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Lightweight Java XML-RPC working also on Android.
package de.timroes.axmlrpc;
import de.timroes.axmlrpc.serializer.SerializerHandler;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.*;
import java.security.SecureRandom;
import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import javax.net.ssl.*;
/**
* An XMLRPCClient is a client used to make XML-RPC (Extensible Markup Language
* Remote Procedure Calls).
* The specification of XMLRPC can be found at http://www.xmlrpc.com/spec.
* You can use flags to extend the functionality of the client to some extras.
* Further information on the flags can be found in the documentation of these.
* For a documentation on how to use this class see also the README file delivered
* with the source of this library.
*
* @author Tim Roes
*/
public class XMLRPCClient {
private static final String DEFAULT_USER_AGENT = "aXMLRPC";
/**
* Constants from the http protocol.
*/
static final String USER_AGENT = "User-Agent";
static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "Content-Type";
static final String TYPE_XML = "text/xml; charset=utf-8";
static final String HOST = "Host";
static final String CONTENT_LENGTH = "Content-Length";
static final String HTTP_POST = "POST";
/**
* XML elements to be used.
*/
static final String METHOD_RESPONSE = "methodResponse";
static final String PARAMS = "params";
static final String PARAM = "param";
public static final String VALUE = "value";
static final String FAULT = "fault";
static final String METHOD_CALL = "methodCall";
static final String METHOD_NAME = "methodName";
static final String STRUCT_MEMBER = "member";
/**
* No flags should be set.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_NONE = 0x0;
/**
* The client should parse responses strict to specification.
* It will check if the given content-type is right.
* The method name in a call must only contain of A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _, ., :, /
* Normally this is not needed.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_STRICT = 0x01;
/**
* The client will be able to handle 8 byte integer values (longs).
* The xml type tag <i8> will be used. This is not in the specification
* but some libraries and servers support this behaviour.
* If this isn't enabled you cannot recieve 8 byte integers and if you try to
* send a long the value must be within the 4byte integer range.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_8BYTE_INT = 0x02;
/**
* With this flag, the client will be able to handle cookies, meaning saving cookies
* from the server and sending it with every other request again. This is needed
* for some XML-RPC interfaces that support login.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_ENABLE_COOKIES = 0x04;
/**
* The client will be able to send null values. A null value will be send
* as . This extension is described under: http://ontosys.com/xml-rpc/extensions.php
*/
public static final int FLAGS_NIL = 0x08;
/**
* With this flag enabled, the XML-RPC client will ignore the HTTP status
* code of the response from the server. According to specification the
* status code must be 200. This flag is only needed for the use with
* not standard compliant servers.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_IGNORE_STATUSCODE = 0x10;
/**
* With this flag enabled, the client will forward the request, if
* the 301 or 302 HTTP status code has been received. If this flag has not
* been set, the client will throw an exception on these HTTP status codes.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_FORWARD = 0x20;
/**
* With this flag enabled, the client will ignore, if the URL doesn't match
* the SSL Certificate. This should be used with caution. Normally the URL
* should always match the URL in the SSL certificate, even with self signed
* certificates.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_HOST = 0x40;
/**
* With this flag enabled, the client will ignore all unverified SSL/TLS
* certificates. This must be used, if you use self-signed certificates
* or certificated from unknown (or untrusted) authorities. If this flag is
* used, calls to {@link #installCustomTrustManager(javax.net.ssl.TrustManager)}
* won't have any effect.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT = 0x80;
/**
* With this flag enabled, a value with a missing type tag, will be parsed
* as a string element. This is just for incoming messages. Outgoing messages
* will still be generated according to specification.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_DEFAULT_TYPE_STRING = 0x100;
/**
* With this flag enabled, the {@link XMLRPCClient} ignores all namespaces
* used within the response from the server.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_IGNORE_NAMESPACES = 0x200;
/**
* With this flag enabled, the {@link XMLRPCClient} will use the system http
* proxy to connect to the XML-RPC server.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_USE_SYSTEM_PROXY = 0x400;
/**
* This prevents the decoding of incoming strings, meaning & and <
* won't be decoded to the & sign and the "less then" sign. See
* {@link #FLAGS_NO_STRING_ENCODE} for the counterpart.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_NO_STRING_DECODE = 0x800;
/**
* By default outgoing string values will be encoded according to specification.
* Meaning the & sign will be encoded to & and the "less then" sign to <.
* If you set this flag, the encoding won't be done for outgoing string values.
* See {@link #FLAGS_NO_STRING_ENCODE} for the counterpart.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_NO_STRING_ENCODE = 0x1000;
/**
* Activate debug mode.
* Do NOT use if you don't need it.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_DEBUG = 0x2000;
/**
* This flag disables all SSL warnings. It is an alternative to use
* FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT | FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_HOST. There
* is no functional difference.
*/
public static final int FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_ERRORS =
FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT | FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_HOST;
/**
* This flag should be used if the server is an apache ws xmlrpc server.
* This will set some flags, so that the not standard conform behavior
* of the server will be ignored.
* This will enable the following flags: FLAGS_IGNORE_NAMESPACES, FLAGS_NIL,
* FLAGS_DEFAULT_TYPE_STRING
*/
public static final int FLAGS_APACHE_WS = FLAGS_IGNORE_NAMESPACES | FLAGS_NIL
| FLAGS_DEFAULT_TYPE_STRING;
private final int flags;
private URL url;
private Map httpParameters = new ConcurrentHashMap();
private Map backgroundCalls = new ConcurrentHashMap();
private ResponseParser responseParser;
private CookieManager cookieManager;
private AuthenticationManager authManager;
private TrustManager[] trustManagers;
private KeyManager[] keyManagers;
private Proxy proxy;
private int timeout;
/**
* Create a new XMLRPC client for the given URL.
*
* @param url The URL to send the requests to.
* @param userAgent A user agent string to use in the HTTP requests.
* @param flags A combination of flags to be set.
*/
public XMLRPCClient(URL url, String userAgent, int flags) {
SerializerHandler.initialize(flags);
this.url = url;
this.flags = flags;
// Create a parser for the http responses.
responseParser = new ResponseParser();
cookieManager = new CookieManager(flags);
authManager = new AuthenticationManager();
httpParameters.put(CONTENT_TYPE, TYPE_XML);
httpParameters.put(USER_AGENT, userAgent);
// If invalid ssl certs are ignored, instantiate an all trusting TrustManager
if(isFlagSet(FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT)) {
trustManagers = new TrustManager[] {
new X509TrustManager() {
public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] xcs, String string)
throws CertificateException { }
public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] xcs, String string)
throws CertificateException { }
public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
return null;
}
}
};
}
if(isFlagSet(FLAGS_USE_SYSTEM_PROXY)) {
// Read system proxy settings and generate a proxy from that
Properties prop = System.getProperties();
String proxyHost = prop.getProperty("http.proxyHost");
int proxyPort = Integer.parseInt(prop.getProperty("http.proxyPort", "0"));
if(proxyPort > 0 && proxyHost.length() > 0 && !proxyHost.equals("null")) {
proxy = new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress(proxyHost, proxyPort));
}
}
}
/**
* Create a new XMLRPC client for the given URL.
* The default user agent string will be used.
*
* @param url The URL to send the requests to.
* @param flags A combination of flags to be set.
*/
public XMLRPCClient(URL url, int flags) {
this(url, DEFAULT_USER_AGENT, flags);
}
/**
* Create a new XMLRPC client for the given url.
* No flags will be set.
*
* @param url The url to send the requests to.
* @param userAgent A user agent string to use in the http request.
*/
public XMLRPCClient(URL url, String userAgent) {
this(url, userAgent, FLAGS_NONE);
}
/**
* Create a new XMLRPC client for the given url.
* No flags will be used.
* The default user agent string will be used.
*
* @param url The url to send the requests to.
*/
public XMLRPCClient(URL url) {
this(url, DEFAULT_USER_AGENT, FLAGS_NONE);
}
/**
* Returns the URL this XMLRPCClient is connected to. If that URL permanently forwards
* to another URL, this method will return the forwarded URL, as soon as
* the first call has been made.
*
* @return Returns the URL for this XMLRPCClient.
*/
public URL getURL() {
return url;
}
/**
* Sets the time in seconds after which a call should timeout.
* If {@code timeout} will be zero or less the connection will never timeout.
* In case the connection times out an {@link XMLRPCTimeoutException} will
* be thrown for calls made by {@link #call(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object[])}.
* For calls made by {@link #callAsync(de.timroes.axmlrpc.XMLRPCCallback, java.lang.String, java.lang.Object[])}
* the {@link XMLRPCCallback#onError(long, de.timroes.axmlrpc.XMLRPCException)} method
* of the callback will be called. By default connections won't timeout.
*
* @param timeout The timeout for connections in seconds.
*/
public void setTimeout(int timeout) {
this.timeout = timeout;
}
/**
* Sets the user agent string.
* If this method is never called the default
* user agent 'aXMLRPC' will be used.
*
* @param userAgent The new user agent string.
*/
public void setUserAgentString(String userAgent) {
httpParameters.put(USER_AGENT, userAgent);
}
/**
* Sets a proxy to use for this client. If you want to use the system proxy,
* use {@link #FLAGS_USE_SYSTEM_PROXY} instead. If combined with
* {@code FLAGS_USE_SYSTEM_PROXY}, this proxy will be used instead of the
* system proxy.
*
* @param proxy A proxy to use for the connection.
*/
public void setProxy(Proxy proxy) {
this.proxy = proxy;
}
/**
* Set a HTTP header field to a custom value.
* You cannot modify the Host or Content-Type field that way.
* If the field already exists, the old value is overwritten.
*
* @param headerName The name of the header field.
* @param headerValue The new value of the header field.
*/
public void setCustomHttpHeader(String headerName, String headerValue) {
if(CONTENT_TYPE.equals(headerName) || HOST.equals(headerName)
|| CONTENT_LENGTH.equals(headerName)) {
throw new XMLRPCRuntimeException("You cannot modify the Host, Content-Type or Content-Length header.");
}
httpParameters.put(headerName, headerValue);
}
/**
* Set the username and password that should be used to perform basic
* http authentication.
*
* @param user Username
* @param pass Password
*/
public void setLoginData(String user, String pass) {
authManager.setAuthData(user, pass);
}
/**
* Clear the username and password. No basic HTTP authentication will be used
* in the next calls.
*/
public void clearLoginData() {
authManager.clearAuthData();
}
/**
* Returns a {@link Map} of all cookies. It contains each cookie key as a map
* key and its value as a map value. Cookies will only be used if {@link #FLAGS_ENABLE_COOKIES}
* has been set for the client. This map will also be available (and empty)
* when this flag hasn't been said, but has no effect on the HTTP connection.
*
* @return A {@code Map} of all cookies.
*/
public Map getCookies() {
return cookieManager.getCookies();
}
/**
* Delete all cookies currently used by the client.
* This method has only an effect, as long as the FLAGS_ENABLE_COOKIES has
* been set on this client.
*/
public void clearCookies() {
cookieManager.clearCookies();
}
/**
* Installs a custom {@link TrustManager} to handle SSL/TLS certificate verification.
* This will replace any previously installed {@code TrustManager}s.
* If {@link #FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT} is set, this won't do anything.
*
* @param trustManager {@link TrustManager} to install.
*
* @see #installCustomTrustManagers(javax.net.ssl.TrustManager[])
*/
public void installCustomTrustManager(TrustManager trustManager) {
if(!isFlagSet(FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT)) {
trustManagers = new TrustManager[] { trustManager };
}
}
/**
* Installs custom {@link TrustManager TrustManagers} to handle SSL/TLS certificate
* verification. This will replace any previously installed {@code TrustManagers}s.
* If {@link #FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT} is set, this won't do anything.
*
* @param trustManagers {@link TrustManager TrustManagers} to install.
*
* @see #installCustomTrustManager(javax.net.ssl.TrustManager)
*/
public void installCustomTrustManagers(TrustManager[] trustManagers) {
if(!isFlagSet(FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT)) {
this.trustManagers = trustManagers.clone();
}
}
/**
* Installs a custom {@link KeyManager} to handle SSL/TLS certificate verification.
* This will replace any previously installed {@code KeyManager}s.
* If {@link #FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT} is set, this won't do anything.
*
* @param keyManager {@link KeyManager} to install.
*
* @see #installCustomKeyManagers(javax.net.ssl.KeyManager[])
*/
public void installCustomKeyManager(KeyManager keyManager) {
if(!isFlagSet(FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT)) {
keyManagers = new KeyManager[] { keyManager };
}
}
/**
* Installs custom {@link KeyManager KeyManagers} to handle SSL/TLS certificate
* verification. This will replace any previously installed {@code KeyManagers}s.
* If {@link #FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT} is set, this won't do anything.
*
* @param keyManagers {@link KeyManager KeyManagers} to install.
*
* @see #installCustomKeyManager(javax.net.ssl.KeyManager)
*/
public void installCustomKeyManagers(KeyManager[] keyManagers) {
if(!isFlagSet(FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_CERT)) {
this.keyManagers = keyManagers.clone();
}
}
/**
* Call a remote procedure on the server. The method must be described by
* a method name. If the method requires parameters, this must be set.
* The type of the return object depends on the server. You should consult
* the server documentation and then cast the return value according to that.
* This method will block until the server returned a result (or an error occurred).
* Read the README file delivered with the source code of this library for more
* information.
*
* @param method A method name to call.
* @param params An array of parameters for the method.
* @return The result of the server.
* @throws XMLRPCException Will be thrown if an error occurred during the call.
*/
public Object call(String method, Object... params) throws XMLRPCException {
return new Caller().call(method, params);
}
/**
* Asynchronously call a remote procedure on the server. The method must be
* described by a method name. If the method requires parameters, this must
* be set. When the server returns a response the onResponse method is called
* on the listener. If the server returns an error the onServerError method
* is called on the listener. The onError method is called whenever something
* fails. This method returns immediately and returns an identifier for the
* request. All listener methods get this id as a parameter to distinguish between
* multiple requests.
*
* @param listener A listener, which will be notified about the server response or errors.
* @param methodName A method name to call on the server.
* @param params An array of parameters for the method.
* @return The id of the current request.
*/
public long callAsync(XMLRPCCallback listener, String methodName, Object... params) {
long id = System.currentTimeMillis();
new Caller(listener, id, methodName, params).start();
return id;
}
/**
* Cancel a specific asynchronous call.
*
* @param id The id of the call as returned by the callAsync method.
*/
public void cancel(long id) {
// Lookup the background call for the given id.
Caller cancel = backgroundCalls.get(id);
if(cancel == null) {
return;
}
// Cancel the thread
cancel.cancel();
try {
// Wait for the thread
cancel.join();
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
// Ignore this
}
}
/**
* Create a call object from a given method string and parameters.
*
* @param method The method that should be called.
* @param params An array of parameters or null if no parameters needed.
* @return A call object.
*/
private Call createCall(String method, Object[] params) {
if(isFlagSet(FLAGS_STRICT) && !method.matches("^[A-Za-z0-9\\._:/]*$")) {
throw new XMLRPCRuntimeException("Method name must only contain A-Z a-z . : _ / ");
}
return new Call(method, params);
}
/**
* Checks whether a specific flag has been set.
*
* @param flag The flag to check for.
* @return Whether the flag has been set.
*/
private boolean isFlagSet(int flag) {
return (this.flags & flag) != 0;
}
/**
* The Caller class is used to make asynchronous calls to the server.
* For synchronous calls the Thread function of this class isn't used.
*/
private class Caller extends Thread {
private XMLRPCCallback listener;
private long threadId;
private String methodName;
private Object[] params;
private volatile boolean canceled;
private HttpURLConnection http;
/**
* Create a new Caller for asynchronous use.
*
* @param listener The listener to notice about the response or an error.
* @param threadId An id that will be send to the listener.
* @param methodName The method name to call.
* @param params The parameters of the call or null.
*/
public Caller(XMLRPCCallback listener, long threadId, String methodName, Object[] params) {
this.listener = listener;
this.threadId = threadId;
this.methodName = methodName;
this.params = params;
}
/**
* Create a new Caller for synchronous use.
* If the caller has been created with this constructor you cannot use the
* start method to start it as a thread. But you can call the call method
* on it for synchronous use.
*/
public Caller() { }
/**
* The run method is invoked when the thread gets started.
* This will only work, if the Caller has been created with parameters.
* It execute the call method and notify the listener about the result.
*/
@Override
public void run() {
if(listener == null)
return;
try {
backgroundCalls.put(threadId, this);
Object o = this.call(methodName, params);
listener.onResponse(threadId, o);
} catch(CancelException ex) {
// Don't notify the listener, if the call has been canceled.
} catch(XMLRPCServerException ex) {
listener.onServerError(threadId, ex);
} catch (XMLRPCException ex) {
listener.onError(threadId, ex);
} finally {
backgroundCalls.remove(threadId);
}
}
/**
* Cancel this call. This will abort the network communication.
*/
public void cancel() {
// Set the flag, that this thread has been canceled
canceled = true;
// Disconnect the connection to the server
http.disconnect();
}
/**
* Call a remote procedure on the server. The method must be described by
* a method name. If the method requires parameters, this must be set.
* The type of the return object depends on the server. You should consult
* the server documentation and then cast the return value according to that.
* This method will block until the server returned a result (or an error occurred).
* Read the README file delivered with the source code of this library for more
* information.
*
* @param method A method name to call.
* @param params An array of parameters for the method.
* @return The result of the server.
* @throws XMLRPCException Will be thrown if an error occurred during the call.
*/
public Object call(String methodName, Object[] params) throws XMLRPCException {
try {
Call c = createCall(methodName, params);
// If proxy is available, use it
URLConnection conn;
if(proxy != null)
conn = url.openConnection(proxy);
else
conn = url.openConnection();
http = verifyConnection(conn);
http.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
http.setRequestMethod(HTTP_POST);
http.setDoOutput(true);
http.setDoInput(true);
// Set timeout
if(timeout > 0) {
http.setConnectTimeout(timeout * 1000);
http.setReadTimeout(timeout * 1000);
}
// Set the request parameters
for(Map.Entry param : httpParameters.entrySet()) {
http.setRequestProperty(param.getKey(), param.getValue());
}
authManager.setAuthentication(http);
cookieManager.setCookies(http);
OutputStreamWriter stream = new OutputStreamWriter(http.getOutputStream());
stream.write(c.getXML(isFlagSet(FLAGS_DEBUG)));
stream.flush();
stream.close();
// Try to get the status code from the connection
int statusCode;
try {
statusCode = http.getResponseCode();
} catch(IOException ex) {
// Due to a bug on android, the getResponseCode()-method will
// fail the first time, with a IOException, when 401 or 403 has been returned.
// The second time it should success. If it fail the second time again
// the normal exceptipon handling can take care of this, since
// it is a real error.
statusCode = http.getResponseCode();
}
InputStream istream;
// If status code was 401 or 403 throw exception or if appropriate
// flag is set, ignore error code.
if(statusCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_FORBIDDEN
|| statusCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED) {
if(isFlagSet(FLAGS_IGNORE_STATUSCODE)) {
// getInputStream will fail if server returned above
// error code, use getErrorStream instead
istream = http.getErrorStream();
} else {
throw new XMLRPCException("Invalid status code '"
+ statusCode + "' returned from server.");
}
} else {
istream = http.getInputStream();
}
// If status code is 301 Moved Permanently or 302 Found ...
if(statusCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_PERM
|| statusCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_TEMP) {
// ... do either a foward
if(isFlagSet(FLAGS_FORWARD)) {
boolean temporaryForward = (statusCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_TEMP);
// Get new location from header field.
String newLocation = http.getHeaderField("Location");
// Try getting header in lower case, if no header has been found
if(newLocation == null || newLocation.length() <= 0)
newLocation = http.getHeaderField("location");
// Set new location, disconnect current connection and request to new location.
URL oldURL = url;
url = new URL(newLocation);
http.disconnect();
Object forwardedResult = call(methodName, params);
// In case of temporary forward, restore original URL again for next call.
if(temporaryForward) {
url = oldURL;
}
return forwardedResult;
} else {
// ... or throw an exception
throw new XMLRPCException("The server responded with a http 301 or 302 status "
+ "code, but forwarding has not been enabled (FLAGS_FORWARD).");
}
}
if(!isFlagSet(FLAGS_IGNORE_STATUSCODE)
&& statusCode != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
throw new XMLRPCException("The status code of the http response must be 200.");
}
// Check for strict parameters
if(isFlagSet(FLAGS_STRICT)) {
if(!http.getContentType().startsWith(TYPE_XML)) {
throw new XMLRPCException("The Content-Type of the response must be text/xml.");
}
}
cookieManager.readCookies(http);
return responseParser.parse(istream, isFlagSet(FLAGS_DEBUG));
} catch(SocketTimeoutException ex) {
throw new XMLRPCTimeoutException("The XMLRPC call timed out.");
} catch (IOException ex) {
// If the thread has been canceled this exception will be thrown.
// So only throw an exception if the thread hasnt been canceled
// or if the thred has not been started in background.
if(!canceled || threadId <= 0) {
throw new XMLRPCException(ex);
} else {
throw new CancelException();
}
}
}
/**
* Verifies the given URLConnection to be a valid HTTP or HTTPS connection.
* If the SSL ignoring flags are set, the method will ignore SSL warnings.
*
* @param conn The URLConnection to validate.
* @return The verified HttpURLConnection.
* @throws XMLRPCException Will be thrown if an error occurred.
*/
private HttpURLConnection verifyConnection(URLConnection conn) throws XMLRPCException {
if(!(conn instanceof HttpURLConnection)) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("The URL is not valid for a http connection.");
}
// Validate the connection if its an SSL connection
if(conn instanceof HttpsURLConnection) {
HttpsURLConnection h = (HttpsURLConnection)conn;
// Don't check, that URL matches the certificate.
if(isFlagSet(FLAGS_SSL_IGNORE_INVALID_HOST)) {
h.setHostnameVerifier(new HostnameVerifier() {
public boolean verify(String host, SSLSession ssl) {
return true;
}
});
}
// Associate the TrustManager with TLS and SSL connections, if present.
if(trustManagers != null) {
try {
String[] sslContexts = new String[]{ "TLS", "SSL" };
for(String ctx : sslContexts) {
SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance(ctx);
sc.init(keyManagers, trustManagers, new SecureRandom());
h.setSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());
}
} catch(Exception ex) {
throw new XMLRPCException(ex);
}
}
return h;
}
return (HttpURLConnection)conn;
}
}
private class CancelException extends RuntimeException { }
}