#!/usr/bin/perl
# Support for external plugins written in other languages.
-# Communication via XML RPC a pipe.
+# Communication via XML RPC to a pipe.
# See externaldemo for an example of a plugin that uses this.
package IkiWiki::Plugin::external;
error("XML RPC parser failure: $r") unless ref $r;
if ($r->isa('RPC::XML::response')) {
my $value=$r->value;
- if ($value->isa('RPC::XML::array')) {
+ if ($r->is_fault($value)) {
+ # throw the error as best we can
+ print STDERR $value->string."\n";
+ return "";
+ }
+ elsif ($value->isa('RPC::XML::array')) {
return @{$value->value};
}
elsif ($value->isa('RPC::XML::struct')) {
- return %{$value->value};
- }
- elsif ($value->isa('RPC::XML::fault')) {
- die $value->string;
+ my %hash=%{$value->value};
+
+ # XML-RPC v1 does not allow for
+ # nil/null/None/undef values to be
+ # transmitted, so until
+ # XML::RPC::Parser honours v2
+ # (<nil/>), external plugins send
+ # a hash with one key "null" pointing
+ # to an empty string.
+ if (exists $hash{null} &&
+ $hash{null} eq "" &&
+ int(keys(%hash)) == 1) {
+ return undef;
+ }
+
+ return %hash;
}
else {
return $value->value;
error("XML RPC call error, unknown function: $name");
}
+ # XML-RPC v1 does not allow for nil/null/None/undef
+ # values to be transmitted, so until XML::RPC::Parser
+ # honours v2 (<nil/>), send a hash with one key "null"
+ # pointing to an empty string.
+ if (! defined $ret) {
+ $ret={"null" => ""};
+ }
+
my $string=eval { RPC::XML::response->new($ret)->as_string };
if ($@ && ref $ret) {
# One common reason for serialisation to
my $plugin=shift;
my $varname="IkiWiki::".shift;
my $key=shift;
+ my $value=shift;
no strict 'refs';
- my $ret=$varname->{$key}=@_;
+ my $ret=$varname->{$key}=$value;
use strict 'refs';
return $ret;
} #}}}
my $page=shift;
my $id=shift;
my $key=shift;
+ my $value=shift;
+
+ return $IkiWiki::pagestate{$page}{$id}{$key}=$value;
+} #}}}
+
+sub getargv ($) { #{{{
+ my $plugin=shift;
+
+ return \@ARGV;
+} #}}}
+
+sub setargv ($@) { #{{{
+ my $plugin=shift;
+ my $array=shift;
- return $IkiWiki::pagestate{$page}{$id}{$key}=@_;
+ @ARGV=@$array;
} #}}}
sub inject ($@) { #{{{
delete $params{call};
IkiWiki::hook(%params, call => sub {
- IkiWiki::Plugin::external::rpc_call($plugin, $callback, @_)
+ IkiWiki::Plugin::external::rpc_call($plugin, $callback, @_);
});
} #}}}