NAME XML::RPC::Fast - Fast and modular implementation for an XML-RPC client and server SYNOPSIS Generic usage use XML::RPC::Fast; my $server = XML::RPC::Fast->new( undef, %args ); my $client = XML::RPC::Fast->new( $uri, %args ); Create a simple XML-RPC service: use XML::RPC::Fast; my $rpc = XML::RPC::Fast->new( undef, # the url is not required by server external_encoding => 'koi8-r', # any encoding, accepted by Encode #internal_encoding => 'koi8-r', # not supported for now ); my $xml = do { local $/; }; length($xml) == $ENV{CONTENT_LENGTH} or warn "Content-Length differs from actually received"; print "Content-type: text/xml; charset=$rpc->{external_encoding}\n\n"; print $rpc->receive( $xml, sub { my ( $methodname, @params ) = @_; return { you_called => $methodname, with_params => \@params }; } ); Make a call to an XML-RPC service: use XML::RPC::Fast; my $rpc = XML::RPC::Fast->new( 'http://your.hostname/rpc/url' ); # Syncronous call my @result = $rpc->req( call => [ 'examples.getStateStruct', { state1 => 12, state2 => 28 } ], url => 'http://...', ); # Syncronous call (compatibility method) my @result = $rpc->call( 'examples.getStateStruct', { state1 => 12, state2 => 28 } ); # Syncronous or asyncronous call $rpc->req( call => ['examples.getStateStruct', { state1 => 12, state2 => 28 }], cb => sub { my @result = @_; }, ); # Syncronous or asyncronous call (compatibility method) $rpc->call( sub { my @result = @_; }, 'examples.getStateStruct', { state1 => 12, state2 => 28 } ); DESCRIPTION XML::RPC::Fast is format-compatible with XML::RPC, but may use different encoders to parse/compose xml. Curerntly included encoder uses XML::LibXML, and is 3 times faster than XML::RPC and 75% faster, than XML::Parser implementation METHODS new ($url, %args) Create XML::RPC::Fast object, server if url is undef, client if url is defined req( %ARGS ) Clientside. Make syncronous or asyncronous call (depends on UA). If have cb, will invoke $cb with results and should not croak If have no cb, will return results and croak on error (only syncronous UA) Arguments are call => [ methodName => @args ] array ref of call arguments. Required cb => $cb->(@results) Invocation callback. Optional for syncronous UA. Behaviour is same as in call with $cb and without url => $request_url Alternative invocation URL. Optional. By default will be used defined from constructor headers => { http-headers hashref } Additional http headers to request external_encoding => '..., Specify the encoding, used inside XML container just for this request. Passed to encoder call( 'method_name', @arguments ) : @results Clientside. Make syncronous call and return results. Croaks on error. Just a simple wrapper around "req" call( $cb->(@res), 'method_name', @arguments ): void Clientside. Make syncronous or asyncronous call (depends on UA) and invoke $cb with results. Should not croak. Just a simple wrapper around "req" receive ( $xml, $handler->($methodName,@args) ) : xml byte-stream Serverside. Process received XML and invoke $handler with parameters $methodName and @args and returns response XML On error conditions $handler could set $XML::RPC::Fast::faultCode and die, or return "rpcfault($faultCode,$faultString)" ->receive( $xml, sub { # ... return rpcfault( 3, "Some error" ) if $error_condition $XML::RPC::Fast::faultCode = 4 and die "Another error" if $another_error_condition; return { call => $methodname, params => \@params }; }) registerType Proxy-method to encoder. See XML::RPC::Enc registerClass Proxy-method to encoder. See XML::RPC::Enc OPTIONS Below is the options, accepted by new() ua Client only. Useragent object, or package name ->new( $url, ua => 'LWP' ) # same as XML::RPC::UA::LWP # or ->new( $url, ua => 'XML::RPC::UA::LWP' ) # or ->new( $url, ua => XML::RPC::UA::LWP->new( ... ) ) # or ->new( $url, ua => XML::RPC::UA::Curl->new( ... ) ) timeout Client only. Timeout for calls. Passed directly to UA ->new( $url, ua => 'LWP', timeout => 10 ) useragent Client only. Useragent string. Passed directly to UA ->new( $url, ua => 'LWP', useragent => 'YourClient/1.11' ) encoder Client and server. Encoder object or package name ->new( $url, encoder => 'LibXML' ) # or ->new( $url, encoder => 'XML::RPC::Enc::LibXML' ) # or ->new( $url, encoder => XML::RPC::Enc::LibXML->new( ... ) ) internal_encoding NOT IMPLEMENTED YET Specify the encoding you are using in your code. By default option is undef, which means flagged utf-8 For translations is used Encode, so the list of accepted encodings fully derived from it. external_encoding Specify the encoding, used inside XML container. By default it's utf-8. Passed directly to encoder ->new( $url, encoder => 'LibXML', external_encoding => 'koi8-r' ) ACCESSORS url Get or set client url encoder Direct access to encoder object ua Direct access to useragent object FUNCTIONS rpcfault(faultCode, faultString) Returns hash structure, that may be returned by serverside handler, instead of die. Not exported by default CUSTOM TYPES sub {{ 'base64' => encode_base64($data) }} When passing a CODEREF as a value, encoder will simply use the returned hashref as a type => value pair. bless( do{\(my $o = encode_base64('test') )}, 'base64' ) When passing SCALARREF as a value, package name will be taken as type and dereference as a value bless( do{\(my $o = { something =>'complex' } )}, 'base64' ) When passing REFREF as a value, package name will be taken as type and XML::Hash::LX"::hash2xml(deref)" would be used as value customtype( $type, $data ) Easily compose SCALARREF based custom type BUGS & SUPPORT Bugs reports and testcases are welcome. It you write your own Enc or UA, I may include it into distribution If you have propositions for default custom types (see Enc), send me patches See to report and view bugs. AUTHOR Mons Anderson, "" COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Mons Anderson. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.