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+#
+# XML-RPC CLIENT LIBRARY
+# $Id$
+#
+# an XML-RPC client interface for Python.
+#
+# the marshalling and response parser code can also be used to
+# implement XML-RPC servers.
+#
+# Notes:
+# this version is designed to work with Python 2.1 or newer.
+#
+# History:
+# 1999-01-14 fl  Created
+# 1999-01-15 fl  Changed dateTime to use localtime
+# 1999-01-16 fl  Added Binary/base64 element, default to RPC2 service
+# 1999-01-19 fl  Fixed array data element (from Skip Montanaro)
+# 1999-01-21 fl  Fixed dateTime constructor, etc.
+# 1999-02-02 fl  Added fault handling, handle empty sequences, etc.
+# 1999-02-10 fl  Fixed problem with empty responses (from Skip Montanaro)
+# 1999-06-20 fl  Speed improvements, pluggable parsers/transports (0.9.8)
+# 2000-11-28 fl  Changed boolean to check the truth value of its argument
+# 2001-02-24 fl  Added encoding/Unicode/SafeTransport patches
+# 2001-02-26 fl  Added compare support to wrappers (0.9.9/1.0b1)
+# 2001-03-28 fl  Make sure response tuple is a singleton
+# 2001-03-29 fl  Don't require empty params element (from Nicholas Riley)
+# 2001-06-10 fl  Folded in _xmlrpclib accelerator support (1.0b2)
+# 2001-08-20 fl  Base xmlrpclib.Error on built-in Exception (from Paul Prescod)
+# 2001-09-03 fl  Allow Transport subclass to override getparser
+# 2001-09-10 fl  Lazy import of urllib, cgi, xmllib (20x import speedup)
+# 2001-10-01 fl  Remove containers from memo cache when done with them
+# 2001-10-01 fl  Use faster escape method (80% dumps speedup)
+# 2001-10-02 fl  More dumps microtuning
+# 2001-10-04 fl  Make sure import expat gets a parser (from Guido van Rossum)
+# 2001-10-10 sm  Allow long ints to be passed as ints if they don't overflow
+# 2001-10-17 sm  Test for int and long overflow (allows use on 64-bit systems)
+# 2001-11-12 fl  Use repr() to marshal doubles (from Paul Felix)
+# 2002-03-17 fl  Avoid buffered read when possible (from James Rucker)
+# 2002-04-07 fl  Added pythondoc comments
+# 2002-04-16 fl  Added __str__ methods to datetime/binary wrappers
+# 2002-05-15 fl  Added error constants (from Andrew Kuchling)
+# 2002-06-27 fl  Merged with Python CVS version
+# 2002-10-22 fl  Added basic authentication (based on code from Phillip Eby)
+# 2003-01-22 sm  Add support for the bool type
+# 2003-02-27 gvr Remove apply calls
+# 2003-04-24 sm  Use cStringIO if available
+# 2003-04-25 ak  Add support for nil
+# 2003-06-15 gn  Add support for time.struct_time
+# 2003-07-12 gp  Correct marshalling of Faults
+# 2003-10-31 mvl Add multicall support
+# 2004-08-20 mvl Bump minimum supported Python version to 2.1
+#
+# Copyright (c) 1999-2002 by Secret Labs AB.
+# Copyright (c) 1999-2002 by Fredrik Lundh.
+#
+# info@pythonware.com
+# http://www.pythonware.com
+#
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The XML-RPC client interface is
+#
+# Copyright (c) 1999-2002 by Secret Labs AB
+# Copyright (c) 1999-2002 by Fredrik Lundh
+#
+# By obtaining, using, and/or copying this software and/or its
+# associated documentation, you agree that you have read, understood,
+# and will comply with the following terms and conditions:
+#
+# Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
+# its associated documentation for any purpose and without fee is
+# hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in
+# all copies, and that both that copyright notice and this permission
+# notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of
+# Secret Labs AB or the author not be used in advertising or publicity
+# pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written
+# prior permission.
+#
+# SECRET LABS AB AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD
+# TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-
+# ABILITY AND FITNESS.  IN NO EVENT SHALL SECRET LABS AB OR THE AUTHOR
+# BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY
+# DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
+# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS
+# ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#
+# things to look into some day:
+
+# TODO: sort out True/False/boolean issues for Python 2.3
+
+"""
+An XML-RPC client interface for Python.
+
+The marshalling and response parser code can also be used to
+implement XML-RPC servers.
+
+Exported exceptions:
+
+  Error          Base class for client errors
+  ProtocolError  Indicates an HTTP protocol error
+  ResponseError  Indicates a broken response package
+  Fault          Indicates an XML-RPC fault package
+
+Exported classes:
+
+  ServerProxy    Represents a logical connection to an XML-RPC server
+
+  MultiCall      Executor of boxcared xmlrpc requests
+  DateTime       dateTime wrapper for an ISO 8601 string or time tuple or
+                 localtime integer value to generate a "dateTime.iso8601"
+                 XML-RPC value
+  Binary         binary data wrapper
+
+  SlowParser     Slow but safe standard parser (based on xmllib)
+  Marshaller     Generate an XML-RPC params chunk from a Python data structure
+  Unmarshaller   Unmarshal an XML-RPC response from incoming XML event message
+  Transport      Handles an HTTP transaction to an XML-RPC server
+  SafeTransport  Handles an HTTPS transaction to an XML-RPC server
+
+Exported constants:
+
+  True
+  False
+
+Exported functions:
+
+  getparser      Create instance of the fastest available parser & attach
+                 to an unmarshalling object
+  dumps          Convert an argument tuple or a Fault instance to an XML-RPC
+                 request (or response, if the methodresponse option is used).
+  loads          Convert an XML-RPC packet to unmarshalled data plus a method
+                 name (None if not present).
+"""
+
+import re, time, operator
+import httplib
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Internal stuff
+
+try:
+    import datetime
+except ImportError:
+    datetime = None
+
+def _decode(data, encoding, is8bit=re.compile("[\x80-\xff]").search):
+    # decode non-ascii string (if possible)
+    if encoding and is8bit(data):
+        data = str(data, encoding)
+    return data
+
+def escape(s):
+    s = s.replace("&", "&")
+    s = s.replace("<", "&lt;")
+    return s.replace(">", "&gt;",)
+
+def _stringify(string):
+    # convert to 7-bit ascii if possible
+    try:
+        return string.decode("ascii")
+    except (UnicodeError, TypeError, AttributeError):
+        return string
+
+__version__ = "1.0.1"
+
+# xmlrpc integer limits
+MAXINT =  2**31-1
+MININT = -2**31
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Error constants (from Dan Libby's specification at
+# http://xmlrpc-epi.sourceforge.net/specs/rfc.fault_codes.php)
+
+# Ranges of errors
+PARSE_ERROR       = -32700
+SERVER_ERROR      = -32600
+APPLICATION_ERROR = -32500
+SYSTEM_ERROR      = -32400
+TRANSPORT_ERROR   = -32300
+
+# Specific errors
+NOT_WELLFORMED_ERROR  = -32700
+UNSUPPORTED_ENCODING  = -32701
+INVALID_ENCODING_CHAR = -32702
+INVALID_XMLRPC        = -32600
+METHOD_NOT_FOUND      = -32601
+INVALID_METHOD_PARAMS = -32602
+INTERNAL_ERROR        = -32603
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Exceptions
+
+##
+# Base class for all kinds of client-side errors.
+
+class Error(Exception):
+    """Base class for client errors."""
+    def __str__(self):
+        return repr(self)
+
+##
+# Indicates an HTTP-level protocol error.  This is raised by the HTTP
+# transport layer, if the server returns an error code other than 200
+# (OK).
+#
+# @param url The target URL.
+# @param errcode The HTTP error code.
+# @param errmsg The HTTP error message.
+# @param headers The HTTP header dictionary.
+
+class ProtocolError(Error):
+    """Indicates an HTTP protocol error."""
+    def __init__(self, url, errcode, errmsg, headers):
+        Error.__init__(self)
+        self.url = url
+        self.errcode = errcode
+        self.errmsg = errmsg
+        self.headers = headers
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return (
+            "<ProtocolError for %s: %s %s>" %
+            (self.url, self.errcode, self.errmsg)
+            )
+
+##
+# Indicates a broken XML-RPC response package.  This exception is
+# raised by the unmarshalling layer, if the XML-RPC response is
+# malformed.
+
+class ResponseError(Error):
+    """Indicates a broken response package."""
+    pass
+
+##
+# Indicates an XML-RPC fault response package.  This exception is
+# raised by the unmarshalling layer, if the XML-RPC response contains
+# a fault string.  This exception can also used as a class, to
+# generate a fault XML-RPC message.
+#
+# @param faultCode The XML-RPC fault code.
+# @param faultString The XML-RPC fault string.
+
+class Fault(Error):
+    """Indicates an XML-RPC fault package."""
+    def __init__(self, faultCode, faultString, **extra):
+        Error.__init__(self)
+        self.faultCode = faultCode
+        self.faultString = faultString
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return (
+            "<Fault %s: %s>" %
+            (self.faultCode, repr(self.faultString))
+            )
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Special values
+
+##
+# Backwards compatibility
+
+boolean = Boolean = bool
+
+##
+# Wrapper for XML-RPC DateTime values.  This converts a time value to
+# the format used by XML-RPC.
+# <p>
+# The value can be given as a string in the format
+# "yyyymmddThh:mm:ss", as a 9-item time tuple (as returned by
+# time.localtime()), or an integer value (as returned by time.time()).
+# The wrapper uses time.localtime() to convert an integer to a time
+# tuple.
+#
+# @param value The time, given as an ISO 8601 string, a time
+#              tuple, or a integer time value.
+
+def _strftime(value):
+    if datetime:
+        if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+            return "%04d%02d%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d" % (
+                value.year, value.month, value.day,
+                value.hour, value.minute, value.second)
+
+    if not isinstance(value, (tuple, time.struct_time)):
+        if value == 0:
+            value = time.time()
+        value = time.localtime(value)
+
+    return "%04d%02d%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d" % value[:6]
+
+class DateTime:
+    """DateTime wrapper for an ISO 8601 string or time tuple or
+    localtime integer value to generate 'dateTime.iso8601' XML-RPC
+    value.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, value=0):
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            self.value = value
+        else:
+            self.value = _strftime(value)
+
+    def make_comparable(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, DateTime):
+            s = self.value
+            o = other.value
+        elif datetime and isinstance(other, datetime.datetime):
+            s = self.value
+            o = other.strftime("%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S")
+        elif isinstance(other, (str, unicode)):
+            s = self.value
+            o = other
+        elif hasattr(other, "timetuple"):
+            s = self.timetuple()
+            o = other.timetuple()
+        else:
+            otype = (hasattr(other, "__class__")
+                     and other.__class__.__name__
+                     or type(other))
+            raise TypeError("Can't compare %s and %s" %
+                            (self.__class__.__name__, otype))
+        return s, o
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s < o
+
+    def __le__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s <= o
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s > o
+
+    def __ge__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s >= o
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s == o
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s != o
+
+    def timetuple(self):
+        return time.strptime(self.value, "%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S")
+
+    def __cmp__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return cmp(s, o)
+
+    ##
+    # Get date/time value.
+    #
+    # @return Date/time value, as an ISO 8601 string.
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.value
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<DateTime %s at %x>" % (repr(self.value), id(self))
+
+    def decode(self, data):
+        self.value = str(data).strip()
+
+    def encode(self, out):
+        out.write("<value><dateTime.iso8601>")
+        out.write(self.value)
+        out.write("</dateTime.iso8601></value>\n")
+
+def _datetime(data):
+    # decode xml element contents into a DateTime structure.
+    value = DateTime()
+    value.decode(data)
+    return value
+
+def _datetime_type(data):
+    t = time.strptime(data, "%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S")
+    return datetime.datetime(*tuple(t)[:6])
+
+##
+# Wrapper for binary data.  This can be used to transport any kind
+# of binary data over XML-RPC, using BASE64 encoding.
+#
+# @param data An 8-bit string containing arbitrary data.
+
+import base64
+import io
+
+class Binary:
+    """Wrapper for binary data."""
+
+    def __init__(self, data=None):
+        if data is None:
+            data = b""
+        else:
+            if not isinstance(data, bytes):
+                raise TypeError("expected bytes, not %s" %
+                                data.__class__.__name__)
+            data = bytes(data)  # Make a copy of the bytes!
+        self.data = data
+
+    ##
+    # Get buffer contents.
+    #
+    # @return Buffer contents, as an 8-bit string.
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.data, "latin-1")  # XXX encoding?!
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, Binary):
+            other = other.data
+        return self.data == other
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, Binary):
+            other = other.data
+        return self.data != other
+
+    def decode(self, data):
+        self.data = base64.decodestring(data)
+
+    def encode(self, out):
+        out.write("<value><base64>\n")
+        encoded = base64.encodestring(self.data)
+        out.write(encoded.decode('ascii'))
+        out.write('\n')
+        out.write("</base64></value>\n")
+
+def _binary(data):
+    # decode xml element contents into a Binary structure
+    value = Binary()
+    value.decode(data)
+    return value
+
+WRAPPERS = (DateTime, Binary)
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# XML parsers
+
+#
+# the SGMLOP parser is about 15x faster than Python's builtin
+# XML parser.  SGMLOP sources can be downloaded from:
+#
+#     http://www.pythonware.com/products/xml/sgmlop.htm
+#
+
+try:
+    import sgmlop
+    if not hasattr(sgmlop, "XMLParser"):
+        raise ImportError
+except ImportError:
+    SgmlopParser = None # sgmlop accelerator not available
+else:
+    class SgmlopParser:
+        def __init__(self, target):
+
+            # setup callbacks
+            self.finish_starttag = target.start
+            self.finish_endtag = target.end
+            self.handle_data = target.data
+            self.handle_xml = target.xml
+
+            # activate parser
+            self.parser = sgmlop.XMLParser()
+            self.parser.register(self)
+            self.feed = self.parser.feed
+            self.entity = {
+                "amp": "&", "gt": ">", "lt": "<",
+                "apos": "'", "quot": '"'
+                }
+
+        def close(self):
+            try:
+                self.parser.close()
+            finally:
+                self.parser = self.feed = None # nuke circular reference
+
+        def handle_proc(self, tag, attr):
+            m = re.search("encoding\s*=\s*['\"]([^\"']+)[\"']", attr)
+            if m:
+                self.handle_xml(m.group(1), 1)
+
+        def handle_entityref(self, entity):
+            # <string> entity
+            try:
+                self.handle_data(self.entity[entity])
+            except KeyError:
+                self.handle_data("&%s;" % entity)
+
+try:
+    from xml.parsers import expat
+    if not hasattr(expat, "ParserCreate"):
+        raise ImportError
+except ImportError:
+    ExpatParser = None # expat not available
+else:
+    class ExpatParser:
+        # fast expat parser for Python 2.0 and later.  this is about
+        # 50% slower than sgmlop, on roundtrip testing
+        def __init__(self, target):
+            self._parser = parser = expat.ParserCreate(None, None)
+            self._target = target
+            parser.StartElementHandler = target.start
+            parser.EndElementHandler = target.end
+            parser.CharacterDataHandler = target.data
+            encoding = None
+            target.xml(encoding, None)
+
+        def feed(self, data):
+            self._parser.Parse(data, 0)
+
+        def close(self):
+            self._parser.Parse("", 1) # end of data
+            del self._target, self._parser # get rid of circular references
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# XML-RPC marshalling and unmarshalling code
+
+##
+# XML-RPC marshaller.
+#
+# @param encoding Default encoding for 8-bit strings.  The default
+#     value is None (interpreted as UTF-8).
+# @see dumps
+
+class Marshaller:
+    """Generate an XML-RPC params chunk from a Python data structure.
+
+    Create a Marshaller instance for each set of parameters, and use
+    the "dumps" method to convert your data (represented as a tuple)
+    to an XML-RPC params chunk.  To write a fault response, pass a
+    Fault instance instead.  You may prefer to use the "dumps" module
+    function for this purpose.
+    """
+
+    # by the way, if you don't understand what's going on in here,
+    # that's perfectly ok.
+
+    def __init__(self, encoding=None, allow_none=0):
+        self.memo = {}
+        self.data = None
+        self.encoding = encoding
+        self.allow_none = allow_none
+
+    dispatch = {}
+
+    def dumps(self, values):
+        out = []
+        write = out.append
+        dump = self.__dump
+        if isinstance(values, Fault):
+            # fault instance
+            write("<fault>\n")
+            dump({'faultCode': values.faultCode,
+                  'faultString': values.faultString},
+                 write)
+            write("</fault>\n")
+        else:
+            # parameter block
+            # FIXME: the xml-rpc specification allows us to leave out
+            # the entire <params> block if there are no parameters.
+            # however, changing this may break older code (including
+            # old versions of xmlrpclib.py), so this is better left as
+            # is for now.  See @XMLRPC3 for more information. /F
+            write("<params>\n")
+            for v in values:
+                write("<param>\n")
+                dump(v, write)
+                write("</param>\n")
+            write("</params>\n")
+        result = "".join(out)
+        return result
+
+    def __dump(self, value, write):
+        try:
+            f = self.dispatch[type(value)]
+        except KeyError:
+            # check if this object can be marshalled as a structure
+            try:
+                value.__dict__
+            except:
+                raise TypeError("cannot marshal %s objects" % type(value))
+            # check if this class is a sub-class of a basic type,
+            # because we don't know how to marshal these types
+            # (e.g. a string sub-class)
+            for type_ in type(value).__mro__:
+                if type_ in self.dispatch.keys():
+                    raise TypeError("cannot marshal %s objects" % type(value))
+            # XXX(twouters): using "_arbitrary_instance" as key as a quick-fix
+            # for the p3yk merge, this should probably be fixed more neatly.
+            f = self.dispatch["_arbitrary_instance"]
+        f(self, value, write)
+
+    def dump_nil (self, value, write):
+        if not self.allow_none:
+            raise TypeError("cannot marshal None unless allow_none is enabled")
+        write("<value><nil/></value>")
+    dispatch[type(None)] = dump_nil
+
+    def dump_int(self, value, write):
+        # in case ints are > 32 bits
+        if value > MAXINT or value < MININT:
+            raise OverflowError("int exceeds XML-RPC limits")
+        write("<value><int>")
+        write(str(value))
+        write("</int></value>\n")
+    #dispatch[int] = dump_int
+
+    def dump_bool(self, value, write):
+        write("<value><boolean>")
+        write(value and "1" or "0")
+        write("</boolean></value>\n")
+    dispatch[bool] = dump_bool
+
+    def dump_long(self, value, write):
+        if value > MAXINT or value < MININT:
+            raise OverflowError("long int exceeds XML-RPC limits")
+        write("<value><int>")
+        write(str(int(value)))
+        write("</int></value>\n")
+    dispatch[int] = dump_long
+
+    def dump_double(self, value, write):
+        write("<value><double>")
+        write(repr(value))
+        write("</double></value>\n")
+    dispatch[float] = dump_double
+
+    def dump_string(self, value, write, escape=escape):
+        write("<value><string>")
+        write(escape(value))
+        write("</string></value>\n")
+    dispatch[bytes] = dump_string
+
+    def dump_unicode(self, value, write, escape=escape):
+        write("<value><string>")
+        write(escape(value))
+        write("</string></value>\n")
+    dispatch[str] = dump_unicode
+
+    def dump_array(self, value, write):
+        i = id(value)
+        if i in self.memo:
+            raise TypeError("cannot marshal recursive sequences")
+        self.memo[i] = None
+        dump = self.__dump
+        write("<value><array><data>\n")
+        for v in value:
+            dump(v, write)
+        write("</data></array></value>\n")
+        del self.memo[i]
+    dispatch[tuple] = dump_array
+    dispatch[list] = dump_array
+
+    def dump_struct(self, value, write, escape=escape):
+        i = id(value)
+        if i in self.memo:
+            raise TypeError("cannot marshal recursive dictionaries")
+        self.memo[i] = None
+        dump = self.__dump
+        write("<value><struct>\n")
+        for k, v in value.items():
+            write("<member>\n")
+            if not isinstance(k, str):
+                raise TypeError("dictionary key must be string")
+            write("<name>%s</name>\n" % escape(k))
+            dump(v, write)
+            write("</member>\n")
+        write("</struct></value>\n")
+        del self.memo[i]
+    dispatch[dict] = dump_struct
+
+    if datetime:
+        def dump_datetime(self, value, write):
+            write("<value><dateTime.iso8601>")
+            write(_strftime(value))
+            write("</dateTime.iso8601></value>\n")
+        dispatch[datetime.datetime] = dump_datetime
+
+    def dump_instance(self, value, write):
+        # check for special wrappers
+        if value.__class__ in WRAPPERS:
+            self.write = write
+            value.encode(self)
+            del self.write
+        else:
+            # store instance attributes as a struct (really?)
+            self.dump_struct(value.__dict__, write)
+    dispatch[DateTime] = dump_instance
+    dispatch[Binary] = dump_instance
+    # XXX(twouters): using "_arbitrary_instance" as key as a quick-fix
+    # for the p3yk merge, this should probably be fixed more neatly.
+    dispatch["_arbitrary_instance"] = dump_instance
+
+##
+# XML-RPC unmarshaller.
+#
+# @see loads
+
+class Unmarshaller:
+    """Unmarshal an XML-RPC response, based on incoming XML event
+    messages (start, data, end).  Call close() to get the resulting
+    data structure.
+
+    Note that this reader is fairly tolerant, and gladly accepts bogus
+    XML-RPC data without complaining (but not bogus XML).
+    """
+
+    # and again, if you don't understand what's going on in here,
+    # that's perfectly ok.
+
+    def __init__(self, use_datetime=0):
+        self._type = None
+        self._stack = []
+        self._marks = []
+        self._data = []
+        self._methodname = None
+        self._encoding = "utf-8"
+        self.append = self._stack.append
+        self._use_datetime = use_datetime
+        if use_datetime and not datetime:
+            raise ValueError("the datetime module is not available")
+
+    def close(self):
+        # return response tuple and target method
+        if self._type is None or self._marks:
+            raise ResponseError()
+        if self._type == "fault":
+            raise Fault(**self._stack[0])
+        return tuple(self._stack)
+
+    def getmethodname(self):
+        return self._methodname
+
+    #
+    # event handlers
+
+    def xml(self, encoding, standalone):
+        self._encoding = encoding
+        # FIXME: assert standalone == 1 ???
+
+    def start(self, tag, attrs):
+        # prepare to handle this element
+        if tag == "array" or tag == "struct":
+            self._marks.append(len(self._stack))
+        self._data = []
+        self._value = (tag == "value")
+
+    def data(self, text):
+        self._data.append(text)
+
+    def end(self, tag):
+        # call the appropriate end tag handler
+        try:
+            f = self.dispatch[tag]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass # unknown tag ?
+        else:
+            return f(self, "".join(self._data))
+
+    #
+    # accelerator support
+
+    def end_dispatch(self, tag, data):
+        # dispatch data
+        try:
+            f = self.dispatch[tag]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass # unknown tag ?
+        else:
+            return f(self, data)
+
+    #
+    # element decoders
+
+    dispatch = {}
+
+    def end_nil (self, data):
+        self.append(None)
+        self._value = 0
+    dispatch["nil"] = end_nil
+
+    def end_boolean(self, data):
+        if data == "0":
+            self.append(False)
+        elif data == "1":
+            self.append(True)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("bad boolean value")
+        self._value = 0
+    dispatch["boolean"] = end_boolean
+
+    def end_int(self, data):
+        self.append(int(data))
+        self._value = 0
+    dispatch["i4"] = end_int
+    dispatch["int"] = end_int
+
+    def end_double(self, data):
+        self.append(float(data))
+        self._value = 0
+    dispatch["double"] = end_double
+
+    def end_string(self, data):
+        if self._encoding:
+            data = _decode(data, self._encoding)
+        self.append(_stringify(data))
+        self._value = 0
+    dispatch["string"] = end_string
+    dispatch["name"] = end_string # struct keys are always strings
+
+    def end_array(self, data):
+        mark = self._marks.pop()
+        # map arrays to Python lists
+        self._stack[mark:] = [self._stack[mark:]]
+        self._value = 0
+    dispatch["array"] = end_array
+
+    def end_struct(self, data):
+        mark = self._marks.pop()
+        # map structs to Python dictionaries
+        dict = {}
+        items = self._stack[mark:]
+        for i in range(0, len(items), 2):
+            dict[_stringify(items[i])] = items[i+1]
+        self._stack[mark:] = [dict]
+        self._value = 0
+    dispatch["struct"] = end_struct
+
+    def end_base64(self, data):
+        value = Binary()
+        value.decode(data.encode("ascii"))
+        self.append(value)
+        self._value = 0
+    dispatch["base64"] = end_base64
+
+    def end_dateTime(self, data):
+        value = DateTime()
+        value.decode(data)
+        if self._use_datetime:
+            value = _datetime_type(data)
+        self.append(value)
+    dispatch["dateTime.iso8601"] = end_dateTime
+
+    def end_value(self, data):
+        # if we stumble upon a value element with no internal
+        # elements, treat it as a string element
+        if self._value:
+            self.end_string(data)
+    dispatch["value"] = end_value
+
+    def end_params(self, data):
+        self._type = "params"
+    dispatch["params"] = end_params
+
+    def end_fault(self, data):
+        self._type = "fault"
+    dispatch["fault"] = end_fault
+
+    def end_methodName(self, data):
+        if self._encoding:
+            data = _decode(data, self._encoding)
+        self._methodname = data
+        self._type = "methodName" # no params
+    dispatch["methodName"] = end_methodName
+
+## Multicall support
+#
+
+class _MultiCallMethod:
+    # some lesser magic to store calls made to a MultiCall object
+    # for batch execution
+    def __init__(self, call_list, name):
+        self.__call_list = call_list
+        self.__name = name
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return _MultiCallMethod(self.__call_list, "%s.%s" % (self.__name, name))
+    def __call__(self, *args):
+        self.__call_list.append((self.__name, args))
+
+class MultiCallIterator:
+    """Iterates over the results of a multicall. Exceptions are
+    thrown in response to xmlrpc faults."""
+
+    def __init__(self, results):
+        self.results = results
+
+    def __getitem__(self, i):
+        item = self.results[i]
+        if type(item) == type({}):
+            raise Fault(item['faultCode'], item['faultString'])
+        elif type(item) == type([]):
+            return item[0]
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("unexpected type in multicall result")
+
+class MultiCall:
+    """server -> a object used to boxcar method calls
+
+    server should be a ServerProxy object.
+
+    Methods can be added to the MultiCall using normal
+    method call syntax e.g.:
+
+    multicall = MultiCall(server_proxy)
+    multicall.add(2,3)
+    multicall.get_address("Guido")
+
+    To execute the multicall, call the MultiCall object e.g.:
+
+    add_result, address = multicall()
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, server):
+        self.__server = server
+        self.__call_list = []
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<MultiCall at %x>" % id(self)
+
+    __str__ = __repr__
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return _MultiCallMethod(self.__call_list, name)
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        marshalled_list = []
+        for name, args in self.__call_list:
+            marshalled_list.append({'methodName' : name, 'params' : args})
+
+        return MultiCallIterator(self.__server.system.multicall(marshalled_list))
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# convenience functions
+
+FastMarshaller = FastParser = FastUnmarshaller = None
+
+##
+# Create a parser object, and connect it to an unmarshalling instance.
+# This function picks the fastest available XML parser.
+#
+# return A (parser, unmarshaller) tuple.
+
+def getparser(use_datetime=0):
+    """getparser() -> parser, unmarshaller
+
+    Create an instance of the fastest available parser, and attach it
+    to an unmarshalling object.  Return both objects.
+    """
+    if use_datetime and not datetime:
+        raise ValueError("the datetime module is not available")
+    if FastParser and FastUnmarshaller:
+        if use_datetime:
+            mkdatetime = _datetime_type
+        else:
+            mkdatetime = _datetime
+        target = FastUnmarshaller(True, False, _binary, mkdatetime, Fault)
+        parser = FastParser(target)
+    else:
+        target = Unmarshaller(use_datetime=use_datetime)
+        if FastParser:
+            parser = FastParser(target)
+        elif SgmlopParser:
+            parser = SgmlopParser(target)
+        elif ExpatParser:
+            parser = ExpatParser(target)
+        else:
+            parser = SlowParser(target)
+    return parser, target
+
+##
+# Convert a Python tuple or a Fault instance to an XML-RPC packet.
+#
+# @def dumps(params, **options)
+# @param params A tuple or Fault instance.
+# @keyparam methodname If given, create a methodCall request for
+#     this method name.
+# @keyparam methodresponse If given, create a methodResponse packet.
+#     If used with a tuple, the tuple must be a singleton (that is,
+#     it must contain exactly one element).
+# @keyparam encoding The packet encoding.
+# @return A string containing marshalled data.
+
+def dumps(params, methodname=None, methodresponse=None, encoding=None,
+          allow_none=0):
+    """data [,options] -> marshalled data
+
+    Convert an argument tuple or a Fault instance to an XML-RPC
+    request (or response, if the methodresponse option is used).
+
+    In addition to the data object, the following options can be given
+    as keyword arguments:
+
+        methodname: the method name for a methodCall packet
+
+        methodresponse: true to create a methodResponse packet.
+        If this option is used with a tuple, the tuple must be
+        a singleton (i.e. it can contain only one element).
+
+        encoding: the packet encoding (default is UTF-8)
+
+    All 8-bit strings in the data structure are assumed to use the
+    packet encoding.  Unicode strings are automatically converted,
+    where necessary.
+    """
+
+    assert isinstance(params, (tuple, Fault)), "argument must be tuple or Fault instance"
+    if isinstance(params, Fault):
+        methodresponse = 1
+    elif methodresponse and isinstance(params, tuple):
+        assert len(params) == 1, "response tuple must be a singleton"
+
+    if not encoding:
+        encoding = "utf-8"
+
+    if FastMarshaller:
+        m = FastMarshaller(encoding)
+    else:
+        m = Marshaller(encoding, allow_none)
+
+    data = m.dumps(params)
+
+    if encoding != "utf-8":
+        xmlheader = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='%s'?>\n" % str(encoding)
+    else:
+        xmlheader = "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n" # utf-8 is default
+
+    # standard XML-RPC wrappings
+    if methodname:
+        # a method call
+        if not isinstance(methodname, str):
+            methodname = methodname.encode(encoding)
+        data = (
+            xmlheader,
+            "<methodCall>\n"
+            "<methodName>", methodname, "</methodName>\n",
+            data,
+            "</methodCall>\n"
+            )
+    elif methodresponse:
+        # a method response, or a fault structure
+        data = (
+            xmlheader,
+            "<methodResponse>\n",
+            data,
+            "</methodResponse>\n"
+            )
+    else:
+        return data # return as is
+    return "".join(data)
+
+##
+# Convert an XML-RPC packet to a Python object.  If the XML-RPC packet
+# represents a fault condition, this function raises a Fault exception.
+#
+# @param data An XML-RPC packet, given as an 8-bit string.
+# @return A tuple containing the unpacked data, and the method name
+#     (None if not present).
+# @see Fault
+
+def loads(data, use_datetime=0):
+    """data -> unmarshalled data, method name
+
+    Convert an XML-RPC packet to unmarshalled data plus a method
+    name (None if not present).
+
+    If the XML-RPC packet represents a fault condition, this function
+    raises a Fault exception.
+    """
+    p, u = getparser(use_datetime=use_datetime)
+    p.feed(data)
+    p.close()
+    return u.close(), u.getmethodname()
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# request dispatcher
+
+class _Method:
+    # some magic to bind an XML-RPC method to an RPC server.
+    # supports "nested" methods (e.g. examples.getStateName)
+    def __init__(self, send, name):
+        self.__send = send
+        self.__name = name
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return _Method(self.__send, "%s.%s" % (self.__name, name))
+    def __call__(self, *args):
+        return self.__send(self.__name, args)
+
+##
+# Standard transport class for XML-RPC over HTTP.
+# <p>
+# You can create custom transports by subclassing this method, and
+# overriding selected methods.
+
+class Transport:
+    """Handles an HTTP transaction to an XML-RPC server."""
+
+    # client identifier (may be overridden)
+    user_agent = "xmlrpclib.py/%s (by www.pythonware.com)" % __version__
+
+    def __init__(self, use_datetime=0):
+        self._use_datetime = use_datetime
+
+    ##
+    # Send a complete request, and parse the response.
+    #
+    # @param host Target host.
+    # @param handler Target PRC handler.
+    # @param request_body XML-RPC request body.
+    # @param verbose Debugging flag.
+    # @return Parsed response.
+
+    def request(self, host, handler, request_body, verbose=0):
+        # issue XML-RPC request
+
+        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, None)
+
+    ##
+    # Create parser.
+    #
+    # @return A 2-tuple containing a parser and a unmarshaller.
+
+    def getparser(self):
+        # get parser and unmarshaller
+        return getparser(use_datetime=self._use_datetime)
+
+    ##
+    # Get authorization info from host parameter
+    # Host may be a string, or a (host, x509-dict) tuple; if a string,
+    # it is checked for a "user:pw@host" format, and a "Basic
+    # Authentication" header is added if appropriate.
+    #
+    # @param host Host descriptor (URL or (URL, x509 info) tuple).
+    # @return A 3-tuple containing (actual host, extra headers,
+    #     x509 info).  The header and x509 fields may be None.
+
+    def get_host_info(self, host):
+
+        x509 = {}
+        if isinstance(host, tuple):
+            host, x509 = host
+
+        import urllib
+        auth, host = urllib.splituser(host)
+
+        if auth:
+            import base64
+            auth = base64.encodestring(urllib.unquote(auth))
+            auth = "".join(auth.split()) # get rid of whitespace
+            extra_headers = [
+                ("Authorization", "Basic " + auth)
+                ]
+        else:
+            extra_headers = None
+
+        return host, extra_headers, x509
+
+    ##
+    # Connect to server.
+    #
+    # @param host Target host.
+    # @return An HTTPConnection object
+
+    def make_connection(self, host):
+        # create a HTTP connection object from a host descriptor
+        host, extra_headers, x509 = self.get_host_info(host)
+
+
+    ##
+    # Send HTTP request.
+    #
+    # @param host Host descriptor (URL or (URL, x509 info) tuple).
+    # @param handler Targer RPC handler (a path relative to host)
+    # @param request_body The XML-RPC request body
+    # @param debug Enable debugging if debug is true.
+    # @return An HTTPConnection.
+
+    def send_request(self, host, handler, request_body, debug):
+        host, extra_headers, x509 = self.get_host_info(host)
+        connection = httplib.HTTPConnection(host)
+        if debug:
+            connection.set_debuglevel(1)
+        headers = {}
+        if extra_headers:
+            for key, val in extra_headers:
+                header[key] = val
+        headers["Content-Type"] = "text/xml"
+        headers["User-Agent"] = self.user_agent
+        connection.request("POST", handler, request_body, headers)
+        return connection
+
+    ##
+    # Parse response.
+    #
+    # @param file Stream.
+    # @return Response tuple and target method.
+
+    def parse_response(self, file):
+        # compatibility interface
+        return self._parse_response(file, None)
+
+    ##
+    # Parse response (alternate interface).  This is similar to the
+    # parse_response method, but also provides direct access to the
+    # underlying socket object (where available).
+    #
+    # @param file Stream.
+    # @param sock Socket handle (or None, if the socket object
+    #    could not be accessed).
+    # @return Response tuple and target method.
+
+    def _parse_response(self, file, sock):
+        # read response from input file/socket, and parse it
+
+        p, u = self.getparser()
+
+        while 1:
+            if sock:
+                response = sock.recv(1024)
+            else:
+                response = file.read(1024)
+            if not response:
+                break
+            if self.verbose:
+                print("body:", repr(response))
+            p.feed(response)
+
+        file.close()
+        p.close()
+
+        return u.close()
+
+##
+# Standard transport class for XML-RPC over HTTPS.
+
+class SafeTransport(Transport):
+    """Handles an HTTPS transaction to an XML-RPC server."""
+
+    # FIXME: mostly untested
+
+    def send_request(self, host, handler, request_body, debug):
+        import socket
+        if not hasattr(socket, "ssl"):
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "your version of httplib doesn't support HTTPS")
+
+        host, extra_headers, x509 = self.get_host_info(host)
+        connection = httplib.HTTPSConnection(host, None, **(x509 or {}))
+        if debug:
+            connection.set_debuglevel(1)
+        headers = {}
+        if extra_headers:
+            for key, val in extra_headers:
+                header[key] = val
+        headers["Content-Type"] = "text/xml"
+        headers["User-Agent"] = self.user_agent
+        connection.request("POST", handler, request_body, headers)
+        return connection
+
+##
+# Standard server proxy.  This class establishes a virtual connection
+# to an XML-RPC server.
+# <p>
+# This class is available as ServerProxy and Server.  New code should
+# use ServerProxy, to avoid confusion.
+#
+# @def ServerProxy(uri, **options)
+# @param uri The connection point on the server.
+# @keyparam transport A transport factory, compatible with the
+#    standard transport class.
+# @keyparam encoding The default encoding used for 8-bit strings
+#    (default is UTF-8).
+# @keyparam verbose Use a true value to enable debugging output.
+#    (printed to standard output).
+# @see Transport
+
+class ServerProxy:
+    """uri [,options] -> a logical connection to an XML-RPC server
+
+    uri is the connection point on the server, given as
+    scheme://host/target.
+
+    The standard implementation always supports the "http" scheme.  If
+    SSL socket support is available (Python 2.0), it also supports
+    "https".
+
+    If the target part and the slash preceding it are both omitted,
+    "/RPC2" is assumed.
+
+    The following options can be given as keyword arguments:
+
+        transport: a transport factory
+        encoding: the request encoding (default is UTF-8)
+
+    All 8-bit strings passed to the server proxy are assumed to use
+    the given encoding.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, uri, transport=None, encoding=None, verbose=0,
+                 allow_none=0, use_datetime=0):
+        # establish a "logical" server connection
+
+        # get the url
+        import urllib
+        type, uri = urllib.splittype(uri)
+        if type not in ("http", "https"):
+            raise IOError("unsupported XML-RPC protocol")
+        self.__host, self.__handler = urllib.splithost(uri)
+        if not self.__handler:
+            self.__handler = "/RPC2"
+
+        if transport is None:
+            if type == "https":
+                transport = SafeTransport(use_datetime=use_datetime)
+            else:
+                transport = Transport(use_datetime=use_datetime)
+        self.__transport = transport
+
+        self.__encoding = encoding
+        self.__verbose = verbose
+        self.__allow_none = allow_none
+
+    def __request(self, methodname, params):
+        # call a method on the remote server
+
+        request = dumps(params, methodname, encoding=self.__encoding,
+                        allow_none=self.__allow_none)
+
+        response = self.__transport.request(
+            self.__host,
+            self.__handler,
+            request,
+            verbose=self.__verbose
+            )
+
+        if len(response) == 1:
+            response = response[0]
+
+        return response
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return (
+            "<ServerProxy for %s%s>" %
+            (self.__host, self.__handler)
+            )
+
+    __str__ = __repr__
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        # magic method dispatcher
+        return _Method(self.__request, name)
+
+    # note: to call a remote object with an non-standard name, use
+    # result getattr(server, "strange-python-name")(args)
+
+# compatibility
+
+Server = ServerProxy
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# test code
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    # simple test program (from the XML-RPC specification)
+
+    # server = ServerProxy("http://localhost:8000") # local server
+    server = ServerProxy("http://time.xmlrpc.com/RPC2")
+
+    try:
+        print(server.currentTime.getCurrentTime())
+    except Error as v:
+        print("ERROR", v)
+
+    # The server at xmlrpc.com doesn't seem to support multicall anymore.
+    multi = MultiCall(server)
+    multi.currentTime.getCurrentTime()
+    multi.currentTime.getCurrentTime()
+    try:
+        for response in multi():
+            print(response)
+    except Error as v:
+        print("ERROR", v)