Source code: org/roller/presentation/xmlrpc/RollerXmlRpcClient.java

   /*
    * Created on Jun 9, 2003
    */
   package org.roller.presentation.xmlrpc;
   
   import org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient;
   import org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException;
   
   import java.io.IOException;
  import java.util.Hashtable;
  import java.util.Vector;
  
  /**
   * @author llavandowska
   */
  public abstract class RollerXmlRpcClient
  {
    public static String IO_MESSAGE = "Unable to connect.";
    public static String XMLRPC_MESSAGE = "Bad response.";
    /**
     * Sends ping message to Weblogs.com RPC2 service.
     * 
     * @param blogUrl
     * @param blogName
     * @return
     */
    public static String sendWeblogsPing(String blogUrl, String blogName)
    {
      String postTo = "http://rpc.weblogs.com:80/RPC2";
      try
      {            
        XmlRpcClient client = new XmlRpcClient(postTo);
        Vector params = new Vector();
        params.addElement(blogName);
        params.addElement(blogUrl);
        Hashtable result = (Hashtable)client.execute("weblogUpdates.ping", params);
        //Boolean error = (Boolean)result.get("flerror");
  
        return (String)result.get("message");
      }
      catch (IOException ioe)
      {
        //ioe.printStackTrace();
        return IO_MESSAGE;
      }
      catch (XmlRpcException xre)
      {
        //xre.printStackTrace();
        return XMLRPC_MESSAGE;
      }
    }
  }