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ipalib/plugins/b_xmlrpc.py

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+# Authors:
+#   Jason Gerard DeRose <jderose@redhat.com>
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2008  Red Hat
+# see file 'COPYING' for use and warranty information
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 only
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+
+"""
+XML-RPC client plugin.
+
+Lightwieght XML-RPC client using Python standard library xmlrpclib.
+"""
+
+import xmlrpclib
+from ipalib.backend import Backend
+from ipalib import api
+
+class xmlrpc(Backend):
+    """
+    Kerberos backend plugin.
+    """
+
+    def get_client(self):
+        # FIXME: The server uri should come from self.api.env.server_uri
+        return xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:8080', allow_none=True)
+
+api.register(xmlrpc)