[Freeipa-devel] Client JSON-RPC design doc

[Martin Kosek]

On 01/04/2013 03:13 PM, Petr Viktorin wrote:
> On 01/04/2013 01:43 PM, Jan Cholasta wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 4.1.2013 10:54, Petr Viktorin wrote:
> ...
>>>
>>> If rpc_protocol is set to "jsonrpc" (the default), the client will use
>>> JSON-RPC
>>> to talk to the server. If it's set to "xmlrpc", the client will use
>>> XML-RPC.
>>
>> What is the benefit of supporting both protocols?
>>
> 
> Mainly developer testing. Since we need to maintain backwards compatibility
> with XML-RPC clients, ability to issue XML-RPC from the client, or run the
> tests with XML-RPC, will be useful.
> 

+1 for this ability. Options like this one may prove very useful as a quick
workaround in case something breaks in the new protocol in a production
environment...

Martin