# Server code
import SimpleXMLRPCServer
class StringFunctions:
def __init__(self):
# Make all of the Python string functions available through
# python_string.func_name
import string
self.python_string = string
def _privateFunction(self):
# This function cannot be called through XML-RPC because it
# starts with an '_'
pass
def chop_in_half(self, astr):
return astr[:len(astr)/2]
def repeat(self, astr, times):
return astr * times
server = SimpleXMLRPCServer.SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000))
server.register_instance(StringFunctions())
server.register_function(lambda astr: '_' + astr, '_string')
server.serve_forever()
# Client code
import xmlrpclib
server = xmlrpclib.Server('http://localhost:8000')
print server.chop_in_half('I am a confidant guy')
print server.repeat('Repetition is the key to learning!\n', 5)
print server._string('<= underscore')
print server.python_string.join(['I', 'like it!'], " don't ")
print server._privateFunction() # Will throw an exception
