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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
+
+"""
+RPC client and shared RPC client/server functionality.
+
+This module adds some additional functionality on top of the ``xmlrpclib``
+module in the Python standard library.  For documentation on the
+``xmlrpclib`` module, see:
+
+    http://docs.python.org/library/xmlrpclib.html
+
+Also see the `ipaserver.rpcserver` module.
+"""
+
+from types import NoneType
+import threading
+from xmlrpclib import Binary, Fault, dumps, loads
+from ipalib.backend import Backend
+from ipalib.errors2 import public_errors, PublicError, UnknownError
+from ipalib.request import context
+
+
+def xml_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 packet, 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 `xml_unwrap()`.
+
+    :param value: The simple scalar or simple compound value to wrap.
+    """
+    if type(value) in (list, tuple):
+        return tuple(xml_wrap(v) for v in value)
+    if type(value) is dict:
+        return dict(
+            (k, xml_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 xml_unwrap(value, encoding='UTF-8'):
+    """
+    Unwrap all ``xmlrpc.Binary``, decode all ``str`` into ``unicode``.
+
+    When decoding data from an XML-RPC packet, 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 Unicode strings.
+          They are decoded and the resulting ``unicode`` instance is returned.
+
+    Also see `xml_wrap()`.
+
+    :param value: The value to unwrap.
+    :param encoding: The Unicode encoding to use (defaults to ``'UTF-8'``).
+    """
+    if type(value) in (list, tuple):
+        return tuple(xml_unwrap(v, encoding) for v in value)
+    if type(value) is dict:
+        return dict(
+            (k, xml_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
+
+
+def xml_dumps(params, methodname=None, methodresponse=False, encoding='UTF-8'):
+    """
+    Encode an XML-RPC data packet, transparently wraping ``params``.
+
+    This function will wrap ``params`` using `xml_wrap()` and will
+    then encode the XML-RPC data packet using ``xmlrpclib.dumps()`` (from the
+    Python standard library).
+
+    For documentation on the ``xmlrpclib.dumps()`` function, see:
+
+        http://docs.python.org/library/xmlrpclib.html#convenience-functions
+
+    Also see `xml_loads()`.
+
+    :param params: A ``tuple`` or an ``xmlrpclib.Fault`` instance.
+    :param methodname: The name of the method to call if this is a request.
+    :param methodresponse: Set this to ``True`` if this is a response.
+    :param encoding: The Unicode encoding to use (defaults to ``'UTF-8'``).
+    """
+    if type(params) is tuple:
+        params = xml_wrap(params)
+    else:
+        assert isinstance(params, Fault)
+    return dumps(params,
+        methodname=methodname,
+        methodresponse=methodresponse,
+        encoding=encoding,
+        allow_none=True,
+    )
+
+
+def xml_loads(data):
+    """
+    Decode the XML-RPC packet in ``data``, transparently unwrapping its params.
+
+    This function will decode the XML-RPC packet in ``data`` using
+    ``xmlrpclib.loads()`` (from the Python standard library).  If ``data``
+    contains a fault, ``xmlrpclib.loads()`` will itself raise an
+    ``xmlrpclib.Fault`` exception.
+
+    Assuming an exception is not raised, this function will then unwrap the
+    params in ``data`` using `xml_unwrap()`.  Finally, a
+    ``(params, methodname)`` tuple is returned containing the unwrapped params
+    and the name of the method being called.  If the packet contains no method
+    name, ``methodname`` will be ``None``.
+
+    For documentation on the ``xmlrpclib.loads()`` function, see:
+
+        http://docs.python.org/library/xmlrpclib.html#convenience-functions
+
+    Also see `xml_dumps()`.
+
+    :param data: The XML-RPC packet to decode.
+    """
+    (params, method) = loads(data)
+    return (xml_unwrap(params), method)
+
+
+class xmlclient(Backend):
+    """
+    Forwarding backend for XML-RPC client.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(xmlclient, self).__init__()
+        self.__errors = dict((e.errno, e) for e in public_errors)
+
+    def forward(self, name, *args, **kw):
+        """
+        Forward call to command named ``name`` over XML-RPC.
+
+        This method will encode and forward an XML-RPC request, and will then
+        decode and return the corresponding XML-RPC response.
+
+        :param command: The name of the command being forwarded.
+        :param args: Positional arguments to pass to remote command.
+        :param kw: Keyword arguments to pass to remote command.
+        """
+        if name not in self.Command:
+            raise ValueError(
+                '%s.forward(): %r not in api.Command' % (self.name, name)
+            )
+        if not hasattr(context, 'xmlconn'):
+            raise StandardError(
+                '%s.forward(%r): need context.xmlconn in thread %r' % (
+                    self.name, name, threading.currentThread().getName()
+                )
+            )
+        command = getattr(context.xmlconn, name)
+        params = args + (kw,)
+        try:
+            response = command(xml_wrap(params))
+            return xml_unwrap(response)
+        except Fault, e:
+            if e.faultCode in self.__errors:
+                error = self.__errors[e.faultCode]
+                raise error(message=e.faultString)
+            raise UnknownError(
+                code=e.faultCode,
+                error=e.faultString,
+                server=self.env.xmlrpc_uri,
+            )