using System;
using System.Text;
using CookComputing.XmlRpc;
using Base64;

// An interface to the weblog api. 
[XmlRpcUrl("http://starlon.lyrical.net/XMLRPC/")]
interface IStarlonSite
{
    [XmlRpcMethod("uptime", Description="Check uptime.")]
    string Uptime();

    [XmlRpcMethod("greeting", Description="Greet the client.")]
    string Greeting( string clientName );

    [XmlRpcMethod("add_news", Description="Add news to the database")]
    string AddNews( string header, string body, string date );

}


// Inheritance class for the IStarlonSite interface.
public class StarlonSite : IStarlonSite
{   
    // Any method with string return type and no parameters
    // can be encapsulated by MyDelegate.
    public delegate string MyDelegate();    
    public string BasicMethod( MyDelegate method )
    {       
        string rs = "\0";
        try
        {
            rs = method();
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Caught exception:\n {0}", e );           
        }
        return rs;
    }

    public string Uptime()
    {
        IStarlonSite proxy = (IStarlonSite)
            XmlRpcProxyGen.Create( typeof( IStarlonSite ) );
        MyDelegate rpcCall = new MyDelegate( proxy.Uptime );
        return BasicMethod( rpcCall );
    }   
    

    /*
    public string Uptime()
    {
        IStarlonSite proxy = (IStarlonSite)
            XmlRpcProxyGen.Create( typeof( IStarlonSite ) );
        string rs = "\0";
        try
        {
            rs = proxy.Uptime();
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Caught exception:\n {0}", e );           
        }
        return rs;
    }
    */

    public string Greeting( string clientName )
    {
        IStarlonSite proxy = (IStarlonSite)
            XmlRpcProxyGen.Create( typeof(IStarlonSite) );
        string rs = "\0";
        try
        {
            rs =  proxy.Greeting( "Starlon" );
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Caught exception:\n {0}", e );
        }
        return rs;
    }
    public string AddNews( string header, string body, string date )
    {
        IStarlonSite proxy = (IStarlonSite)
            XmlRpcProxyGen.Create( typeof(IStarlonSite) );
        string rs = "\0";
        try
        {
            rs =  proxy.AddNews( header, body, date );
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Caught exception:\n {0}", e );
        }
        return rs;
    }

    
    // A temporary class. This will vanish when the GUI is started. 
    public class MyRpcClient
    {       
        public static void Main()
        {
            //string userName = "starlon";
            //string userPass = "passwordasdf";         
            string rs = "\0";         

            StarlonSite starlonSite = new StarlonSite();
            rs = starlonSite.Uptime();
            Console.WriteLine( rs );
            rs = starlonSite.Greeting( "Starlon" );         

            rs = starlonSite.Uptime();
            byte[] byteArray = Convert.FromBase64String( rs );
            long arrayLength = (long) ((4/3.0) *  byteArray.Length);
            if (arrayLength % 4 != 0) 
            {
                arrayLength += 4 - arrayLength % 4;             
            }           
            char[] charArray = new char[arrayLength];
            int worked = Convert.ToBase64CharArray( 
                byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length, charArray, 0 );
            Base64Decoder decoder = new Base64Decoder( charArray );
            byte[] decodedArray = decoder.GetDecoded();         
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            foreach( byte piece in decodedArray )
            {
                sb.Append( Convert.ToChar( piece ) );               
            }
            Console.WriteLine( sb );

            rs = starlonSite.Greeting( "Starlon" );
            Console.WriteLine( rs );
            rs = starlonSite.AddNews( "Test Message", "Test...", "6-3-2004" );          
            Console.WriteLine( rs );
        

        } 
    }
}