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+/* A simple synchronous XML-RPC client written in C. */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <xmlrpc-c/base.h>
+#include <xmlrpc-c/client.h>
+
+#include "config.h" /* information about this build environment */
+
+#define NAME "XML-RPC C Test Client synch_client"
+#define VERSION "1.0"
+
+static void die_if_fault_occurred (xmlrpc_env *env)
+{
+ if (env->fault_occurred) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "XML-RPC Fault: %s (%d)\n",
+ env->fault_string, env->fault_code);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+}
+
+
+
+int
+main(int const argc,
+ const char ** const argv ATTR_UNUSED) {
+
+ xmlrpc_env env;
+ xmlrpc_value * resultP;
+ const char * state_name;
+
+ if (argc-1 > 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "No arguments");
+ exit(0);
+ }
+
+ /* Start up our XML-RPC client library. */
+ xmlrpc_client_init(XMLRPC_CLIENT_NO_FLAGS, NAME, VERSION);
+
+ /* Initialize our error-handling environment. */
+ xmlrpc_env_init(&env);
+
+ /* Call the famous server at UserLand. */
+ resultP = xmlrpc_client_call(&env, "http://betty.userland.com/RPC2",
+ "examples.getStateName",
+ "(i)", (xmlrpc_int32) 41);
+ die_if_fault_occurred(&env);
+
+ /* Get our state name and print it out. */
+ xmlrpc_read_string(&env, resultP, &state_name);
+ die_if_fault_occurred(&env);
+ printf("%s\n", state_name);
+ free((char*)state_name);
+
+ /* Dispose of our result value. */
+ xmlrpc_DECREF(resultP);
+
+ /* Clean up our error-handling environment. */
+ xmlrpc_env_clean(&env);
+
+ /* Shutdown our XML-RPC client library. */
+ xmlrpc_client_cleanup();
+
+ return 0;
+}