From: "s.ross" <cwdinfo@...>
Date: 2007-12-21T07:58:05+09:00
Subject: Re: xml-rpc client result

As a followup, I can parse the returned XML string using XmlSimple,  
which works ok. I just thought the parsing took place automagically in  
the XMLRPC parser.

--s

On Dec 20, 2007, at 10:31 AM, James Gray wrote:

> On Dec 20, 2007, at 12:03 PM, s.ross wrote:
>
>> I can use the xmlrpc library to call a remote Web Service, but the  
>> results appear always to be returned as an XML stream.
>
>> <fineWebServiceResponse>
>> <itemList>
>> <item thingieId="1" />
>> <item thingieId="2" />
>> <item thingieId="3" />
>> </itemList>
>> </fineWebServiceResponse>
>
> This is not a valid XML-RPC response.  You can read the spec at:
>
>  http://www.xmlrpc.com/spec
>
> Looks like you are dealing with a custom protocol here.
>
> James Edward Gray II
>