XMLRPC - persistent object state on server

[Demidov Andrey]

Hi, all

    I need a XMLRPC server, which works with database and returns data to
the clients.
    But I can not find any possibility to keep the object state on server
between the clients calls.

    Here is my code:

      1. Server:

from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler

# Restrict to a particular path.
class RequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
    rpc_paths = ('/RPC2',)

# Create server
server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000),
                            requestHandler=RequestHandler)
server.register_introspection_functions()

class MyClass:
    def __init__(self, a):
        self.a = a
        # and some heavy works which I would like to do once
    def say(self):
        return a

cl = MyClass(100)

def return_my_value():
    return cl.say()

server.register_function(return_my_value, 'r_v')

# Run the server's main loop
server.serve_forever()

       2. Client:

import xmlrpclib

s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:8000')
print s.r_v()

    When I'm running client I get this error message:

demas at myhost ~/sources/study/python $ python rpc_client.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "rpc_client.py", line 4, in <module>
    print s.r_v()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1199, in __call__
    return self.__send(self.__name, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1489, in __request
    verbose=self.__verbose
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1253, in request
    return self._parse_response(h.getfile(), sock)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1392, in _parse_response
    return u.close()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 838, in close
    raise Fault(**self._stack[0])
xmlrpclib.Fault: <Fault 1: "<type 'exceptions.NameError'>:global name 'a' is
not defined">


How can I fix it?  Is there any possibility to keep the object state between
the clients calls?

Thanks,
Demas
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