XML-RPC debugger

XML-RPC debugger

This is a graphical XML-RPC debugger I knocked up, because I was developing a web service and couldn't find any way of manually calling XML-RPC methods to test things out with. The syntax is fairly simple - for a quick guide, see the user's guide. It's written in Java, so you'll need a runtime environment from java.sun.com.

Downloads

JAR file - you will need the Apache XML-RPC library and Commons codec installed and in your CLASSPATH.
Jumbo JAR - if you're not sure what to get, and just want it to work, get this. It contains all the libraries it needs, so it will just download and run on any machine with a Java runtime installed.
Source code - download it, play with it, fix it; you know the drill. The ZIP contains the whole NetBeans project.

What to do

If you're running under Windows, just download and double-click on the JAR, and it should just run. If you're using *NIX, download it and then, from the command line, execute java -jar xmlrpc-debug-jumbo.jar (substitute filename as appropriate).

For a look at the syntax for doing RPC calls, look at the user's guide.

I am grateful to Meridian Audio, whose logo appears above, for paying me while I worked on this project, and allowing me to release it to the public. Three cheers for clued-up employers! :)