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package groovy.net.xmlrpc;

import groovy.lang.GroovyInterceptable;
import groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport;

/**
 * @author John Wilson
 *
 */

public class RPCServerProxy extends GroovyObjectSupport implements GroovyInterceptable {

  public Object getProperty(final String property) {
  	return new GroovyObjectSupport() {
  		/**
  		 * 
  		 * Allow serverProxy.a.b.c(...)
  		 * This invokes a remote method with the name "a.b.c"
  		 * This technique is shamelessly stolen from the Python XML-RPC implementation
  		 * Thanks and credit to Fredrik Lundh
  		 * 
  		 */
  				
  		private final StringBuffer propertyPrefix = new StringBuffer(property + ".");
  	
  		public Object getProperty(final String property) {
  			this.propertyPrefix.append(property).append('.');
  			
  			return this;
  		}
  		
  		public Object invokeMethod(final String name, final Object args) {
  			return RPCServerProxy.this.invokeMethod(this.propertyPrefix + name, args);
  		}
  	};
  }
}