internet application programming checked to see if the method name matches the names of any methods defined for instance if sothe method is called directly the allow_dotted_names parameter is flag that indicates whether hierarchical search should be performed when checking for method names for exampleif request for method 'foo bar spamis receivedthis determines whether or not search for instance foo bar spam is made by defaultthis is false it should not be set to true unless the client has been verified otherwiseit opens up security hole that can allow intruders to execute arbitrary python code note thatat mostonly one instance can be registered at time register_introspection_functions(adds xml-rpc introspection functions system listmethods()system methodhelp()and system methodsignature(to the xml-rpc server system methodhelp(returns the documentation string for method (if anythe system methodsignature(function simply returns message indicating that the operation is unsupported (because python is dynamically typedtype information is availables register_multicall_functions(adds xml-rpc multicall function support by adding the system multicall(function to the server an instance of docxmlrpcserver additionally provides these methodss set_server_title(server_titlesets the title of the server in html documentation the string is placed in the html tag set_server_name(server_namesets the name of the server in html documentation the string appears at the top of the page in an tag set_server_documentation(server_documentationadds descriptive paragraph to the generated html output this string is added right after the server namebut before description of the xml-rpc functions although it is common for an xml-rpc server to operate as stand-alone processit can also run inside cgi script the following classes are used for thiscgixmlrpcrequesthandler([allow_none [encoding]] cgi request handler that operates in the same manner as simplexmlrpcserver the arguments have the same meaning as described for simplexmlrpcserver doccgixmlrpcrequesthandler( cgi request handler that operates in the same manner as docxmlrpcserver please note that as of this writingthe calling arguments are different than cgixmlrpcrequesthandler(this might be python bug so you should consult the online documentation in future releases an instancecof either cgi handler has the same methods as normal xml-rpc server for registering functions and instances howeverthey additionally define the following methodf lib fl ff