Method generate_html_documentation

Lib/xmlrpc/server.py:847–896

generate_html_documentation() => html documentation for the server Generates HTML documentation for the server using introspection for installed functions and instances that do not implement the _dispatch method. Alternatively, instances can choose to implement the _

(self)

        self.server_documentation = server_documentation

    def generate_html_documentation(self):
        """generate_html_documentation() => html documentation for the server

        Generates HTML documentation for the server using introspection for
        installed functions and instances that do not implement the
        _dispatch method. Alternatively, instances can choose to implement
        the _get_method_argstring(method_name) method to provide the
        argument string used in the documentation and the
        _methodHelp(method_name) method to provide the help text used
        in the documentation."""

        methods = {}

        for method_name in self.system_listMethods():
            if method_name in self.funcs:
                method = self.funcs[method_name]
            elif self.instance is not None:
                method_info = [None, None] # argspec, documentation
                if hasattr(self.instance, '_get_method_argstring'):
                    method_info[0] = self.instance._get_method_argstring(method_name)
                if hasattr(self.instance, '_methodHelp'):
                    method_info[1] = self.instance._methodHelp(method_name)

                method_info = tuple(method_info)
                if method_info != (None, None):
                    method = method_info
                elif not hasattr(self.instance, '_dispatch'):
                    try:
                        method = resolve_dotted_attribute(
                                    self.instance,
                                    method_name
                                    )
                    except AttributeError:
                        method = method_info
                else:
                    method = method_info
            else:
                assert 0, "Could not find method in self.functions and no "\
                          "instance installed"

            methods[method_name] = method

        documenter = ServerHTMLDoc()
        documentation = documenter.docserver(
                                self.server_name,
                                self.server_documentation,
                                methods
                            )

        return documenter.page(html.escape(self.server_title), documentation)

class DocXMLRPCRequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
    """XML-RPC and documentation request handler class.