note
	description: "[

	]"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

deferred class
	XRPC_METHOD

feature -- Access

	name: IMMUTABLE_STRING_8
			-- Name of the XML-RPC method.

	arguments: LINEAR [XRPC_ARGUMENT]
			-- List of argument descriptors for the method.

	return: XRPC_ARGUMENT
			--

feature -- Status report

	is_executing: BOOLEAN
			-- Indicates if the method is being executed

	is_valid_arguments (a_args: ARRAY [XRPC_VALUE]): BOOLEAN
		do

		end

feature -- Basic operations

	frozen execute (a_arguments: ARRAY [XRPC_VALUE]): XRPC_RESPONSE
			--
		require
			not_is_executing: not is_executing
		do
			on_before_execute
			if attached internal_before_execute_actions as l_actions then
				l_actions.call ([Current, a_arguments])
			end
			Result := execute_internal (a_arguments)
			if attached internal_before_execute_actions as l_actions then
				l_actions.call ([Current, a_arguments])
			end
			on_after_executed
		ensure
			not_is_executing: not is_executing
		end

feature -- Actions

	before_execute_actions: ACTION_SEQUENCE [TUPLE [method: XRPC_METHOD; arguments: ARRAY [XRPC_VALUE]]]
			-- Actions called prior to executing the method.
		do
			if attached internal_before_execute_actions as l_result then
				Result := l_result
			else
				create Result
				internal_before_execute_actions := Result
			end
		ensure
			result_attached: attached Result
			result_consistent: Result = before_execute_actions
		end

	after_executed_actions: ACTION_SEQUENCE [TUPLE [method: XRPC_METHOD; arguments: ARRAY [XRPC_VALUE]]]
			-- Actions called after executing the method.
		do
			if attached internal_after_execute_actions as l_result then
				Result := l_result
			else
				create Result
				internal_after_execute_actions := Result
			end
		ensure
			result_attached: attached Result
			result_consistent: Result = after_executed_actions
		end

feature {NONE} -- Action handlers

	execute_internal (a_arguments: ARRAY [XRPC_VALUE]): XRPC_RESPONSE
		do
			create {XRPC_FAULT_RESPONSE} Result.make (-1, "Not Yet Implemented")
		end

	on_before_execute
		require
			not_is_executing: not is_executing
		do
		end

	on_after_executed
		require
			not_is_executing: not is_executing
		do
		end

feature {NONE} -- Implementation

	internal_before_execute_actions: detachable like before_execute_actions

	internal_after_execute_actions: detachable like after_executed_actions


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end