use xmlrpclib.loads rather than parsing manually

diff --git a/sface/xmlrpcwindow.py b/sface/xmlrpcwindow.py
index 72b0f68..995b108 100644 (file)
--- a/sface/xmlrpcwindow.py
+++ b/sface/xmlrpcwindow.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import re
+import xmlrpclib
 from lxml import etree
 from PyQt4.QtXml import QDomDocument
 from sface.xmlwidget import XmlWindow, DomModel, XmlView, XmlDelegate, ElemNodeDelegate, TextNodeDelegate, CommentNodeDelegate
@@ -15,39 +16,6 @@ class XmlrpcReader():
     def store(self, rawOutput):
         self.rawOutput = rawOutput
 
-    def paramString(self, item):
-        """
-           Convert an xmlrpc <PARAM> into a human-readable string
-           Is there an easier way?
-        """
-        if item.tag == "string":
-            return item.text
-        elif item.tag == "array":
-            arrayValues = item.xpath("data/value")
-            if arrayValues:
-                children = list(arrayValues[0])
-                if children:
-                    return self.paramString(children[0]) + ", ..."
-                else:
-                    return "[]"
-            else:
-                return "[]"
-        elif item.tag == "struct":
-            dict = {}
-            members = item.xpath("member")
-            for member in members:
-                names = member.xpath("name")
-                values = member.xpath("value")
-                if (names) and (values):
-                    name = names[0]
-                    value = values[0]
-                    if len(list(value))>0:
-                        data = list(value)[0]
-                        dict[name.text] = self.paramString(list(value)[0])
-            return str(dict)
-        else:
-            return "unknown"
-
     def parseMethodCall(self, mc):
         mc = str(mc)
 
@@ -61,20 +29,14 @@ class XmlrpcReader():
         if tree.tag != "methodCall" or (len(list(tree))==0):
             return request
 
-        methodNames = tree.xpath("//methodCall/methodName")
-
-        if len(methodNames) == 0:
-            return request
-
-        request["args"] = []
-
-        params = tree.xpath("//methodCall/params/param/value")
-        for param in params:
-            children = list(param)
-            if children:
-                request["args"].append(self.paramString(children[0]))
+        try:
+            (pythonParams, methodName) = xmlrpclib.loads(etree.tostring(tree))
+        except:  # in case something went wrong when unmarashaling...
+            pythonParams = []
+            methodName = "<exception in parseMethodCall>"
 
-        request["methodName"] = methodNames[0].text
+        request["args"] = [str(x) for x in pythonParams]
+        request["methodName"] = methodName # methodNames[0].text
 
         return request