Merging the webserver_portability branch from version 2182 to version 2258.

git-svn-id: https://reductivelabs.com/svn/puppet/trunk@2259 980ebf18-57e1-0310-9a29-db15c13687c0

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diff --git a/lib/puppet/network/handler.rb b/lib/puppet/network/handler.rb
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+require 'puppet/util/subclass_loader'
+
+module Puppet::Network
+    # The base class for the different handlers.  The handlers are each responsible
+    # for separate xmlrpc namespaces.
+    class Handler
+        # This is so that the handlers can subclass just 'Handler', rather
+        # then having to specify the full class path.
+        Handler = self
+        attr_accessor :server
+
+        extend Puppet::Util::SubclassLoader
+        extend Puppet::Util
+
+        handle_subclasses :handler, "puppet/network/handler"
+
+        # Return the xmlrpc interface.
+        def self.interface
+            if defined? @interface
+                return @interface
+            else
+                raise Puppet::DevError, "Handler %s has no defined interface" %
+                    self
+            end
+        end
+
+        # Create an empty init method with the same signature.
+        def initialize(hash = {})
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+# $Id$