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# (and not those inherited from any other class).
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#
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# ==== With interface declarations
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#
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# Code sample from the book Ruby Developer's Guide:
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# require "xmlrpc/server"
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# class Num
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# INTERFACE = XMLRPC::interface("num") {
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# meth 'int add(int, int)', 'Add two numbers', 'add'
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# meth 'int div(int, int)', 'Divide two numbers'
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# }
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#
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# def add(a, b) a + b end
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# def div(a, b) a / b end
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# end
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#
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#
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# s = XMLRPC::CGIServer.new
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# s.add_handler(Num::INTERFACE, Num.new)
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# s.serve
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#
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# === Standalone XMLRPC::Server
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#
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# Same as CGI-based server, the only difference being
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#
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# server = XMLRPC::CGIServer.new
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#
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# must be changed to
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#
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# server = XMLRPC::Server.new(8080)
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#
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# if you want a server listening on port 8080.
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# The rest is the same.
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#
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# === Choosing a different XMLParser or XMLWriter
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#
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# The examples above all use the default parser (which is now since 1.8
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# XMLParser::REXMLStreamParser) and a default XMLRPC::XMLWriter.
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# If you want to use a different XMLParser, then you have to call the
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# ParserWriterChooseMixin#set_parser method of XMLRPC::Client instances
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# or instances of subclasses of XMLRPC::BasicServer or by editing
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# xmlrpc/config.rb.
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#
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# XMLRPC::Client Example:
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#
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# # ...
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# server = XMLRPC::Client.new( "xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net", "/api/sample.php")
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# server.set_parser(XMLRPC::XMLParser::XMLParser.new)
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# # ...
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#
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# XMLRPC::Server Example:
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#
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# # ...
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# s = XMLRPC::CGIServer.new
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# s.set_parser(XMLRPC::XMLParser::XMLStreamParser.new)
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# # ...
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#
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# or:
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#
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# # ...
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# server = XMLRPC::Server.new(8080)
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# server.set_parser(XMLRPC::XMLParser::NQXMLParser.new)
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# # ...
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#
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#
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# Note that XMLParser::XMLStreamParser is incredible faster (and uses less memory) than any
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# other parser and scales well for large documents. For example for a 0.5 MB XML
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# document with many tags, XMLParser::XMLStreamParser is ~350 (!) times faster than
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# XMLParser::NQXMLTreeParser and still ~18 times as fast as XMLParser::XMLTreeParser.
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#
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# You can change the XML-writer by calling method ParserWriterChooseMixin#set_writer.
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module XMLRPC; end
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