RE: Interceptors/Introspection patch

2002-03-11 Thread Dupont, Michael
Jim, >>So, simplying saying that we return an "array" is not useful. It could be >>described in a DTD, that is, I think that one could describe it in a DTD >>(_one_, not necessarily me), but it would be a challenge to then convert >>that to C++. After my research over the weekend, I think th

Re: Interceptors/Introspection patch

2002-03-08 Thread Jim Redman
: "Daniel Rall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 6:41 PM > Subject: Re: Interceptors/Introspection patch > > > > Jim Redman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [snip] > > > > It would be fairly ea

Re: Interceptors/Introspection patch

2002-03-08 Thread John Wilson
- Original Message - From: "Daniel Rall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 6:41 PM Subject: Re: Interceptors/Introspection patch > Jim Redman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > > It would be fairly easy to

Re: Interceptors/Introspection patch

2002-03-08 Thread Daniel Rall
Jim Redman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On a vaguely related note, is there any standardized way to express > the interfaces. That is, how do I give my interface to a C++ (PHP, > VB, etc. etc.) programmer? This would need to include more than is in > the XML-RPC spec., that is, to say a method

RE: Interceptors/Introspection patch

2002-03-07 Thread Dupont, Michael
Title: RE: Interceptors/Introspection patch Good Question! I have been asking myself that. And what is introspection but the programatic access to the IDL/Description/Interface? Here is what I found. Please excuse all the links, but this is just raw data: ALIDI: http://www.xmlrpc.com/alidl

Re: Interceptors/Introspection patch

2002-03-07 Thread arh14
Since introspection is not in the specification, I don't think there is a "standard" API. The Introspection patch is based off a suggested introspection API for Python. Ultimately since XML-RPC is language-neutral one will always have to be limited to the types XML-RPC defines. Perhaps the

Re: Interceptors/Introspection patch

2002-03-07 Thread Jim Redman
On a vaguely related note, is there any standardized way to express the interfaces. That is, how do I give my interface to a C++ (PHP, VB, etc. etc.) programmer? This would need to include more than is in the XML-RPC spec., that is, to say a method returns an "array" is insufficient if you c

Re: Interceptors/Introspection patch

2002-03-07 Thread arh14
Mar 07, 2002 08:33:59 AM US/Mountain > > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: Interceptors/Introspection patch > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Aaron. > > I am not sure I even understand what the patch pr

RE: Interceptors/Introspection patch

2002-03-07 Thread Dupont, Michael
Title: RE: Interceptors/Introspection patch I think the introspection patch is really exciting! Too bad I have not heard about this before! Introspection allows you to browse the public interface and the parameters of the methods. Inteception allows you to intercept any call and debug the

RE: Interceptors/Introspection patch

2002-03-07 Thread EXT-Raiteri, Ashley L
Aaron. I am not sure I even understand what the patch provides. The description in on your web page perhaps requires more knowledge than I have to understand. Can you explain it more thoroughly. Ashley Raiteri Boeing S&C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE