xmlrpc_Binary_pickle.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# encoding: utf-8
#
# Copyright (c) 2008 Doug Hellmann All rights reserved.
#
"""
"""

#end_pymotw_header
import xmlrpc.client
import pickle
import pprint


class MyObj:

    def __init__(self, a, b):
        self.a = a
        self.b = b

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'MyObj({!r}, {!r})'.format(self.a, self.b)


server = xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy('http://localhost:9000')

o = MyObj(1, 'b goes here')
print('Local:', id(o))
print(o)

print('\nAs object:')
pprint.pprint(server.show_type(o))

p = pickle.dumps(o)
b = xmlrpc.client.Binary(p)
r = server.send_back_binary(b)

o2 = pickle.loads(r.data)
print('\nFrom pickle:', id(o2))
pprint.pprint(o2)