http://bugs.python.org/issue6267

porting revision 73638 to py3k

5 files changed, 402 insertions, 74 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/http/server.py b/Lib/http/server.py
index 2163e74..c9cfe9b 100644
--- a/Lib/http/server.py
+++ b/Lib/http/server.py
@@ -332,18 +332,26 @@ class BaseHTTPRequestHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
         commands such as GET and POST.
 
         """
-        self.raw_requestline = self.rfile.readline()
-        if not self.raw_requestline:
+        try:
+            self.raw_requestline = self.rfile.readline()
+            if not self.raw_requestline:
+                self.close_connection = 1
+                return
+            if not self.parse_request():
+                # An error code has been sent, just exit
+                return
+            mname = 'do_' + self.command
+            if not hasattr(self, mname):
+                self.send_error(501, "Unsupported method (%r)" % self.command)
+                return
+            method = getattr(self, mname)
+            method()
+            self.wfile.flush() #actually send the response if not already done.
+        except socket.timeout as e:
+            #a read or a write timed out.  Discard this connection
+            self.log_error("Request timed out: %r", e)
             self.close_connection = 1
             return
-        if not self.parse_request(): # An error code has been sent, just exit
-            return
-        mname = 'do_' + self.command
-        if not hasattr(self, mname):
-            self.send_error(501, "Unsupported method (%r)" % self.command)
-            return
-        method = getattr(self, mname)
-        method()
 
     def handle(self):
         """Handle multiple requests if necessary."""
diff --git a/Lib/socketserver.py b/Lib/socketserver.py
index 2ed50b9..e5f5778 100644
--- a/Lib/socketserver.py
+++ b/Lib/socketserver.py
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ class TCPServer(BaseServer):
 
     def close_request(self, request):
         """Called to clean up an individual request."""
+        request.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR)
         request.close()
 
 
@@ -611,8 +612,10 @@ class BaseRequestHandler:
         self.client_address = client_address
         self.server = server
         self.setup()
-        self.handle()
-        self.finish()
+        try:
+            self.handle()
+        finally:
+            self.finish()
 
     def setup(self):
         pass
@@ -646,12 +649,17 @@ class StreamRequestHandler(BaseRequestHandler):
     rbufsize = -1
     wbufsize = 0
 
+    # A timeout to apply to the request socket, if not None.
+    timeout = None
+
     # Disable nagle algoritm for this socket, if True.
     # Use only when wbufsize != 0, to avoid small packets.
     disable_nagle_algorithm = False
 
     def setup(self):
         self.connection = self.request
+        if self.timeout is not None:
+            self.connection.settimeout(self.timeout)
         if self.disable_nagle_algorithm:
             self.connection.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP,
                                        socket.TCP_NODELAY, True)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
index 7bcb6ba..100a93c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ ADDR = PORT = URL = None
 # The evt is set twice.  First when the server is ready to serve.
 # Second when the server has been shutdown.  The user must clear
 # the event after it has been set the first time to catch the second set.
-def http_server(evt, numrequests):
+def http_server(evt, numrequests, requestHandler=None):
     class TestInstanceClass:
         def div(self, x, y):
             return x // y
@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ def http_server(evt, numrequests):
             s.setblocking(True)
             return s, port
 
-    serv = MyXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 0),
+    if not requestHandler:
+        requestHandler = xmlrpc.server.SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler
+    serv = MyXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 0), requestHandler,
                           logRequests=False, bind_and_activate=False)
     try:
         serv.server_bind()
@@ -318,14 +320,15 @@ def is_unavailable_exception(e):
     if exc_mess and 'temporarily unavailable' in exc_mess.lower():
         return True
 
-class SimpleServerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+class BaseServerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    requestHandler = None
     def setUp(self):
         # enable traceback reporting
         xmlrpc.server.SimpleXMLRPCServer._send_traceback_header = True
 
         self.evt = threading.Event()
         # start server thread to handle requests
-        serv_args = (self.evt, 1)
+        serv_args = (self.evt, 1, self.requestHandler)
         threading.Thread(target=http_server, args=serv_args).start()
 
         # wait for the server to be ready
@@ -343,6 +346,7 @@ class SimpleServerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         # disable traceback reporting
         xmlrpc.server.SimpleXMLRPCServer._send_traceback_header = False
 
+class SimpleServerTestCase(BaseServerTestCase):
     def test_simple1(self):
         try:
             p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(URL)
@@ -478,6 +482,110 @@ class SimpleServerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         # This avoids waiting for the socket timeout.
         self.test_simple1()
 
+#A test case that verifies that a server using the HTTP/1.1 keep-alive mechanism
+#does indeed serve subsequent requests on the same connection
+class KeepaliveServerTestCase(BaseServerTestCase):
+    #a request handler that supports keep-alive and logs requests into a
+    #class variable
+    class RequestHandler(xmlrpc.server.SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
+        parentClass = xmlrpc.server.SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler
+        protocol_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
+        myRequests = []
+        def handle(self):
+            self.myRequests.append([])
+            return self.parentClass.handle(self)
+        def handle_one_request(self):
+            result = self.parentClass.handle_one_request(self)
+            self.myRequests[-1].append(self.raw_requestline)
+            return result
+
+    requestHandler = RequestHandler
+    def setUp(self):
+        #clear request log
+        self.RequestHandler.myRequests = []
+        return BaseServerTestCase.setUp(self)
+
+    def test_two(self):
+        p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(URL)
+        self.assertEqual(p.pow(6,8), 6**8)
+        self.assertEqual(p.pow(6,8), 6**8)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.RequestHandler.myRequests), 1)
+        #we may or may not catch the final "append" with the empty line
+        self.assertTrue(len(self.RequestHandler.myRequests[-1]) >= 2)
+
+#A test case that verifies that gzip encoding works in both directions
+#(for a request and the response)
+class GzipServerTestCase(BaseServerTestCase):
+    #a request handler that supports keep-alive and logs requests into a
+    #class variable
+    class RequestHandler(xmlrpc.server.SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
+        parentClass = xmlrpc.server.SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler
+        protocol_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
+
+        def do_POST(self):
+            #store content of last request in class
+            self.__class__.content_length = int(self.headers["content-length"])
+            return self.parentClass.do_POST(self)
+    requestHandler = RequestHandler
+
+    class Transport(xmlrpclib.Transport):
+        #custom transport, stores the response length for our perusal
+        fake_gzip = False
+        def parse_response(self, response):
+            self.response_length=int(response.getheader("content-length", 0))
+            return xmlrpclib.Transport.parse_response(self, response)
+
+        def send_content(self, connection, body):
+            if self.fake_gzip:
+                #add a lone gzip header to induce decode error remotely
+                connection.putheader("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
+            return xmlrpclib.Transport.send_content(self, connection, body)
+
+    def test_gzip_request(self):
+        t = self.Transport()
+        t.encode_threshold = None
+        p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(URL, transport=t)
+        self.assertEqual(p.pow(6,8), 6**8)
+        a = self.RequestHandler.content_length
+        t.encode_threshold = 0 #turn on request encoding
+        self.assertEqual(p.pow(6,8), 6**8)
+        b = self.RequestHandler.content_length
+        self.assertTrue(a>b)
+
+    def test_bad_gzip_request(self):
+        t = self.Transport()
+        t.encode_threshold = None
+        t.fake_gzip = True
+        p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(URL, transport=t)
+        cm = self.assertRaisesRegexp(xmlrpclib.ProtocolError,
+                                     re.compile(r"\b400\b"))
+        with cm:
+            p.pow(6, 8)
+
+    def test_gsip_response(self):
+        t = self.Transport()
+        p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(URL, transport=t)
+        old = self.requestHandler.encode_threshold
+        self.requestHandler.encode_threshold = None #no encoding
+        self.assertEqual(p.pow(6,8), 6**8)
+        a = t.response_length
+        self.requestHandler.encode_threshold = 0 #always encode
+        self.assertEqual(p.pow(6,8), 6**8)
+        b = t.response_length
+        self.requestHandler.encode_threshold = old
+        self.assertTrue(a>b)
+
+#Test special attributes of the ServerProxy object
+class ServerProxyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_close(self):
+        p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(URL)
+        self.assertEqual(p('close')(), None)
+
+    def test_transport(self):
+        t = xmlrpclib.Transport()
+        p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(URL, transport=t)
+        self.assertEqual(p('transport'), t)
+
 # This is a contrived way to make a failure occur on the server side
 # in order to test the _send_traceback_header flag on the server
 class FailingMessageClass(http.client.HTTPMessage):
@@ -647,6 +755,9 @@ def test_main():
     xmlrpc_tests = [XMLRPCTestCase, HelperTestCase, DateTimeTestCase,
          BinaryTestCase, FaultTestCase]
     xmlrpc_tests.append(SimpleServerTestCase)
+    xmlrpc_tests.append(KeepaliveServerTestCase)
+    xmlrpc_tests.append(GzipServerTestCase)
+    xmlrpc_tests.append(ServerProxyTestCase)
     xmlrpc_tests.append(FailingServerTestCase)
     xmlrpc_tests.append(CGIHandlerTestCase)
 
diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py b/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
index c62dbc4..4b532ef 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ Exported functions:
 import re, time, operator
 import http.client
 from xml.parsers import expat
+import gzip
+import socket
+import errno
+from io import BytesIO
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Internal stuff
@@ -1013,6 +1017,72 @@ def loads(data, use_datetime=0):
     p.close()
     return u.close(), u.getmethodname()
 
+##
+# Encode a string using the gzip content encoding such as specified by the
+# Content-Encoding: gzip
+# in the HTTP header, as described in RFC 1952
+#
+# @param data the unencoded data
+# @return the encoded data
+
+def gzip_encode(data):
+    """data -> gzip encoded data
+
+    Encode data using the gzip content encoding as described in RFC 1952
+    """
+    f = BytesIO()
+    gzf = gzip.GzipFile(mode="wb", fileobj=f, compresslevel=1)
+    gzf.write(data)
+    gzf.close()
+    encoded = f.getvalue()
+    f.close()
+    return encoded
+
+##
+# Decode a string using the gzip content encoding such as specified by the
+# Content-Encoding: gzip
+# in the HTTP header, as described in RFC 1952
+#
+# @param data The encoded data
+# @return the unencoded data
+# @raises ValueError if data is not correctly coded.
+
+def gzip_decode(data):
+    """gzip encoded data -> unencoded data
+
+    Decode data using the gzip content encoding as described in RFC 1952
+    """
+    f = BytesIO(data)
+    gzf = gzip.GzipFile(mode="rb", fileobj=f)
+    try:
+        decoded = gzf.read()
+    except IOError:
+        raise ValueError("invalid data")
+    f.close()
+    gzf.close()
+    return decoded
+
+##
+# Return a decoded file-like object for the gzip encoding
+# as described in RFC 1952.
+#
+# @param response A stream supporting a read() method
+# @return a file-like object that the decoded data can be read() from
+
+class GzipDecodedResponse(gzip.GzipFile):
+    """a file-like object to decode a response encoded with the gzip
+    method, as described in RFC 1952.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, response):
+        #response doesn't support tell() and read(), required by
+        #GzipFile
+        self.io = BytesIO(response.read())
+        gzip.GzipFile.__init__(self, mode="rb", fileobj=self.io)
+
+    def close(self):
+        gzip.GzipFile.close(self)
+        self.io.close()
+
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 # request dispatcher
@@ -1040,11 +1110,22 @@ class Transport:
     # client identifier (may be overridden)
     user_agent = "xmlrpclib.py/%s (by www.pythonware.com)" % __version__
 
+    #if true, we'll request gzip encoding
+    accept_gzip_encoding = True
+
+    # if positive, encode request using gzip if it exceeds this threshold
+    # note that many server will get confused, so only use it if you know
+    # that they can decode such a request
+    encode_threshold = None #None = don't encode
+
     def __init__(self, use_datetime=0):
         self._use_datetime = use_datetime
+        self._connection = (None, None)
+        self._extra_headers = []
 
     ##
     # Send a complete request, and parse the response.
+    # Retry request if a cached connection has disconnected.
     #
     # @param host Target host.
     # @param handler Target PRC handler.
@@ -1053,21 +1134,44 @@ class Transport:
     # @return Parsed response.
 
     def request(self, host, handler, request_body, verbose=0):
+        #retry request once if cached connection has gone cold
+        for i in (0, 1):
+            try:
+                return self.single_request(host, handler, request_body, verbose)
+            except (socket.error, http.client.HTTPException) as e:
+                retry = (errno.ECONNRESET,
+                         errno.ECONNABORTED,
+                         http.client.BadStatusLine) #close after we sent request
+                if i or e[0] not in retry:
+                    raise
+
+    def single_request(self, host, handler, request_body, verbose=0):
         # issue XML-RPC request
+        try:
+            http_conn = self.send_request(host, handler, request_body, verbose)
+            resp = http_conn.getresponse()
+            if resp.status == 200:
+                self.verbose = verbose
+                return self.parse_response(resp)
+
+        except Fault:
+            raise
+        except Exception:
+            #All unexpected errors leave connection in
+            # a strange state, so we clear it.
+            self.close()
+            raise
+
+        #We got an error response.
+        #Discard any response data and raise exception
+        if resp.getheader("content-length", ""):
+            resp.read()
+        raise ProtocolError(
+            host + handler,
+            resp.status, resp.reason,
+            dict(resp.getheaders())
+            )
 
-        http_conn = self.send_request(host, handler, request_body, verbose)
-        resp = http_conn.getresponse()
-
-        if resp.status != 200:
-            raise ProtocolError(
-                host + handler,
-                resp.status, resp.reason,
-                dict(resp.getheaders())
-                )
-
-        self.verbose = verbose
-
-        return self.parse_response(resp)
 
     ##
     # Create parser.
@@ -1106,7 +1210,7 @@ class Transport:
                 ("Authorization", "Basic " + auth)
                 ]
         else:
-            extra_headers = None
+            extra_headers = []
 
         return host, extra_headers, x509
 
@@ -1117,9 +1221,23 @@ class Transport:
     # @return An HTTPConnection object
 
     def make_connection(self, host):
+        #return an existing connection if possible.  This allows
+        #HTTP/1.1 keep-alive.
+        if self._connection and host == self._connection[0]:
+            return self._connection[1]
         # create a HTTP connection object from a host descriptor
-        host, extra_headers, x509 = self.get_host_info(host)
+        chost, self._extra_headers, x509 = self.get_host_info(host)
+        self._connection = host, http.client.HTTPConnection(chost)
+        return self._connection[1]
 
+    ##
+    # Clear any cached connection object.
+    # Used in the event of socket errors.
+    #
+    def close(self):
+        if self._connection[1]:
+            self._connection[1].close()
+            self._connection = (None, None)
 
     ##
     # Send HTTP request.
@@ -1131,39 +1249,74 @@ class Transport:
     # @return An HTTPConnection.
 
     def send_request(self, host, handler, request_body, debug):
-        host, extra_headers, x509 = self.get_host_info(host)
-        connection = http.client.HTTPConnection(host)
+        connection = self.make_connection(host)
+        headers = self._extra_headers[:]
         if debug:
             connection.set_debuglevel(1)
-        headers = {}
-        if extra_headers:
-            for key, val in extra_headers:
-                headers[key] = val
-        headers["Content-Type"] = "text/xml"
-        headers["User-Agent"] = self.user_agent
-        connection.request("POST", handler, request_body, headers)
+        if self.accept_gzip_encoding:
+            connection.putrequest("POST", handler, skip_accept_encoding=True)
+            headers.append(("Accept-Encoding", "gzip"))
+        else:
+            connection.putrequest("POST", handler)
+        headers.append(("Content-Type", "text/xml"))
+        headers.append(("User-Agent", self.user_agent))
+        self.send_headers(connection, headers)
+        self.send_content(connection, request_body)
         return connection
 
     ##
+    # Send request headers.
+    # This function provides a useful hook for subclassing
+    #
+    # @param connection httpConnection.
+    # @param headers list of key,value pairs for HTTP headers
+
+    def send_headers(self, connection, headers):
+        for key, val in headers:
+            connection.putheader(key, val)
+
+    ##
+    # Send request body.
+    # This function provides a useful hook for subclassing
+    #
+    # @param connection httpConnection.
+    # @param request_body XML-RPC request body.
+
+    def send_content(self, connection, request_body):
+        #optionally encode the request
+        if (self.encode_threshold is not None and
+            self.encode_threshold < len(request_body)):
+            connection.putheader("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
+            request_body = gzip_encode(request_body)
+
+        connection.putheader("Content-Length", str(len(request_body)))
+        connection.endheaders(request_body)
+
+    ##
     # Parse response.
     #
     # @param file Stream.
     # @return Response tuple and target method.
 
-    def parse_response(self, file):
-        # read response from input file/socket, and parse it
+    def parse_response(self, response):
+        # read response data from httpresponse, and parse it
+        if response.getheader("Content-Encoding", "") == "gzip":
+            stream = GzipDecodedResponse(response)
+        else:
+            stream = response
 
         p, u = self.getparser()
 
         while 1:
-            response = file.read(1024)
-            if not response:
+            data = stream.read(1024)
+            if not data:
                 break
             if self.verbose:
-                print("body:", repr(response))
-            p.feed(response)
+                print("body:", repr(data))
+            p.feed(data)
 
-        file.close()
+        if stream is not response:
+            stream.close()
         p.close()
 
         return u.close()
@@ -1176,24 +1329,19 @@ class SafeTransport(Transport):
 
     # FIXME: mostly untested
 
-    def send_request(self, host, handler, request_body, debug):
-        import socket
+    def make_connection(self, host):
+        if self._connection and host == self._connection[0]:
+            return self._connection[1]
+
         if not hasattr(socket, "ssl"):
             raise NotImplementedError(
-                "your version of http.client doesn't support HTTPS")
-
-        host, extra_headers, x509 = self.get_host_info(host)
-        connection = http.client.HTTPSConnection(host, None, **(x509 or {}))
-        if debug:
-            connection.set_debuglevel(1)
-        headers = {}
-        if extra_headers:
-            for key, val in extra_headers:
-                headers[key] = val
-        headers["Content-Type"] = "text/xml"
-        headers["User-Agent"] = self.user_agent
-        connection.request("POST", handler, request_body, headers)
-        return connection
+            "your version of http.client doesn't support HTTPS")
+        # create a HTTPS connection object from a host descriptor
+        # host may be a string, or a (host, x509-dict) tuple
+        chost, self._extra_headers, x509 = self.get_host_info(host)
+        self._connection = host, http.client.HTTPSConnection(chost,
+            None, **(x509 or {}))
+        return self._connection[1]
 
 ##
 # Standard server proxy.  This class establishes a virtual connection
@@ -1258,6 +1406,9 @@ class ServerProxy:
         self.__verbose = verbose
         self.__allow_none = allow_none
 
+    def __close(self):
+        self.__transport.close()
+
     def __request(self, methodname, params):
         # call a method on the remote server
 
@@ -1291,6 +1442,16 @@ class ServerProxy:
     # note: to call a remote object with an non-standard name, use
     # result getattr(server, "strange-python-name")(args)
 
+    def __call__(self, attr):
+        """A workaround to get special attributes on the ServerProxy
+           without interfering with the magic __getattr__
+        """
+        if attr == "close":
+            return self.__close
+        elif attr == "transport":
+            return self.__transport
+        raise AttributeError("Attribute %r not found" % (attr,))
+
 # compatibility
 
 Server = ServerProxy
diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py b/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py
index 60f992b..273202f 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpc/server.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ server.handle_request()
 # Written by Brian Quinlan (brian@sweetapp.com).
 # Based on code written by Fredrik Lundh.
 
-from xmlrpc.client import Fault, dumps, loads
+from xmlrpc.client import Fault, dumps, loads, gzip_encode, gzip_decode
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
 import http.server
 import socketserver
@@ -420,6 +420,31 @@ class SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     # paths not on this list will result in a 404 error.
     rpc_paths = ('/', '/RPC2')
 
+    #if not None, encode responses larger than this, if possible
+    encode_threshold = 1400 #a common MTU
+
+    #Override form StreamRequestHandler: full buffering of output
+    #and no Nagle.
+    wbufsize = -1
+    disable_nagle_algorithm = True
+
+    # a re to match a gzip Accept-Encoding
+    aepattern = re.compile(r"""
+                            \s* ([^\s;]+) \s*            #content-coding
+                            (;\s* q \s*=\s* ([0-9\.]+))? #q
+                            """, re.VERBOSE | re.IGNORECASE)
+
+    def accept_encodings(self):
+        r = {}
+        ae = self.headers.get("Accept-Encoding", "")
+        for e in ae.split(","):
+            match = self.aepattern.match(e)
+            if match:
+                v = match.group(3)
+                v = float(v) if v else 1.0
+                r[match.group(1)] = v
+        return r
+
     def is_rpc_path_valid(self):
         if self.rpc_paths:
             return self.path in self.rpc_paths
@@ -453,6 +478,10 @@ class SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 size_remaining -= len(L[-1])
             data = b''.join(L)
 
+            data = self.decode_request_content(data)
+            if data is None:
+                return #response has been sent
+
             # In previous versions of SimpleXMLRPCServer, _dispatch
             # could be overridden in this class, instead of in
             # SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher. To maintain backwards compatibility,
@@ -471,17 +500,35 @@ class SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 self.send_header("X-exception", str(e))
                 self.send_header("X-traceback", traceback.format_exc())
 
+            self.send_header("Content-length", "0")
             self.end_headers()
         else:
             self.send_response(200)
             self.send_header("Content-type", "text/xml")
+            if self.encode_threshold is not None:
+                if len(response) > self.encode_threshold:
+                    q = self.accept_encodings().get("gzip", 0)
+                    if q:
+                        response = gzip_encode(response)
+                        self.send_header("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
             self.send_header("Content-length", str(len(response)))
             self.end_headers()
             self.wfile.write(response)
 
-            # shut down the connection
-            self.wfile.flush()
-            self.connection.shutdown(1)
+    def decode_request_content(self, data):
+        #support gzip encoding of request
+        encoding = self.headers.get("content-encoding", "identity").lower()
+        if encoding == "identity":
+            return data
+        if encoding == "gzip":
+            try:
+                return gzip_decode(data)
+            except ValueError:
+                self.send_response(400, "error decoding gzip content")
+        else:
+            self.send_response(501, "encoding %r not supported" % encoding)
+        self.send_header("Content-length", "0")
+        self.end_headers()
 
     def report_404 (self):
             # Report a 404 error
@@ -491,9 +538,6 @@ class SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         self.send_header("Content-length", str(len(response)))
         self.end_headers()
         self.wfile.write(response)
-        # shut down the connection
-        self.wfile.flush()
-        self.connection.shutdown(1)
 
     def log_request(self, code='-', size='-'):
         """Selectively log an accepted request."""
@@ -824,10 +868,6 @@ class DocXMLRPCRequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
         self.end_headers()
         self.wfile.write(response)
 
-        # shut down the connection
-        self.wfile.flush()
-        self.connection.shutdown(1)
-
 class DocXMLRPCServer(  SimpleXMLRPCServer,
                         XMLRPCDocGenerator):
     """XML-RPC and HTML documentation server.