You cannot return null in XML-RPC. I can probably help you out with finishing the messages, just keep me posted.
Kurt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gianugo Rabellino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 12:18 PM Subject: Finishing up XML-RPC > > I noticed that there are some classes in the XML-RPC client that still > are unfinished. My almost complete ignorance of XML-RPC makes me nervous > in trying to complete at least the most important parts, I might really > use some help from you. > > As an important example, the specs > (http://www.xmldb.org/xapi/api/org/xmldb/api/DatabaseManager.html)say > that if a Collection is not found on DatabaseManager.getCollection(), a > null has to be returned. This is not the case now, since > GetCollectionConfiguration, called by CollectionImpl() might return > either an Exception or a simple "yes" as a response, but never a null. > This is a serious limitation, since it breaks a lot of user code. > > Is anyone willing to work anytime soon on this code? I'd much rather > have someone who knows the XML-RPC implementation (James? Vladimir) than > trying to do my best to fsck up the codebase... I'd volunteer of course > for helping and testing out the results. Or the other way around: I'll > play with it (in scratchpad maybe) but then I'll need someone to keep an > eye on my wildest code dreams. :-) > > Ciao, > > -- > Gianugo Rabellino
