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HelloClient.java

/*--

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.util.Vector;

import helma.xmlrpc.XmlRpc;
import helma.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient;
import helma.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException;

/**
 * <b><code>HelloClient</code></b> is a simple XML-RPC client
 *   that makes an XML-RPC request to <code>HelloServer</code>.
 *
 * @author Brett McLaughlin
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class HelloClient {

    /**
	 * <p>
	 * Connect to the XML-RPC server and make a request.
	 * </p>
	 */
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        if (args.length < 1) {
            System.out.println(
                "Usage: java HelloClient [your name]");
            System.exit(-1);
        }

        try {
            // Use the Apache Xerces SAX Driver
            XmlRpc.setDriver("org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser");

            // Specify the server
            XmlRpcClient client =
                new XmlRpcClient("http://localhost:8585/");

            // Create request
            Vector params = new Vector();
            params.addElement(args[0]);

            // Make a request and print the result
            String result =
               (String)client.execute("hello.sayHello", params);

            System.out.println("Response from server: " + result);

        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            System.out.println("Could not locate SAX Driver");
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            System.out.println(
                "Incorrect URL for XML-RPC server format: " +
                e.getMessage());
        } catch (XmlRpcException e) {
            System.out.println("XML-RPC Exception: " + e.getMessage());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("IO Exception: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }

}