helma.xmlrpc
Class WebServer

java.lang.Object
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  +--helma.xmlrpc.WebServer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class WebServer

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Runnable

A web server that exclusively handles XML-RPC requests.

Constructor Summary

WebServer(int port)
Creates a Web server at the specified port number.

Method Summary

void	acceptClient(java.lang.String address) Add an IP address to the list of accepted clients.
void	addHandler(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object target) Register a handler object with this name.
void	denyClient(java.lang.String address) Add an IP address to the list of denied clients.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) This can be called from command line, but you'll have to edit and recompile to change the server port or handler objects.
void	removeHandler(java.lang.String name) Remove a handler object that was previously registered with this server.
void	run() Listens for client requests until stopped.
void	setParanoid(boolean p) Switch client filtering on/off.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

WebServer

public WebServer(int port)
          throws java.io.IOException

Creates a Web server at the specified port number.

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

This can be called from command line, but you'll have to edit and recompile to change the server port or handler objects. By default, it sets up the following responders:

• A java.lang.String object
• The java.lang.Math class (making its static methods callable via XML-RPC)
• An Echo handler that returns the argument array

addHandler

public void addHandler(java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.Object target)

Register a handler object with this name. Methods of this objects will be callable over XML-RPC as "name.method".

removeHandler

public void removeHandler(java.lang.String name)

Remove a handler object that was previously registered with this server.

setParanoid

public void setParanoid(boolean p)

Switch client filtering on/off.

See Also:

acceptClient(java.lang.String), denyClient(java.lang.String)

acceptClient

public void acceptClient(java.lang.String address)
                  throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Add an IP address to the list of accepted clients. The parameter can contain '*' as wildcard character, e.g. "192.168.*.*". You must call setParanoid(true) in order for this to have any effect.

See Also:

denyClient(java.lang.String), setParanoid(boolean)

denyClient

public void denyClient(java.lang.String address)
                throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Add an IP address to the list of denied clients. The parameter can contain '*' as wildcard character, e.g. "192.168.*.*". You must call setParanoid(true) in order for this to have any effect.

See Also:

acceptClient(java.lang.String), setParanoid(boolean)

run

public void run()

Listens for client requests until stopped.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable