Client

Abstract base class for RPC clients.

class Client extends \Hazaar\HTTP\Client

Provides core logic for making remote procedure calls (RPC) using a specified encoder and endpoint URL. Subclasses must implement the getEncoder() method to provide the appropriate encoder for the protocol.

Properties

location

The endpoint URL for the RPC server.

protected URL $location

methodPfx

Optional prefix to prepend to method names for RPC calls.

protected string $methodPfx

Methods

__construct

Constructs a new RPC client instance.

public __construct(URL $url, string $methodPfx): void

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$url	URL	the endpoint URL for the RPC server
$methodPfx	string	optional method prefix for RPC calls

__call

public __call(string $name, array $args): mixed

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$name	string
$args	array

getEndpoint

Retrieves the endpoint URL for the XML-RPC client.

public getEndpoint(): string

getEncoder

Returns the encoder instance used by the client.

public getEncoder(): Encoder

This method must be implemented by subclasses of Client to provide the appropriate Encoder instance for encoding RPC requests.

call

public call(string $name, array $args): mixed

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$name	string
$args	array

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