parameters: (params, methodname=None, methodresponse=None, encoding=None,
            allow_none=0)
return_statement: return string.join(data, "")
docstring: data [,options] -> marshalled data
  
      Convert an argument tuple or a Fault instance to an XML-RPC
      request (or response, if the methodresponse option is used).
  
      In addition to the data object, the following options can be given
      as keyword arguments:
  
          methodname: the method name for a methodCall packet
  
          methodresponse: true to create a methodResponse packet.
          If this option is used with a tuple, the tuple must be
          a singleton (i.e. it can contain only one element).
  
          encoding: the packet encoding (default is UTF-8)
  
      All 8-bit strings in the data structure are assumed to use the
      packet encoding.  Unicode strings are automatically converted,
      where necessary.
docstring_summary: data [,options] -> marshalled data
docstring_tokens: data [ options ] - > marshalled data
function: def dumps(params, methodname=None, methodresponse=None, encoding=None,
            allow_none=0):
      """data [,options] -> marshalled data
  
      Convert an argument tuple or a Fault instance to an XML-RPC
      request (or response, if the methodresponse option is used).
  
      In addition to the data object, the following options can be given
      as keyword arguments:
  
          methodname: the method name for a methodCall packet
  
          methodresponse: true to create a methodResponse packet.
          If this option is used with a tuple, the tuple must be
          a singleton (i.e. it can contain only one element).
  
          encoding: the packet encoding (default is UTF-8)
  
      All 8-bit strings in the data structure are assumed to use the
      packet encoding.  Unicode strings are automatically converted,
      where necessary.
      """
  
      assert isinstance(params, TupleType) or isinstance(params, Fault),\
             "argument must be tuple or Fault instance"
  
      if isinstance(params, Fault):
          methodresponse = 1
      elif methodresponse and isinstance(params, TupleType):
          assert len(params) == 1, "response tuple must be a singleton"
  
      if not encoding:
          encoding = "utf-8"
  
      if FastMarshaller:
          m = FastMarshaller(encoding)
      else:
          m = Marshaller(encoding, allow_none)
  
      data = m.dumps(params)
  
      if encoding != "utf-8":
          xmlheader = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='%s'?>\n" % str(encoding)
      else:
          xmlheader = "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n" # utf-8 is default
  
      # standard XML-RPC wrappings
      if methodname:
          # a method call
          if not isinstance(methodname, StringType):
              methodname = methodname.encode(encoding)
          data = (
              xmlheader,
              "<methodCall>\n"
              "<methodName>", methodname, "</methodName>\n",
              data,
              "</methodCall>\n"
              )
      elif methodresponse:
          # a method response, or a fault structure
          data = (
              xmlheader,
              "<methodResponse>\n",
              data,
              "</methodResponse>\n"
              )
      else:
          return data # return as is
      return string.join(data, "")
function_tokens: def dumps ( params , methodname = None , methodresponse = None , encoding = None , allow_none = 0 ) : assert isinstance ( params , TupleType ) or isinstance ( params , Fault ) , "argument must be tuple or Fault instance" if isinstance ( params , Fault ) : methodresponse = 1 elif methodresponse and isinstance ( params , TupleType ) : assert len ( params ) == 1 , "response tuple must be a singleton" if not encoding : encoding = "utf-8" if FastMarshaller : m = FastMarshaller ( encoding ) else : m = Marshaller ( encoding , allow_none ) data = m . dumps ( params ) if encoding != "utf-8" : xmlheader = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='%s'?>\n" % str ( encoding ) else : xmlheader = "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n" # utf-8 is default # standard XML-RPC wrappings if methodname : # a method call if not isinstance ( methodname , StringType ) : methodname = methodname . encode ( encoding ) data = ( xmlheader , "<methodCall>\n" "<methodName>" , methodname , "</methodName>\n" , data , "</methodCall>\n" ) elif methodresponse : # a method response, or a fault structure data = ( xmlheader , "<methodResponse>\n" , data , "</methodResponse>\n" ) else : return data # return as is return string . join ( data , "" )