jsonrpc.py

# coding=utf-8
"""
JSON-RPC (remote procedure call).

It consists of 3 (independent) parts:
    - proxy/dispatcher
    - data structure / serializer
    - transport

It's intended for JSON-RPC, but since the above 3 parts are independent,
it could be used for other RPCs as well.

Currently, JSON-RPC 2.0(pre) and JSON-RPC 1.0 are implemented

:Version:   2008-08-31-beta
:Status:    experimental

:Example:
    simple Client with JsonRPC2.0 and TCP/IP::

        >>> proxy = ServerProxy( JsonRpc20(), TransportTcpIp(addr=("127.0.0.1",31415)) )
        >>> proxy.echo( "hello world" )
        u'hello world'
        >>> proxy.echo( "bye." )
        u'bye.'

    simple Server with JsonRPC2.0 and TCP/IP with logging to STDOUT::

        >>> server = Server( JsonRpc20(), TransportTcpIp(addr=("127.0.0.1",31415), logfunc=log_stdout) )
        >>> def echo( s ):
        ...   return s
        >>> server.register_function( echo )
        >>> server.serve( 2 )   # serve 2 requests          # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
        listen ('127.0.0.1', 31415)
        ('127.0.0.1', ...) connected
        ('127.0.0.1', ...) <-- {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "echo", "params": ["hello world"], "id": 0}
        ('127.0.0.1', ...) --> {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": "hello world", "id": 0}
        ('127.0.0.1', ...) close
        ('127.0.0.1', ...) connected
        ('127.0.0.1', ...) <-- {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "echo", "params": ["bye."], "id": 0}
        ('127.0.0.1', ...) --> {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": "bye.", "id": 0}
        ('127.0.0.1', ...) close
        close ('127.0.0.1', 31415)

    Client with JsonRPC2.0 and an abstract Unix Domain Socket::
    
        >>> proxy = ServerProxy( JsonRpc20(), TransportUnixSocket(addr="\\x00.rpcsocket") )
        >>> proxy.hi( message="hello" )         #named parameters
        u'hi there'
        >>> proxy.test()                        #fault
        Traceback (most recent call last):
          ...
        jsonrpc.RPCMethodNotFound: <RPCFault -32601: u'Method not found.' (None)>
        >>> proxy.debug.echo( "hello world" )   #hierarchical procedures
        u'hello world'

    Server with JsonRPC2.0 and abstract Unix Domain Socket with a logfile::
        
        >>> server = Server( JsonRpc20(), TransportUnixSocket(addr="\\x00.rpcsocket", logfunc=log_file("mylog.txt")) )
        >>> def echo( s ):
        ...   return s
        >>> def hi( message ):
        ...   return "hi there"
        >>> server.register_function( hi )
        >>> server.register_function( echo, name="debug.echo" )
        >>> server.serve( 3 )   # serve 3 requests

        "mylog.txt" then contains:
        listen '\\x00.rpcsocket'
        '' connected
        '' --> '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "hi", "params": {"message": "hello"}, "id": 0}'
        '' <-- '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": "hi there", "id": 0}'
        '' close
        '' connected
        '' --> '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "test", "id": 0}'
        '' <-- '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "error": {"code":-32601, "message": "Method not found."}, "id": 0}'
        '' close
        '' connected
        '' --> '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "debug.echo", "params": ["hello world"], "id": 0}'
        '' <-- '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": "hello world", "id": 0}'
        '' close
        close '\\x00.rpcsocket'

:Note:      all exceptions derived from RPCFault are propagated to the client.
            other exceptions are logged and result in a sent-back "empty" INTERNAL_ERROR.
:Uses:      simplejson, socket, sys,time,codecs
:SeeAlso:   JSON-RPC 2.0 proposal, 1.0 specification
:Warning:
    .. Warning::
        This is **experimental** code!
:Bug:

:Author:    Roland Koebler (rk(at)simple-is-better.org)
:Copyright: 2007-2008 by Roland Koebler (rk(at)simple-is-better.org)
:License:   see __license__
:Changelog:
        - 2008-08-31:     1st release

TODO:
        - server: multithreading rpc-server
        - client: multicall (send several requests)
        - transport: SSL sockets, maybe HTTP, HTTPS
        - types: support for date/time (ISO 8601)
        - errors: maybe customizable error-codes/exceptions
        - mixed 1.0/2.0 server ?
        - system description etc. ?
        - maybe test other json-serializers, like cjson?
"""

__version__ = "2008-08-31-beta"
__author__   = "Roland Koebler <rk(at)simple-is-better.org>"
__license__  = """Copyright (c) 2007-2008 by Roland Koebler (rk(at)simple-is-better.org)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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#=========================================
#import

import sys

try:
    import json
except ImportError:
    import simplejson as json


#=========================================
# errors

#----------------------
# error-codes + exceptions

#JSON-RPC 2.0 error-codes
PARSE_ERROR           = -32700
INVALID_REQUEST       = -32600
METHOD_NOT_FOUND      = -32601
INVALID_METHOD_PARAMS = -32602  #invalid number/type of parameters
INTERNAL_ERROR        = -32603  #"all other errors"

#additional error-codes
PROCEDURE_EXCEPTION    = -32000
AUTHENTIFICATION_ERROR = -32001
PERMISSION_DENIED      = -32002
INVALID_PARAM_VALUES   = -32003

#human-readable messages
ERROR_MESSAGE = {
    PARSE_ERROR           : "Parse error.",
    INVALID_REQUEST       : "Invalid Request.",
    METHOD_NOT_FOUND      : "Method not found.",
    INVALID_METHOD_PARAMS : "Invalid parameters.",
    INTERNAL_ERROR        : "Internal error.",

    PROCEDURE_EXCEPTION   : "Procedure exception.",
    AUTHENTIFICATION_ERROR : "Authentification error.",
    PERMISSION_DENIED   : "Permission denied.",
    INVALID_PARAM_VALUES: "Invalid parameter values."
    }
 
#----------------------
# exceptions

class RPCError(Exception):
    """Base class for rpc-errors."""


class RPCTransportError(RPCError):
    """Transport error."""
class RPCTimeoutError(RPCTransportError):
    """Transport/reply timeout."""

class RPCFault(RPCError):
    """RPC error/fault package received.
    
    This exception can also be used as a class, to generate a
    RPC-error/fault message.

    :Variables:
        - error_code:   the RPC error-code
        - error_string: description of the error
        - error_data:   optional additional information
                        (must be json-serializable)
    :TODO: improve __str__
    """
    def __init__(self, error_code, error_message, error_data=None):
        RPCError.__init__(self)
        self.error_code   = error_code
        self.error_message = error_message
        self.error_data   = error_data
    def __str__(self):
        return repr(self)
    def __repr__(self):
        return( "<RPCFault %s: %s (%s)>" % (self.error_code, repr(self.error_message), repr(self.error_data)) )

class RPCParseError(RPCFault):
    """Broken rpc-package. (PARSE_ERROR)"""
    def __init__(self, error_data=None):
        RPCFault.__init__(self, PARSE_ERROR, ERROR_MESSAGE[PARSE_ERROR], error_data)

class RPCInvalidRPC(RPCFault):
    """Invalid rpc-package. (INVALID_REQUEST)"""
    def __init__(self, error_data=None):
        RPCFault.__init__(self, INVALID_REQUEST, ERROR_MESSAGE[INVALID_REQUEST], error_data)

class RPCMethodNotFound(RPCFault):
    """Method not found. (METHOD_NOT_FOUND)"""
    def __init__(self, error_data=None):
        RPCFault.__init__(self, METHOD_NOT_FOUND, ERROR_MESSAGE[METHOD_NOT_FOUND], error_data)

class RPCInvalidMethodParams(RPCFault):
    """Invalid method-parameters. (INVALID_METHOD_PARAMS)"""
    def __init__(self, error_data=None):
        RPCFault.__init__(self, INVALID_METHOD_PARAMS, ERROR_MESSAGE[INVALID_METHOD_PARAMS], error_data)

class RPCInternalError(RPCFault):
    """Internal error. (INTERNAL_ERROR)"""
    def __init__(self, error_data=None):
        RPCFault.__init__(self, INTERNAL_ERROR, ERROR_MESSAGE[INTERNAL_ERROR], error_data)


class RPCProcedureException(RPCFault):
    """Procedure exception. (PROCEDURE_EXCEPTION)"""
    def __init__(self, error_data=None):
        RPCFault.__init__(self, PROCEDURE_EXCEPTION, ERROR_MESSAGE[PROCEDURE_EXCEPTION], error_data)
class RPCAuthentificationError(RPCFault):
    """AUTHENTIFICATION_ERROR"""
    def __init__(self, error_data=None):
        RPCFault.__init__(self, AUTHENTIFICATION_ERROR, ERROR_MESSAGE[AUTHENTIFICATION_ERROR], error_data)
class RPCPermissionDenied(RPCFault):
    """PERMISSION_DENIED"""
    def __init__(self, error_data=None):
        RPCFault.__init__(self, PERMISSION_DENIED, ERROR_MESSAGE[PERMISSION_DENIED], error_data)
class RPCInvalidParamValues(RPCFault):
    """INVALID_PARAM_VALUES"""
    def __init__(self, error_data=None):
        RPCFault.__init__(self, INVALID_PARAM_VALUES, ERROR_MESSAGE[INVALID_PARAM_VALUES], error_data)


#=========================================
# data structure / serializer

#----------------------
#
def dictkeyclean(d):
    """Convert all keys of the dict 'd' to (ascii-)strings.

    :Raises: UnicodeEncodeError
    """
    new_d = {}
    for (k, v) in d.iteritems():
        new_d[str(k)] = v
    return new_d

#----------------------
# JSON-RPC 1.0

class JsonRpc10:
    """JSON-RPC V1.0 data-structure / serializer

    This implementation is quite liberal in what it accepts: It treats
    missing "params" and "id" in Requests and missing "result"/"error" in
    Responses as empty/null.

    :SeeAlso:   JSON-RPC 1.0 specification
    :TODO:      catch simplejson.dumps not-serializable-exceptions
    """
    def __init__(self, dumps=json.dumps, loads=json.loads):
        """init: set serializer to use

        :Parameters:
            - dumps: json-encoder-function
            - loads: json-decoder-function
        :Note: The dumps_* functions of this class already directly create
               the invariant parts of the resulting json-object themselves,
               without using the given json-encoder-function.
        """
        self.dumps = dumps
        self.loads = loads

    def dumps_request( self, method, params=(), id=0 ):
        """serialize JSON-RPC-Request

        :Parameters:
            - method: the method-name (str/unicode)
            - params: the parameters (list/tuple)
            - id:     if id=None, this results in a Notification
        :Returns:   | {"method": "...", "params": ..., "id": ...}
                    | "method", "params" and "id" are always in this order.
        :Raises:    TypeError if method/params is of wrong type or 
                    not JSON-serializable
        """
        if not isinstance(method, (str, unicode)):
            raise TypeError('"method" must be a string (or unicode string).')
        if not isinstance(params, (tuple, list)):
            raise TypeError("params must be a tuple/list.")

        return '{"method": %s, "params": %s, "id": %s}' % \
                (self.dumps(method), self.dumps(params), self.dumps(id))

    def dumps_notification( self, method, params=() ):
        """serialize a JSON-RPC-Notification

        :Parameters: see dumps_request
        :Returns:   | {"method": "...", "params": ..., "id": null}
                    | "method", "params" and "id" are always in this order.
        :Raises:    see dumps_request
        """
        if not isinstance(method, (str, unicode)):
            raise TypeError('"method" must be a string (or unicode string).')
        if not isinstance(params, (tuple, list)):
            raise TypeError("params must be a tuple/list.")

        return '{"method": %s, "params": %s, "id": null}' % \
                (self.dumps(method), self.dumps(params))

    def dumps_response( self, result, id=None ):
        """serialize a JSON-RPC-Response (without error)

        :Returns:   | {"result": ..., "error": null, "id": ...}
                    | "result", "error" and "id" are always in this order.
        :Raises:    TypeError if not JSON-serializable
        """
        return '{"result": %s, "error": null, "id": %s}' % \
                (self.dumps(result), self.dumps(id))

    def dumps_error( self, error, id=None ):
        """serialize a JSON-RPC-Response-error

        Since JSON-RPC 1.0 does not define an error-object, this uses the
        JSON-RPC 2.0 error-object.
      
        :Parameters:
            - error: a RPCFault instance
        :Returns:   | {"result": null, "error": {"code": error_code, "message": error_message, "data": error_data}, "id": ...}
                    | "result", "error" and "id" are always in this order, data is omitted if None.
        :Raises:    ValueError if error is not a RPCFault instance,
                    TypeError if not JSON-serializable
        """
        if not isinstance(error, RPCFault):
            raise ValueError("""error must be a RPCFault-instance.""")
        if error.error_data is None:
            return '{"result": null, "error": {"code":%s, "message": %s}, "id": %s}' % \
                    (self.dumps(error.error_code), self.dumps(error.error_message), self.dumps(id))
        else:
            return '{"result": null, "error": {"code":%s, "message": %s, "data": %s}, "id": %s}' % \
                    (self.dumps(error.error_code), self.dumps(error.error_message), self.dumps(error.error_data), self.dumps(id))

    def loads_request( self, string ):
        """de-serialize a JSON-RPC Request/Notification

        :Returns:   | [method_name, params, id] or [method_name, params]
                    | params is a tuple/list
                    | if id is missing, this is a Notification
        :Raises:    RPCParseError, RPCInvalidRPC, RPCInvalidMethodParams
        """
        try:
            data = self.loads(string)
        except ValueError, err:
            raise RPCParseError("No valid JSON. (%s)" % str(err))
        if not isinstance(data, dict):  raise RPCInvalidRPC("No valid RPC-package.")
        if "method" not in data:        raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Request, "method" is missing.""")
        if not isinstance(data["method"], (str, unicode)):
            raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Request, "method" must be a string.""")
        if "id"     not in data:        data["id"]     = None   #be liberal
        if "params" not in data:        data["params"] = ()     #be liberal
        if not isinstance(data["params"], (list, tuple)):
            raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Request, "params" must be an array.""")
        if len(data) != 3:          raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Request, additional fields found.""")
        # notification / request
        if data["id"] is None:
            return data["method"], data["params"]               #notification
        else:
            return data["method"], data["params"], data["id"]   #request

    def loads_response( self, string ):
        """de-serialize a JSON-RPC Response/error

        :Returns: | [result, id] for Responses
        :Raises:  | RPCFault+derivates for error-packages/faults, RPCParseError, RPCInvalidRPC
                  | Note that for error-packages which do not match the
                    V2.0-definition, RPCFault(-1, "Error", RECEIVED_ERROR_OBJ)
                    is raised.
        """
        try:
            data = self.loads(string)
        except ValueError, err:
            raise RPCParseError("No valid JSON. (%s)" % str(err))
        if not isinstance(data, dict):  raise RPCInvalidRPC("No valid RPC-package.")
        if "id" not in data:            raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Response, "id" missing.""")
        if "result" not in data:        data["result"] = None    #be liberal
        if "error"  not in data:        data["error"]  = None    #be liberal
        if len(data) != 3:              raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Response, additional or missing fields.""")

        #error
        if data["error"] is not None:
            if data["result"] is not None:
                raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Response, one of "result" or "error" must be null.""")
            #v2.0 error-format
            if( isinstance(data["error"], dict)  and  "code" in data["error"]  and  "message" in data["error"]  and
                (len(data["error"])==2 or ("data" in data["error"] and len(data["error"])==3)) ):
                if "data" not in data["error"]:
                    error_data = None
                else:
                    error_data = data["error"]["data"]

                if   data["error"]["code"] == PARSE_ERROR:
                    raise RPCParseError(error_data)
                elif data["error"]["code"] == INVALID_REQUEST:
                    raise RPCInvalidRPC(error_data)
                elif data["error"]["code"] == METHOD_NOT_FOUND:
                    raise RPCMethodNotFound(error_data)
                elif data["error"]["code"] == INVALID_METHOD_PARAMS:
                    raise RPCInvalidMethodParams(error_data)
                elif data["error"]["code"] == INTERNAL_ERROR:
                    raise RPCInternalError(error_data)
                elif data["error"]["code"] == PROCEDURE_EXCEPTION:
                    raise RPCProcedureException(error_data)
                elif data["error"]["code"] == AUTHENTIFICATION_ERROR:
                    raise RPCAuthentificationError(error_data)
                elif data["error"]["code"] == PERMISSION_DENIED:
                    raise RPCPermissionDenied(error_data)
                elif data["error"]["code"] == INVALID_PARAM_VALUES:
                    raise RPCInvalidParamValues(error_data)
                else:
                    raise RPCFault(data["error"]["code"], data["error"]["message"], error_data)
            #other error-format
            else:
                raise RPCFault(-1, "Error", data["error"])
        #result
        else:
            return data["result"], data["id"]

#----------------------
# JSON-RPC 2.0

class JsonRpc20:
    """JSON-RPC V2.0 data-structure / serializer

    :SeeAlso:   JSON-RPC 2.0 specification
    :TODO:      catch simplejson.dumps not-serializable-exceptions
    """
    def __init__(self, dumps=json.dumps, loads=json.loads):
        """init: set serializer to use

        :Parameters:
            - dumps: json-encoder-function
            - loads: json-decoder-function
        :Note: The dumps_* functions of this class already directly create
               the invariant parts of the resulting json-object themselves,
               without using the given json-encoder-function.
        """
        self.dumps = dumps
        self.loads = loads

    def dumps_request( self, method, params=(), id=0 ):
        """serialize JSON-RPC-Request

        :Parameters:
            - method: the method-name (str/unicode)
            - params: the parameters (list/tuple/dict)
            - id:     the id (should not be None)
        :Returns:   | {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "...", "params": ..., "id": ...}
                    | "jsonrpc", "method", "params" and "id" are always in this order.
                    | "params" is omitted if empty
        :Raises:    TypeError if method/params is of wrong type or 
                    not JSON-serializable
        """
        if not isinstance(method, (str, unicode)):
            raise TypeError('"method" must be a string (or unicode string).')
        if not isinstance(params, (tuple, list, dict)):
            raise TypeError("params must be a tuple/list/dict or None.")

        if params:
            return '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": %s, "params": %s, "id": %s}' % \
                    (self.dumps(method), self.dumps(params), self.dumps(id))
        else:
            return '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": %s, "id": %s}' % \
                    (self.dumps(method), self.dumps(id))

    def dumps_notification( self, method, params=() ):
        """serialize a JSON-RPC-Notification

        :Parameters: see dumps_request
        :Returns:   | {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "...", "params": ...}
                    | "jsonrpc", "method" and "params" are always in this order.
        :Raises:    see dumps_request
        """
        if not isinstance(method, (str, unicode)):
            raise TypeError('"method" must be a string (or unicode string).')
        if not isinstance(params, (tuple, list, dict)):
            raise TypeError("params must be a tuple/list/dict or None.")

        if params:
            return '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": %s, "params": %s}' % \
                    (self.dumps(method), self.dumps(params))
        else:
            return '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": %s}' % \
                    (self.dumps(method))

    def dumps_response( self, result, id=None ):
        """serialize a JSON-RPC-Response (without error)

        :Returns:   | {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": ..., "id": ...}
                    | "jsonrpc", "result", and "id" are always in this order.
        :Raises:    TypeError if not JSON-serializable
        """
        return '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": %s, "id": %s}' % \
                (self.dumps(result), self.dumps(id))

    def dumps_error( self, error, id=None ):
        """serialize a JSON-RPC-Response-error
      
        :Parameters:
            - error: a RPCFault instance
        :Returns:   | {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "error": {"code": error_code, "message": error_message, "data": error_data}, "id": ...}
                    | "jsonrpc", "result", "error" and "id" are always in this order, data is omitted if None.
        :Raises:    ValueError if error is not a RPCFault instance,
                    TypeError if not JSON-serializable
        """
        if not isinstance(error, RPCFault):
            raise ValueError("""error must be a RPCFault-instance.""")
        if error.error_data is None:
            return '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "error": {"code":%s, "message": %s}, "id": %s}' % \
                    (self.dumps(error.error_code), self.dumps(error.error_message), self.dumps(id))
        else:
            return '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "error": {"code":%s, "message": %s, "data": %s}, "id": %s}' % \
                    (self.dumps(error.error_code), self.dumps(error.error_message), self.dumps(error.error_data), self.dumps(id))

    def loads_request( self, string ):
        """de-serialize a JSON-RPC Request/Notification

        :Returns:   | [method_name, params, id] or [method_name, params]
                    | params is a tuple/list or dict (with only str-keys)
                    | if id is missing, this is a Notification
        :Raises:    RPCParseError, RPCInvalidRPC, RPCInvalidMethodParams
        """
        try:
            data = self.loads(string)
        except ValueError, err:
            raise RPCParseError("No valid JSON. (%s)" % str(err))
        if not isinstance(data, dict):  raise RPCInvalidRPC("No valid RPC-package.")
        if "jsonrpc" not in data:       raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Response, "jsonrpc" missing.""")
        if not isinstance(data["jsonrpc"], (str, unicode)):
            raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Response, "jsonrpc" must be a string.""")
        if data["jsonrpc"] != "2.0":    raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid jsonrpc version.""")
        if "method" not in data:        raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Request, "method" is missing.""")
        if not isinstance(data["method"], (str, unicode)):
            raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Request, "method" must be a string.""")
        if "params" not in data:        data["params"] = ()
        #convert params-keys from unicode to str
        elif isinstance(data["params"], dict):
            try:
                data["params"] = dictkeyclean(data["params"])
            except UnicodeEncodeError:
                raise RPCInvalidMethodParams("Parameter-names must be in ascii.")
        elif not isinstance(data["params"], (list, tuple)):
            raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Request, "params" must be an array or object.""")
        if not( len(data)==3 or ("id" in data and len(data)==4) ):
            raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Request, additional fields found.""")

        # notification / request
        if "id" not in data:
            return data["method"], data["params"]               #notification
        else:
            return data["method"], data["params"], data["id"]   #request

    def loads_response( self, string ):
        """de-serialize a JSON-RPC Response/error

        :Returns: | [result, id] for Responses
        :Raises:  | RPCFault+derivates for error-packages/faults, RPCParseError, RPCInvalidRPC
        """
        try:
            data = self.loads(string)
        except ValueError, err:
            raise RPCParseError("No valid JSON. (%s)" % str(err))
        if not isinstance(data, dict):  raise RPCInvalidRPC("No valid RPC-package.")
        if "jsonrpc" not in data:       raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Response, "jsonrpc" missing.""")
        if not isinstance(data["jsonrpc"], (str, unicode)):
            raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Response, "jsonrpc" must be a string.""")
        if data["jsonrpc"] != "2.0":    raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid jsonrpc version.""")
        if "id" not in data:            raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Response, "id" missing.""")
        if "result" not in data:        data["result"] = None
        if "error"  not in data:        data["error"]  = None
        if len(data) != 4:              raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Response, additional or missing fields.""")

        #error
        if data["error"] is not None:
            if data["result"] is not None:
                raise RPCInvalidRPC("""Invalid Response, only "result" OR "error" allowed.""")
            if not isinstance(data["error"], dict): raise RPCInvalidRPC("Invalid Response, invalid error-object.")
            if "code" not in data["error"]  or  "message" not in data["error"]:
                raise RPCInvalidRPC("Invalid Response, invalid error-object.")
            if "data" not in data["error"]:  data["error"]["data"] = None
            if len(data["error"]) != 3:
                raise RPCInvalidRPC("Invalid Response, invalid error-object.")

            error_data = data["error"]["data"]
            if   data["error"]["code"] == PARSE_ERROR:
                raise RPCParseError(error_data)
            elif data["error"]["code"] == INVALID_REQUEST:
                raise RPCInvalidRPC(error_data)
            elif data["error"]["code"] == METHOD_NOT_FOUND:
                raise RPCMethodNotFound(error_data)
            elif data["error"]["code"] == INVALID_METHOD_PARAMS:
                raise RPCInvalidMethodParams(error_data)
            elif data["error"]["code"] == INTERNAL_ERROR:
                raise RPCInternalError(error_data)
            elif data["error"]["code"] == PROCEDURE_EXCEPTION:
                raise RPCProcedureException(error_data)
            elif data["error"]["code"] == AUTHENTIFICATION_ERROR:
                raise RPCAuthentificationError(error_data)
            elif data["error"]["code"] == PERMISSION_DENIED:
                raise RPCPermissionDenied(error_data)
            elif data["error"]["code"] == INVALID_PARAM_VALUES:
                raise RPCInvalidParamValues(error_data)
            else:
                raise RPCFault(data["error"]["code"], data["error"]["message"], error_data)
        #result
        else:
            return data["result"], data["id"]


#=========================================
# transports

#----------------------
# transport-logging

import codecs
import time

def log_dummy( message ):
    """dummy-logger: do nothing"""
    pass
def log_stdout( message ):
    """print message to STDOUT"""
    print message

def log_file( filename ):
    """return a logfunc which logs to a file (in utf-8)"""
    def logfile( message ):
        f = codecs.open( filename, 'a', encoding='utf-8' )
        f.write( message+"\n" )
        f.close()
    return logfile

def log_filedate( filename ):
    """return a logfunc which logs date+message to a file (in utf-8)"""
    def logfile( message ):
        f = codecs.open( filename, 'a', encoding='utf-8' )
        f.write( time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S ")+message+"\n" )
        f.close()
    return logfile

#----------------------

class Transport:
    """generic Transport-interface.
    
    This class, and especially its methods and docstrings,
    define the Transport-Interface.
    """
    def __init__(self):
        pass

    def send( self, data ):
        """send all data. must be implemented by derived classes."""
        raise NotImplementedError
    def recv( self ):
        """receive data. must be implemented by derived classes."""
        raise NotImplementedError

    def sendrecv( self, string ):
        """send + receive data"""
        self.send( string )
        return self.recv()
    def serve( self, handler, n=None ):
        """serve (forever or for n communicaions).
        
        - receive data
        - call result = handler(data)
        - send back result if not None

        The serving can be stopped by SIGINT.

        :TODO:
            - how to stop?
              maybe use a .run-file, and stop server if file removed?
            - maybe make n_current accessible? (e.g. for logging)
        """
        n_current = 0
        while 1:
            if n is not None  and  n_current >= n:
                break
            data = self.recv()
            result = handler(data)
            if result is not None:
                self.send( result )
            n_current += 1


class TransportSTDINOUT(Transport):
    """receive from STDIN, send to STDOUT.

    Useful e.g. for debugging.
    """
    def send(self, string):
        """write data to STDOUT with '***SEND:' prefix """
        print "***SEND:"
        print string
    def recv(self):
        """read data from STDIN"""
        print "***RECV (please enter, ^D ends.):"
        return sys.stdin.read()


import socket, select
class TransportSocket(Transport):
    """Transport via socket.
   
    :SeeAlso:   python-module socket
    :TODO:
        - documentation
        - improve this (e.g. make sure that connections are closed, socket-files are deleted etc.)
        - exception-handling? (socket.error)
    """
    def __init__( self, addr, limit=4096, sock_type=socket.AF_INET, sock_prot=socket.SOCK_STREAM, timeout=5.0, logfunc=log_dummy ):
        """
        :Parameters:
            - addr: socket-address
            - timeout: timeout in seconds
            - logfunc: function for logging, logfunc(message)
        :Raises: socket.timeout after timeout
        """
        self.limit  = limit
        self.addr   = addr
        self.s_type = sock_type
        self.s_prot = sock_prot
        self.s      = None
        self.timeout = timeout
        self.log    = logfunc
    def connect( self ):
        self.close()
        self.log( "connect to %s" % repr(self.addr) )
        self.s = socket.socket( self.s_type, self.s_prot )
        self.s.settimeout( self.timeout )
        self.s.connect( self.addr )
    def close( self ):
        if self.s is not None:
            self.log( "close %s" % repr(self.addr) )
            self.s.close()
            self.s = None
    def __repr__(self):
        return "<TransportSocket, %s>" % repr(self.addr)
    
    def send( self, string ):
        if self.s is None:
            self.connect()
        self.log( "--> "+repr(string) )
        self.s.sendall( string )
    def recv( self ):
        if self.s is None:
            self.connect()
        data = self.s.recv( self.limit )
        while( select.select((self.s,), (), (), 0.1)[0] ):  #TODO: this select is probably not necessary, because server closes this socket
            d = self.s.recv( self.limit )
            if len(d) == 0:
                break
            data += d
        self.log( "<-- "+repr(data) )
        return data

    def sendrecv( self, string ):
        """send data + receive data + close"""
        try:
            self.send( string )
            return self.recv()
        finally:
            self.close()
    def serve(self, handler, n=None):
        """open socket, wait for incoming connections and handle them.
        
        :Parameters:
            - n: serve n requests, None=forever
        """
        self.close()
        self.s = socket.socket( self.s_type, self.s_prot )
        try:
            self.log( "listen %s" % repr(self.addr) )
            self.s.bind( self.addr )
            self.s.listen(1)
            n_current = 0
            while 1:
                if n is not None  and  n_current >= n:
                    break
                conn, addr = self.s.accept()
                self.log( "%s connected" % repr(addr) )
                data = conn.recv(self.limit)
                self.log( "%s --> %s" % (repr(addr), repr(data)) )
                result = handler(data)
                if data is not None:
                    self.log( "%s <-- %s" % (repr(addr), repr(result)) )
                    conn.send( result )
                self.log( "%s close" % repr(addr) )
                conn.close()
                n_current += 1
        finally:
            self.close()


if hasattr(socket, 'AF_UNIX'):
    
    class TransportUnixSocket(TransportSocket):
        """Transport via Unix Domain Socket.
        """
        def __init__(self, addr=None, limit=4096, timeout=5.0, logfunc=log_dummy):
            """
            :Parameters:
                - addr: "socket_file"
            :Note: | The socket-file is not deleted.
                   | If the socket-file begins with \x00, abstract sockets are used,
                     and no socket-file is created.
            :SeeAlso:   TransportSocket
            """
            TransportSocket.__init__( self, addr, limit, socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM, timeout, logfunc )

class TransportTcpIp(TransportSocket):
    """Transport via TCP/IP.
    """
    def __init__(self, addr=None, limit=4096, timeout=5.0, logfunc=log_dummy):
        """
        :Parameters:
            - addr: ("host",port)
        :SeeAlso:   TransportSocket
        """
        TransportSocket.__init__( self, addr, limit, socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, timeout, logfunc )


#=========================================
# client side: server proxy

class ServerProxy:
    """RPC-client: server proxy

    A logical connection to a RPC server.

    It works with different data/serializers and different transports.

    Notifications and id-handling/multicall are not yet implemented.

    :Example:
        see module-docstring

    :TODO: verbose/logging?
    """
    def __init__( self, data_serializer, transport ):
        """
        :Parameters:
            - data_serializer: a data_structure+serializer-instance
            - transport: a Transport instance
        """
        #TODO: check parameters
        self.__data_serializer = data_serializer
        if not isinstance(transport, Transport):
            raise ValueError('invalid "transport" (must be a Transport-instance)"')
        self.__transport = transport

    def __str__(self):
        return repr(self)
    def __repr__(self):
        return "<ServerProxy for %s, with serializer %s>" % (self.__transport, self.__data_serializer)

    def __req( self, methodname, args=None, kwargs=None, id=0 ):
        # JSON-RPC 1.0: only positional parameters
        if len(kwargs) > 0 and isinstance(self.data_serializer, JsonRpc10):
            raise ValueError("Only positional parameters allowed in JSON-RPC 1.0")
        # JSON-RPC 2.0: only args OR kwargs allowed!
        if len(args) > 0 and len(kwargs) > 0:
            raise ValueError("Only positional or named parameters are allowed!")
        if len(kwargs) == 0:
            req_str  = self.__data_serializer.dumps_request( methodname, args, id )
        else:
            req_str  = self.__data_serializer.dumps_request( methodname, kwargs, id )
        try:
            resp_str = self.__transport.sendrecv( req_str )
        except Exception,err:
            raise RPCTransportError(err)
        resp = self.__data_serializer.loads_response( resp_str )
        return resp[0]

    def __getattr__(self, name):
        # magic method dispatcher
        #  note: to call a remote object with an non-standard name, use
        #  result getattr(my_server_proxy, "strange-python-name")(args)
        return _method(self.__req, name)

# request dispatcher
class _method:
    """some "magic" to bind an RPC method to an RPC server.

    Supports "nested" methods (e.g. examples.getStateName).

    :Raises: AttributeError for method-names/attributes beginning with '_'.
    """
    def __init__(self, req, name):
        if name[0] == "_":  #prevent rpc-calls for proxy._*-functions
            raise AttributeError("invalid attribute '%s'" % name)
        self.__req  = req
        self.__name = name
    def __getattr__(self, name):
        if name[0] == "_":  #prevent rpc-calls for proxy._*-functions
            raise AttributeError("invalid attribute '%s'" % name)
        return _method(self.__req, "%s.%s" % (self.__name, name))
    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return self.__req(self.__name, args, kwargs)

#=========================================
# server side: Server

class Server:
    """RPC-server.

    It works with different data/serializers and 
    with different transports.

    :Example:
        see module-docstring

    :TODO:
        - mixed JSON-RPC 1.0/2.0 server?
        - logging/loglevels?
    """
    def __init__( self, data_serializer, transport, logfile=None ):
        """
        :Parameters:
            - data_serializer: a data_structure+serializer-instance
            - transport: a Transport instance
            - logfile: file to log ("unexpected") errors to
        """
        #TODO: check parameters
        self.__data_serializer = data_serializer
        if not isinstance(transport, Transport):
            raise ValueError('invalid "transport" (must be a Transport-instance)"')
        self.__transport = transport
        self.logfile = logfile
        if self.logfile is not None:    #create logfile (or raise exception)
            f = codecs.open( self.logfile, 'a', encoding='utf-8' )
            f.close()

        self.funcs = {}

    def __repr__(self):
        return "<Server for %s, with serializer %s>" % (self.__transport, self.__data_serializer)

    def log(self, message):
        """write a message to the logfile (in utf-8)"""
        if self.logfile is not None:
            f = codecs.open( self.logfile, 'a', encoding='utf-8' )
            f.write( time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S ")+message+"\n" )
            f.close()

    def register_instance(self, myinst, name=None):
        """Add all functions of a class-instance to the RPC-services.
        
        All entries of the instance which do not begin with '_' are added.

        :Parameters:
            - myinst: class-instance containing the functions
            - name:   | hierarchical prefix.
                      | If omitted, the functions are added directly.
                      | If given, the functions are added as "name.function".
        :TODO:
            - only add functions and omit attributes?
            - improve hierarchy?
        """
        for e in dir(myinst):
            if e[0][0] != "_":
                if name is None:
                    self.register_function( getattr(myinst, e) )
                else:
                    self.register_function( getattr(myinst, e), name="%s.%s" % (name, e) )
    def register_function(self, function, name=None):
        """Add a function to the RPC-services.
        
        :Parameters:
            - function: function to add
            - name:     RPC-name for the function. If omitted/None, the original
                        name of the function is used.
        """
        if name is None:
            self.funcs[function.__name__] = function
        else:
            self.funcs[name] = function
    
    def handle(self, rpcstr):
        """Handle a RPC-Request.

        :Parameters:
            - rpcstr: the received rpc-string
        :Returns: the data to send back or None if nothing should be sent back
        :Raises:  RPCFault (and maybe others)
        """
        #TODO: id
        notification = False
        try:
            req = self.__data_serializer.loads_request( rpcstr )
            if len(req) == 2:       #notification
                method, params = req
                notification = True
            else:                   #request
                method, params, id = req
        except RPCFault, err:
            return self.__data_serializer.dumps_error( err, id=None )
        except Exception, err:
            self.log( "%d (%s): %s" % (INTERNAL_ERROR, ERROR_MESSAGE[INTERNAL_ERROR], str(err)) )
            return self.__data_serializer.dumps_error( RPCFault(INTERNAL_ERROR, ERROR_MESSAGE[INTERNAL_ERROR]), id=None )

        if method not in self.funcs:
            if notification:
                return None
            return self.__data_serializer.dumps_error( RPCFault(METHOD_NOT_FOUND, ERROR_MESSAGE[METHOD_NOT_FOUND]), id )

        try:
            if isinstance(params, dict):
                result = self.funcs[method]( **params )
            else:
                result = self.funcs[method]( *params )
        except RPCFault, err:
            if notification:
                return None
            return self.__data_serializer.dumps_error( err, id=None )
        except Exception, err:
            if notification:
                return None
            self.log( "%d (%s): %s" % (INTERNAL_ERROR, ERROR_MESSAGE[INTERNAL_ERROR], str(err)) )
            return self.__data_serializer.dumps_error( RPCFault(INTERNAL_ERROR, ERROR_MESSAGE[INTERNAL_ERROR]), id )

        if notification:
            return None
        try:
            return self.__data_serializer.dumps_response( result, id )
        except Exception, err:
            self.log( "%d (%s): %s" % (INTERNAL_ERROR, ERROR_MESSAGE[INTERNAL_ERROR], str(err)) )
            return self.__data_serializer.dumps_error( RPCFault(INTERNAL_ERROR, ERROR_MESSAGE[INTERNAL_ERROR]), id )

    def serve(self, n=None):
        """serve (forever or for n communicaions).
        
        :See: Transport
        """
        self.__transport.serve( self.handle, n )

#=========================================