[Python-checkins] r52790 - in python/trunk: Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py Lib/xmlrpclib.py Misc/NEWS
martin.v.loewis
python-checkins at python.org
Sun Nov 19 19:51:55 CET 2006
Author: martin.v.loewis
Date: Sun Nov 19 19:51:54 2006
New Revision: 52790
Modified:
python/trunk/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex
python/trunk/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
python/trunk/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
Log:
Patch #1070046: Marshal new-style objects like InstanceType
in xmlrpclib.
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex (original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/lib/libxmlrpclib.tex Sun Nov 19 19:51:54 2006
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@
\lineii{arrays}{Any Python sequence type containing conformable
elements. Arrays are returned as lists}
\lineii{structures}{A Python dictionary. Keys must be strings,
- values may be any conformable type.}
+ values may be any conformable type. Objects
+ of user-defined classes can be passed in;
+ only their \var{__dict__} attribute is
+ transmitted.}
\lineii{dates}{in seconds since the epoch (pass in an instance of the
\class{DateTime} class) or a
\class{\refmodule{datetime}.datetime},
@@ -100,6 +103,10 @@
compatibility. New code should use \class{ServerProxy}.
\versionchanged[The \var{use_datetime} flag was added]{2.5}
+
+\versionchanged[Instances of new-style classes can be passed in
+if they have an \var{__dict__} attribute and don't have a base class
+that is marshalled in a special way.}{2.6}
\end{classdesc}
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py (original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py Sun Nov 19 19:51:54 2006
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@
s = xmlrpclib.dumps((new_d,), methodresponse=True)
self.assert_(isinstance(s, str))
+ def test_newstyle_class(self):
+ class T(object):
+ pass
+ t = T()
+ t.x = 100
+ t.y = "Hello"
+ ((t2,), dummy) = xmlrpclib.loads(xmlrpclib.dumps((t,)))
+ self.assertEquals(t2, t.__dict__)
+
def test_dump_big_long(self):
self.assertRaises(OverflowError, xmlrpclib.dumps, (2L**99,))
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Lib/xmlrpclib.py (original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/xmlrpclib.py Sun Nov 19 19:51:54 2006
@@ -630,9 +630,19 @@
try:
f = self.dispatch[type(value)]
except KeyError:
- raise TypeError, "cannot marshal %s objects" % type(value)
- else:
- f(self, value, write)
+ # check if this object can be marshalled as a structure
+ try:
+ value.__dict__
+ except:
+ raise TypeError, "cannot marshal %s objects" % type(value)
+ # check if this class is a sub-class of a basic type,
+ # because we don't know how to marshal these types
+ # (e.g. a string sub-class)
+ for type_ in type(value).__mro__:
+ if type_ in self.dispatch.keys():
+ raise TypeError, "cannot marshal %s objects" % type(value)
+ f = self.dispatch[InstanceType]
+ f(self, value, write)
def dump_nil (self, value, write):
if not self.allow_none:
Modified: python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Misc/NEWS (original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/NEWS Sun Nov 19 19:51:54 2006
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Patch #1070046: Marshal new-style objects like InstanceType
+ in xmlrpclib.
+
- cStringIO.truncate(-1) now raises an IOError, like StringIO and
regular files.
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