1 files changed, 88 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/jquery.rpc.js b/jquery.rpc.js
index 9d975ef..397c58f 100644
--- a/jquery.rpc.js
+++ b/jquery.rpc.js
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
-
-
 window.jQuery = window.jQuery || {};
 
-jQuery.rpc = function(url, dataType, onLoadCallback, version) {
+jQuery.rpc = function(url, dataType, onLoadCallback, version, methods) {
 	return new (function(url, dataType, onLoadCallback, version) {
 		version = version || "1.0";
 		dataType = dataType || "json";
 		if(dataType != "json" && dataType != "xml") {
 			new Error("IllegalArgument: Unsupported data type");
 		}
+
 		var _self = this;
+
+	        function pad2(f) {
+			if(f<=9) {
+				return "0"+f;
+			} else {
+				return ""+f;
+			}
+		}
+
 		var serializeToXml = function(data) {
 			switch (typeof data) {
 			case 'boolean':
@@ -24,7 +32,7 @@ jQuery.rpc = function(url, dataType, onLoadCallback, version) {
 				return '<string>'+ data +'</string>';
 			case 'object':
 				if(data instanceof Date) {
-					return '<dateTime.iso8601>'+ data.getFullYear() + data.getMonth() + data.getDate() +'T'+ data.getHours() +':'+ data.getMinutes() +':'+ data.getSeconds() +'</dateTime.iso8601>';
+					return '<dateTime.iso8601>'+ data.getFullYear() + pad2(data.getMonth()) + pad2(data.getDate()) +'T'+ pad2(data.getHours()) +':'+ pad2(data.getMinutes()) +':'+ pad2(data.getSeconds()) +'</dateTime.iso8601>';
 				} else if(data instanceof Array) {
 					var ret = '<array><data>'+"\n";
 					for (var i=0; i < data.length; i++) {
@@ -52,7 +60,18 @@ jQuery.rpc = function(url, dataType, onLoadCallback, version) {
 			return ret;
 		}
 		var parseXmlValue = function(node) {
-			childs = jQuery(node).children();
+			var jnode = jQuery(node);
+			childs = jnode.children();
+
+			// String not enclosed in a <string> tag
+			if(childs.length==0) {
+				var s="";
+				for(var j=0; j<jnode[0].childNodes.length;j++) {
+					s+=new String(jnode[0].childNodes[j].nodeValue);
+				}
+				return s;
+			}
+
 			for(var i=0; i < childs.length; i++) {
 				switch(childs[i].tagName) {
 				case 'boolean':
@@ -81,7 +100,7 @@ jQuery.rpc = function(url, dataType, onLoadCallback, version) {
 					return ret;
 				case "dateTime.iso8601":
 					/* TODO: fill me :( */
-					return NULL;
+					return 0;
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -104,24 +123,38 @@ jQuery.rpc = function(url, dataType, onLoadCallback, version) {
 			'xml':'text/xml'
 			,'json':'application/json'
 		};
-		var _rpc = function(method, callback) {
+		var _rpc = function(method) {
 			var params = [];
-			for (var i=2; i<arguments.length; i++) {
+			var async; // whether we're async or not
+			var callback;
+		        var nargs=arguments.length;
+
+			if(nargs > 1 && typeof(arguments[nargs-1])=="function") {
+				callback = arguments[nargs-1];
+				nargs=nargs-1;
+				async=true;
+			} else {
+				async=false;
+			}
+
+			for (var i=1; i<nargs; i++) {
 				params.push(arguments[i]);
 			}
-			// console.log(params);
+
 			var data;
 			if(dataType == 'json') {
 				data = {"version":version, "method":method, "params":params};
 			} else {
 				data = xmlRpc(method, params);
 			}
+
+			if(async) {
 			jQuery.ajax({
-				"url": url,
-				"dataType": dataType,
-				"type": "POST",
-				"data": data,
-				"success": function(inp) {
+					url: url,
+					dataType: dataType,
+					type: "POST",
+					data: data,
+					success: function(inp) {
 					var json = inp;
 					if(dataType == "xml") {
 						json = parseXmlResponse(inp);
@@ -129,20 +162,31 @@ jQuery.rpc = function(url, dataType, onLoadCallback, version) {
 					// console.log("json response:", json);
 					callback(json);
 				},
-				"processData": false,
-				"contentType": rpc_contents[dataType]
-			});
+					processData: false,
+					contentType: rpc_contents[dataType]});
+			} else {
+				var result = jQuery.ajax({
+					url: url,
+					dataType: dataType,
+					type: "POST",
+					data: data,
+					async: false,
+					contentType: rpc_contents[dataType]});
+				if(dataType=="json") {
+					return eval("("+result.responseText+")");
+				} else {
+					var myresult=parseXmlResponse(result.responseXML);
+					return myresult;
+				}
+			}
+
 		};
-		_rpc("system.listMethods", 
-			function(json) {
+		function populate(methods) {
 				// console.log(json);
 				/* get the functions */
-				if(!json.result) {
-					return;
-				}
 				var proc = null;
-				for(var i = 0; i<json.result.length; i++) {
-					proc = json.result[i];
+			for(var i = 0; i<methods.length; i++) {
+				proc = methods[i];
 					var obj = _self;
 					var objStack = proc.split(/\./);
 					for(var j = 0; j < (objStack.length - 1); j++){
@@ -153,24 +197,39 @@ jQuery.rpc = function(url, dataType, onLoadCallback, version) {
 					obj[objStack[j]] = (
 						function(method, obj) {
 							var _outer = {"method":method,"rpc":_rpc};
-							return function(callback) {
+						return function() {
 								var params = [];
 								params.push(_outer.method);
-								params.push(callback);
-								for (var i=1; i<arguments.length; i++) {
+							for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++) {
 									params.push(arguments[i]);
 								}
-								_rpc.apply(_self, params);
+							return _rpc.apply(_self, params);
 							}
 						}
 					)(proc, _rpc);
 				}
 				// console.log('Load was performed.');
+		}
+
+		function asyncCallback(json) {
+			populate(json.result);
 				if(onLoadCallback) {
 					onLoadCallback(_self);
 				}
 			}
-		);
+
+		if(!methods) {
+			_rpc("system.listMethods", asyncCallback);
+		} else {
+			populate(methods);
+			if(onLoadCallback) {
+			    // not sure this works - the intention is to call the callback as soon as this
+			    // javascript function returns control back to the browser, to emulate the behaviour
+			    // that the system.listMethods approach
+				setTimeout(function(){onLoadCallback(_self);},0);
+			}
+		}
+
 	})(url, dataType, onLoadCallback, version);
 };