/*
 *
 * Copyright 2005 Bruce Werner.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 */
package net.thepostmodern.fatima.xml;

import org.apache.xmlrpc.*;
import java.util.*;


/**
 * This class uses XML-RPC to ping integrators using a simple interface that can ping multiple
 * vendors at one time. It requires Apache's xml-rpc-1.2 code not Sun Microsystem's XML-RPC.
 * <p>
 * NOTE:Since SUN Microsystem's API(s) insist on using SOAP as the transmission protocol 
 * but integrators wish to have XML sent instead, you have to use the xmlrpc-1.2 code from
 * Apache Foundation instead.
 *<p>
 * 
 *<p>
 * @author Bruce B. Werner
 * @version 0.9
 *
 */
public class PingIntegrator {
	
	String postName;
	String postURI;
	String pingClient;
	String pingMethod;


/**
 * This method gathers information necessary to do an XML-RPC ping.
 * <p>
 * @param name The name of the blog or blog entry, but that 
 *        could cause problems with Technorati.
 * @param URI The URI of the post or blog you are sending
 * @param client This is the client RPC name, usually something like 
 *        "http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping"
 * @param method Check with your integrator for this, usually "weblogUpdates.ping"
 * @return void
 * 
 */
	public PingIntegrator() {
		super();
		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
		

	}
	
	/**
	 * This method does the ping after you've called PingIntegrator() 
	 * <p>
	 * @return void
	 */
	public void doPing(String name, String URI, String client, String method) {
		
		try {
                    
                this.postName = name;
		this.postURI = URI;
		this.pingClient = client;
		this.pingMethod = method;
		
              final XmlRpcClient xmlrpc = new XmlRpcClient(this.pingClient);
	      final Vector params = new Vector();
	      params.addElement(this.postName);
	      params.addElement(this.postURI);
	      final Object result = xmlrpc.execute(this.pingMethod,params);
		  
		  if((result != null)){
	            System.out.println( "Successfully pinged account for " + client + "at" + URI);}
		  		System.out.println(this.postName);
				System.out.println(this.postURI);
				System.out.println(this.pingClient);
				System.out.println(this.pingMethod);
		  
		}
		catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println("ERROR: "+ex.getMessage());
                             }
		

	}

}