#!/usr/bin/env python
     # encoding: utf-8
     #
     # Copyright (c) 2008 Doug Hellmann All rights reserved.
     #
     """
     """
     #end_pymotw_header
     
     from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
     from xmlrpclib import Binary
     import datetime
     
     server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(('localhost', 9000), logRequests=True, allow_none=True)
     server.register_introspection_functions()
     server.register_multicall_functions()
     
     class ExampleService:
         
         def ping(self):
             """Simple function to respond when called to demonstrate connectivity."""
             return True
             
         def now(self):
             """Returns the server current date and time."""
             return datetime.datetime.now()
     
         def show_type(self, arg):
             """Illustrates how types are passed in and out of server methods.
             
             Accepts one argument of any type.  
             Returns a tuple with string representation of the value, 
             the name of the type, and the value itself.
             """
             return (str(arg), str(type(arg)), arg)
     
         def raises_exception(self, msg):
             "Always raises a RuntimeError with the message passed in"
             raise RuntimeError(msg)
     
         def send_back_binary(self, bin):
             "Accepts single Binary argument, unpacks and repacks it to return it"
             data = bin.data
             response = Binary(data)
             return response
     
     server.register_instance(ExampleService())
     
     try:
         print 'Use Control-C to exit'
         server.serve_forever()
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print 'Exiting'