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# Authors:
#   Jason Gerard DeRose <jderose@redhat.com>
#
# Copyright (C) 2008  Red Hat
# see file 'COPYING' for use and warranty information
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 only
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

"""
Core RPC functionality.
"""

from types import NoneType
from xmlrpclib import Binary


def xmlrpc_wrap(value):
    """
    Wrap all ``str`` in ``xmlrpclib.Binary``.

    Because ``xmlrpclib.dumps()`` will itself convert all ``unicode`` instances
    into UTF-8 encoded ``str`` instances, we don't do it here.

    So in total, when encoding data for an XML-RPC request, the following
    transformations occur:

        * All ``str`` instances are treated as binary data and are wrapped in
          an ``xmlrpclib.Binary()`` instance.

        * Only ``unicode`` instances are treated as character data. They get
          converted to UTF-8 encoded ``str`` instances (although as mentioned,
          not by this function).

    Also see `xmlrpc_unwrap`.
    """
    if type(value) in (list, tuple):
        return tuple(xmlrpc_wrap(v) for v in value)
    if type(value) is dict:
        return dict(
            (k, xmlrpc_wrap(v)) for (k, v) in value.iteritems()
        )
    if type(value) is str:
        return Binary(value)
    assert type(value) in (unicode, int, float, bool, NoneType)
    return value


def xmlrpc_unwrap(value, encoding='UTF-8'):
    """
    Unwrap all ``xmlrpc.Binary``, decode all ``str`` into ``unicode``.

    When decoding data from an XML-RPC request, the following transformations
    occur:

        * The binary payloads of all ``xmlrpclib.Binary`` instances are
          returned as ``str`` instances.

        * All ``str`` instances are treated as UTF-8 encoded character data.
          They are decoded and the resulting ``unicode`` instance is returned.

    Also see `xmlrpc_wrap`.
    """
    if type(value) in (list, tuple):
        return tuple(xmlrpc_unwrap(v, encoding) for v in value)
    if type(value) is dict:
        return dict(
            (k, xmlrpc_unwrap(v, encoding)) for (k, v) in value.iteritems()
        )
    if type(value) is str:
        return value.decode(encoding)
    if isinstance(value, Binary):
        assert type(value.data) is str
        return value.data
    assert type(value) in (unicode, int, float, bool, NoneType)
    return value