included a script for handling the XML-RPC Validator (UserLand Software),

and debugged the handling of parameter serialization so that I think it
can actually pass now...

src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/rpc/XmlRpcRequest.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import javax.mail.*;
 import javax.mail.internet.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.*;
 import org.w3c.dom.*;
 import com.silverwrist.util.*;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.except.*;
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
+  private static Category logger = Category.getInstance(XmlRpcRequest.class);
+
   private static SimpleTimeZone utc = new SimpleTimeZone(0,"UTC");
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -283,10 +286,14 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
 	return parseStruct(type);
       else if (name.equals("array"))
 	return parseArray(type);
-      else  // no dice here
+      else
+      { // no dice here
+	logger.error("inside a <value/> element: expected a valid type but got a <" + name + "/>");
 	throw new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_REQUEST,
 			      "invalid type element \"" + name + "\" specified inside a \"value\"");
 
+      } // end else
+
     } // end if
     else
     { // if there's no type-specific element, treat it as a string
@@ -304,7 +311,7 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
   {
     XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
     Element data = loader.postGetSubSection(val,"data");
-    NodeList nl = val.getChildNodes();
+    NodeList nl = data.getChildNodes();
     ArrayList rc = new ArrayList();
     for (int i=0; i<nl.getLength(); i++)
     { // look for <value/> elements within the <data/> element
@@ -312,8 +319,13 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
       if (n.getNodeType()==Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
       { // make sure we've got a value element here!
 	if (!(n.getNodeName().equals("value")))
+	{ // this is a bogus value!
+	  logger.error("inside array <data/>: expected a <value/> but found a <" + n.getNodeName() + "/>");
 	  throw new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_REQUEST,
 				"non-value element found inside array \"data\" element");
+
+	} // end if
+
 	rc.add(parseValue((Element)n));
 
       } // end if
@@ -342,8 +354,13 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
       if (n.getNodeType()==Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
       { // make sure we've got a value element here!
 	if (!(n.getNodeName().equals("member")))
+	{ // this is a bogus value
+	  logger.error("inside <struct/>: expected a <member/> but found a <" + n.getNodeName() + "/>");
 	  throw new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_REQUEST,
 				"non-member element found inside \"struct\" element");
+
+	} // end if
+
 	DOMElementHelper h = new DOMElementHelper((Element)n);
 	String my_name = loader.postGetSubElementText(h,"name").trim();
 	Element my_val = loader.postGetSubSection(h,"value");
@@ -401,7 +418,7 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
     if (foo instanceof Double)
       return "double";
     if (foo instanceof Date)
-      return "dateTime.iso8601";
+      return "dateTime";
     if (foo instanceof byte[])
       return "base64";
     if (foo instanceof Map)

src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/rpc/XmlRpcSerializer.java

@@ -104,6 +104,30 @@ public class XmlRpcSerializer
 
   public final String serialize(Object obj) throws XmlRpcFault
   {
+    if (obj.getClass().isArray())
+    { // treat arrays specially
+      Class ct = obj.getClass().getComponentType();
+      if (ct==Byte.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((byte[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Boolean.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((boolean[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Character.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((char[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Short.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((short[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Integer.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((int[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Long.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((long[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Float.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((float[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Double.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((double[])obj);
+      else
+	return this.serialize((Object[])obj);
+
+    } // end if
+
     if (obj==null)
       return serializeString(null);
 

src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/script/ScriptLibrary.java

@@ -180,6 +180,27 @@ public class ScriptLibrary
 
   } // end splitList
 
+  public final double toDouble(Object o) throws NumberFormatException
+  {
+    if (   (o instanceof Byte) || (o instanceof Short) || (o instanceof Integer) || (o instanceof Long)
+        || (o instanceof Float) || (o instanceof Double))
+      return ((Number)o).doubleValue();
+    else
+      return Double.parseDouble(o.toString());
+
+  } // end toDouble
+
+  public final int toInteger(Object o) throws NumberFormatException
+  {
+    if ((o instanceof Byte) || (o instanceof Short) || (o instanceof Integer))
+      return ((Number)o).intValue();
+    else if (o instanceof Boolean)
+      return ((Boolean)o).booleanValue() ? 1 : 0;
+    else
+      return Integer.parseInt(o.toString());
+
+  } // end toInteger
+
   public final boolean validVeniceID(String s)
   {
     return IDUtils.isValidVeniceID(s);