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∟XML-RPC - Remote Procedure Call with XML and HTTP

∟Defining Returning Values of a Remote Method Call

This section describes how returning values of a remote method call can be defined in XML format. The root element name is 'methodResponse'.

The third item of the XML-RPC specification is about how to define returning values of a remote method call in XML format.

XML-RPC defines returning values of a method call as an XML element called "methodResponse". The structure of "methodResponse is very similar to "methodCall". But only one "param" is allowed inside "params" as shown in the following XSD file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<!-- xmlRpcMethodResponse.xsd
     Copyright (c) 2005 by Dr. Herong Yang, http://www.herongyang.com/
-->
 <xsd:element name="methodResponse" type="methodResponseType"/>
 <xsd:complexType name="methodResponseType">
  <xsd:sequence>
   <xsd:element name="params" type="paramsType" 
      minOccurs="0"/>
  </xsd:sequence>
 </xsd:complexType>
 <xsd:complexType name="paramsType">
  <xsd:sequence>
   <xsd:element name="param" type="paramType" 
      minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
  </xsd:sequence>
 </xsd:complexType>
 ......
</xsd:schema>

Here is an example of "methodResponse":

<methodResponse>
 <params>
  <param><value><array><data>
   <value><string>Bush</string></value>
   <value><string>Gate</string></value>
   <value><string>Yang</string></value>
  </data></struct></value></param>
 </params>
</methodResponse>

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►XML-RPC - Remote Procedure Call with XML and HTTP

 What Is XML-RPC?

 Defining a Remote Method Call in XML

 Sending a Remote Method Call as a HTTP Request

►Defining Returning Values of a Remote Method Call

 Receiving Returning Values as a HTTP Response

 RPC::XML - Perl Implementation of XML-RPC

 Integrating Perl with Apache Web Server

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