contrib: import tinyrpc library

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tinyrpc/0.5
https://github.com/mbr/tinyrpc

Signed-off-by: Yoshihiro Kaneko <ykaneko0929@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>

15 files changed, 1302 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/__init__.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/__init__.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from .protocols import *
+from .exc import *
+from .client import *
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/client.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/client.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from .exc import RPCError
+
+
+class RPCClient(object):
+    """Client for making RPC calls to connected servers.
+
+    :param protocol: An :py:class:`~tinyrpc.RPCProtocol` instance.
+    :param transport: A :py:class:`~tinyrpc.transports.ClientTransport`
+                      instance.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, protocol, transport):
+        self.protocol = protocol
+        self.transport = transport
+
+    def _send_and_handle_reply(self, req):
+        # sends and waits for reply
+        reply = self.transport.send_message(req.serialize())
+
+        response = self.protocol.parse_reply(reply)
+
+        if hasattr(response, 'error'):
+            raise RPCError('Error calling remote procedure: %s' %\
+                           response.error)
+
+        return response
+
+    def call(self, method, args, kwargs, one_way=False):
+        """Calls the requested method and returns the result.
+
+        If an error occured, an :py:class:`~tinyrpc.exc.RPCError` instance
+        is raised.
+
+        :param method: Name of the method to call.
+        :param args: Arguments to pass to the method.
+        :param kwargs: Keyword arguments to pass to the method.
+        :param one_way: Whether or not a reply is desired.
+        """
+        req = self.protocol.create_request(method, args, kwargs, one_way)
+
+        return self._send_and_handle_reply(req).result
+
+    def get_proxy(self, prefix='', one_way=False):
+        """Convenience method for creating a proxy.
+
+        :param prefix: Passed on to :py:class:`~tinyrpc.client.RPCProxy`.
+        :param one_way: Passed on to :py:class:`~tinyrpc.client.RPCProxy`.
+        :return: :py:class:`~tinyrpc.client.RPCProxy` instance."""
+        return RPCProxy(self, prefix, one_way)
+
+    def batch_call(self, calls):
+        """Experimental, use at your own peril."""
+        req = self.protocol.create_batch_request()
+
+        for call_args in calls:
+            req.append(self.protocol.create_request(*call_args))
+
+        return self._send_and_handle_reply(req)
+
+
+class RPCProxy(object):
+    """Create a new remote proxy object.
+
+    Proxies allow calling of methods through a simpler interface. See the
+    documentation for an example.
+
+    :param client: An :py:class:`~tinyrpc.client.RPCClient` instance.
+    :param prefix: Prefix to prepend to every method name.
+    :param one_way: Passed to every call of
+                    :py:func:`~tinyrpc.client.call`.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, client, prefix='', one_way=False):
+        self.client = client
+        self.prefix = prefix
+        self.one_way = one_way
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        """Returns a proxy function that, when called, will call a function
+        name ``name`` on the client associated with the proxy.
+        """
+        proxy_func = lambda *args, **kwargs: self.client.call(
+                         self.prefix + name,
+                         args,
+                         kwargs,
+                         one_way=self.one_way
+                     )
+        return proxy_func
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/dispatch/__init__.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/dispatch/__init__.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import inspect
+
+from ..exc import *
+
+
+def public(name=None):
+    """Set RPC name on function.
+
+    This function decorator will set the ``_rpc_public_name`` attribute on a
+    function, causing it to be picked up if an instance of its parent class is
+    registered using
+    :py:func:`~tinyrpc.dispatch.RPCDispatcher.register_instance`.
+
+    ``@public`` is a shortcut for ``@public()``.
+
+    :param name: The name to register the function with.
+    """
+    # called directly with function
+    if callable(name):
+        f = name
+        f._rpc_public_name = f.__name__
+        return f
+
+    def _(f):
+        f._rpc_public_name = name or f.__name__
+        return f
+
+    return _
+
+
+class RPCDispatcher(object):
+    """Stores name-to-method mappings."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.method_map = {}
+        self.subdispatchers = {}
+
+    def add_subdispatch(self, dispatcher, prefix=''):
+        """Adds a subdispatcher, possibly in its own namespace.
+
+        :param dispatcher: The dispatcher to add as a subdispatcher.
+        :param prefix: A prefix. All of the new subdispatchers methods will be
+                       available as prefix + their original name.
+        """
+        self.subdispatchers.setdefault(prefix, []).append(dispatcher)
+
+    def add_method(self, f, name=None):
+        """Add a method to the dispatcher.
+
+        :param f: Callable to be added.
+        :param name: Name to register it with. If ``None``, ``f.__name__`` will
+                     be used.
+        """
+        assert callable(f), "method argument must be callable"
+                            # catches a few programming errors that are
+                            # commonly silently swallowed otherwise
+        if not name:
+            name = f.__name__
+
+        if name in self.method_map:
+            raise RPCError('Name %s already registered')
+
+        self.method_map[name] = f
+
+    def dispatch(self, request):
+        """Fully handle request.
+
+        The dispatch method determines which method to call, calls it and
+        returns a response containing a result.
+
+        No exceptions will be thrown, rather, every exception will be turned
+        into a response using :py:func:`~tinyrpc.RPCRequest.error_respond`.
+
+        If a method isn't found, a :py:exc:`~tinyrpc.exc.MethodNotFoundError`
+        response will be returned. If any error occurs outside of the requested
+        method, a :py:exc:`~tinyrpc.exc.ServerError` without any error
+        information will be returend.
+
+        If the method is found and called but throws an exception, the
+        exception thrown is used as a response instead. This is the only case
+        in which information from the exception is possibly propagated back to
+        the client, as the exception is part of the requested method.
+
+        :py:class:`~tinyrpc.RPCBatchRequest` instances are handled by handling
+        all its children in order and collecting the results, then returning an
+        :py:class:`~tinyrpc.RPCBatchResponse` with the results.
+
+        :param request: An :py:func:`~tinyrpc.RPCRequest`.
+        :return: An :py:func:`~tinyrpc.RPCResponse`.
+        """
+        if hasattr(request, 'create_batch_response'):
+            results = [self._dispatch(req) for req in request]
+
+            response = request.create_batch_response()
+            if response != None:
+                response.extend(results)
+
+            return response
+        else:
+            return self._dispatch(request)
+
+    def _dispatch(self, request):
+        try:
+            try:
+                method = self.get_method(request.method)
+            except KeyError as e:
+                return request.error_respond(MethodNotFoundError(e))
+
+            # we found the method
+            try:
+                result = method(*request.args, **request.kwargs)
+            except Exception as e:
+                # an error occured within the method, return it
+                return request.error_respond(e)
+
+            # respond with result
+            return request.respond(result)
+        except Exception as e:
+            # unexpected error, do not let client know what happened
+            return request.error_respond(ServerError())
+
+    def get_method(self, name):
+        """Retrieve a previously registered method.
+
+        Checks if a method matching ``name`` has been registered.
+
+        If :py:func:`get_method` cannot find a method, every subdispatcher
+        with a prefix matching the method name is checked as well.
+
+        If a method isn't found, a :py:class:`KeyError` is thrown.
+
+        :param name: Callable to find.
+        :param return: The callable.
+        """
+        if name in self.method_map:
+            return self.method_map[name]
+
+        for prefix, subdispatchers in self.subdispatchers.iteritems():
+            if name.startswith(prefix):
+                for sd in subdispatchers:
+                    try:
+                        return sd.get_method(name[len(prefix):])
+                    except KeyError:
+                        pass
+
+        raise KeyError(name)
+
+    def public(self, name=None):
+        """Convenient decorator.
+
+        Allows easy registering of functions to this dispatcher. Example:
+
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            dispatch = RPCDispatcher()
+
+            @dispatch.public
+            def foo(bar):
+                # ...
+
+            class Baz(object):
+                def not_exposed(self):
+                    # ...
+
+                @dispatch.public(name='do_something')
+                def visible_method(arg1)
+                    # ...
+
+        :param name: Name to register callable with
+        """
+        if callable(name):
+            self.add_method(name)
+            return name
+
+        def _(f):
+            self.add_method(f, name=name)
+            return f
+
+        return _
+
+    def register_instance(self, obj, prefix=''):
+        """Create new subdispatcher and register all public object methods on
+        it.
+
+        To be used in conjunction with the :py:func:`tinyrpc.dispatch.public`
+        decorator (*not* :py:func:`tinyrpc.dispatch.RPCDispatcher.public`).
+
+        :param obj: The object whose public methods should be made available.
+        :param prefix: A prefix for the new subdispatcher.
+        """
+        dispatch = self.__class__()
+        for name, f in inspect.getmembers(
+            obj, lambda f: callable(f) and hasattr(f, '_rpc_public_name')
+        ):
+            dispatch.add_method(f, f._rpc_public_name)
+
+        # add to dispatchers
+        self.add_subdispatch(dispatch, prefix)
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/exc.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/exc.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+class RPCError(Exception):
+    """Base class for all excetions thrown by :py:mod:`tinyrpc`."""
+
+
+class BadRequestError(RPCError):
+    """Base class for all errors that caused the processing of a request to
+    abort before a request object could be instantiated."""
+
+    def error_respond(self):
+        """Create :py:class:`~tinyrpc.RPCErrorResponse` to respond the error.
+
+        :return: A error responce instance or ``None``, if the protocol decides
+                 to drop the error silently."""
+        raise RuntimeError('Not implemented')
+
+
+class BadReplyError(RPCError):
+    """Base class for all errors that caused processing of a reply to abort
+    before it could be turned in a response object."""
+
+
+class InvalidRequestError(BadRequestError):
+    """A request made was malformed (i.e. violated the specification) and could
+    not be parsed."""
+
+
+class InvalidReplyError(BadReplyError):
+    """A reply received was malformed (i.e. violated the specification) and
+    could not be parsed into a response."""
+
+
+class MethodNotFoundError(RPCError):
+    """The desired method was not found."""
+
+
+class ServerError(RPCError):
+    """An internal error in the RPC system occured."""
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/protocols/__init__.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/protocols/__init__.py
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+++ b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/protocols/__init__.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from ..exc import *
+
+class RPCRequest(object):
+    unique_id = None
+    """A unique ID to remember the request by. Protocol specific, may or
+    may not be set. This value should only be set by
+    :py:func:`~tinyrpc.RPCProtocol.create_request`.
+
+    The ID allows client to receive responses out-of-order and still allocate
+    them to the correct request.
+
+    Only supported if the parent protocol has
+    :py:attr:`~tinyrpc.RPCProtocol.supports_out_of_order` set to ``True``.
+    """
+
+    method = None
+    """The name of the method to be called."""
+
+    args = []
+    """The positional arguments of the method call."""
+
+    kwargs = {}
+    """The keyword arguments of the method call."""
+
+    def error_respond(self, error):
+        """Creates an error response.
+
+        Create a response indicating that the request was parsed correctly,
+        but an error has occured trying to fulfill it.
+
+        :param error: An exception or a string describing the error.
+
+        :return: A response or ``None`` to indicate that no error should be sent
+                 out.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def respond(self, result):
+        """Create a response.
+
+        Call this to return the result of a successful method invocation.
+
+        This creates and returns an instance of a protocol-specific subclass of
+        :py:class:`~tinyrpc.RPCResponse`.
+
+        :param result: Passed on to new response instance.
+
+        :return: A response or ``None`` to indicate this request does not expect a
+                 response.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        """Returns a serialization of the request.
+
+        :return: A string to be passed on to a transport.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class RPCBatchRequest(list):
+    """Multiple requests batched together.
+
+    A batch request is a subclass of :py:class:`list`. Protocols that support
+    multiple requests in a single message use this to group them together.
+
+    Handling a batch requests is done in any order, responses must be gathered
+    in a batch response and be in the same order as their respective requests.
+
+    Any item of a batch request is either a request or a subclass of
+    :py:class:`~tinyrpc.BadRequestError`, which indicates that there has been
+    an error in parsing the request.
+    """
+
+    def create_batch_response(self):
+        """Creates a response suitable for responding to this request.
+
+        :return: An :py:class:`~tinyrpc.RPCBatchResponse` or ``None``, if no
+                 response is expected."""
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class RPCResponse(object):
+    """RPC call response class.
+
+    Base class for all deriving responses.
+
+    Has an attribute ``result`` containing the result of the RPC call, unless
+    an error occured, in which case an attribute ``error`` will contain the
+    error message."""
+
+    unique_id = None
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        """Returns a serialization of the response.
+
+        :return: A reply to be passed on to a transport.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class RPCErrorResponse(RPCResponse):
+    pass
+
+
+class RPCBatchResponse(list):
+    """Multiple response from a batch request. See
+    :py:class:`~tinyrpc.RPCBatchRequest` on how to handle.
+
+    Items in a batch response need to be
+    :py:class:`~tinyrpc.RPCResponse` instances or None, meaning no reply should
+    generated for the request.
+    """
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        """Returns a serialization of the batch response."""
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class RPCProtocol(object):
+    """Base class for all protocol implementations."""
+
+    supports_out_of_order = False
+    """If true, this protocol can receive responses out of order correctly.
+
+    Note that this usually depends on the generation of unique_ids, the
+    generation of these may or may not be thread safe, depending on the
+    protocol. Ideally, only once instance of RPCProtocol should be used per
+    client."""
+
+    def create_request(self, method, args=None, kwargs=None, one_way=False):
+        """Creates a new RPCRequest object.
+
+        It is up to the implementing protocol whether or not ``args``,
+        ``kwargs``, one of these, both at once or none of them are supported.
+
+        :param method: The method name to invoke.
+        :param args: The positional arguments to call the method with.
+        :param kwargs: The keyword arguments to call the method with.
+        :param one_way: The request is an update, i.e. it does not expect a
+                        reply.
+        :return: A new :py:class:`~tinyrpc.RPCRequest` instance.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def parse_request(self, data):
+        """Parses a request given as a string and returns an
+        :py:class:`RPCRequest` instance.
+
+        :return: An instanced request.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def parse_reply(self, data):
+        """Parses a reply and returns an :py:class:`RPCResponse` instance.
+
+        :return: An instanced response.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class RPCBatchProtocol(RPCProtocol):
+    def create_batch_request(self, requests=None):
+        """Create a new :py:class:`tinyrpc.RPCBatchRequest` object.
+
+        :param requests: A list of requests.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/protocols/jsonrpc.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/protocols/jsonrpc.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from .. import RPCBatchProtocol, RPCRequest, RPCResponse, RPCErrorResponse,\
+               InvalidRequestError, MethodNotFoundError, ServerError,\
+               InvalidReplyError, RPCError, RPCBatchRequest, RPCBatchResponse
+
+import json
+
+class FixedErrorMessageMixin(object):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not args:
+            args = [self.message]
+        super(FixedErrorMessageMixin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def error_respond(self):
+        response = JSONRPCErrorResponse()
+
+        response.error = self.message
+        response.unique_id = None
+        response._jsonrpc_error_code = self.jsonrpc_error_code
+        return response
+
+
+
+class JSONRPCParseError(FixedErrorMessageMixin, InvalidRequestError):
+    jsonrpc_error_code = -32700
+    message = 'Parse error'
+
+
+class JSONRPCInvalidRequestError(FixedErrorMessageMixin, InvalidRequestError):
+    jsonrpc_error_code = -32600
+    message = 'Invalid Request'
+
+
+class JSONRPCMethodNotFoundError(FixedErrorMessageMixin, MethodNotFoundError):
+    jsonrpc_error_code = -32601
+    message = 'Method not found'
+
+
+class JSONRPCInvalidParamsError(FixedErrorMessageMixin, InvalidRequestError):
+    jsonrpc_error_code = -32602
+    message = 'Invalid params'
+
+
+class JSONRPCInternalError(FixedErrorMessageMixin, InvalidRequestError):
+    jsonrpc_error_code = -32603
+    message = 'Internal error'
+
+
+class JSONRPCServerError(FixedErrorMessageMixin, InvalidRequestError):
+    jsonrpc_error_code = -32000
+    message = ''
+
+
+class JSONRPCSuccessResponse(RPCResponse):
+    def _to_dict(self):
+        return {
+            'jsonrpc': JSONRPCProtocol.JSON_RPC_VERSION,
+            'id': self.unique_id,
+            'result': self.result,
+        }
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        return json.dumps(self._to_dict())
+
+
+class JSONRPCErrorResponse(RPCErrorResponse):
+    def _to_dict(self):
+        return {
+            'jsonrpc': JSONRPCProtocol.JSON_RPC_VERSION,
+            'id': self.unique_id,
+            'error': {
+                'message': str(self.error),
+                'code': self._jsonrpc_error_code,
+            }
+        }
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        return json.dumps(self._to_dict())
+
+
+def _get_code_and_message(error):
+    assert isinstance(error, (Exception, basestring))
+    if isinstance(error, Exception):
+        if hasattr(error, 'jsonrpc_error_code'):
+            code = error.jsonrpc_error_code
+            msg = str(error)
+        elif isinstance(error, InvalidRequestError):
+            code = JSONRPCInvalidRequestError.jsonrpc_error_code
+            msg = JSONRPCInvalidRequestError.message
+        elif isinstance(error, MethodNotFoundError):
+            code = JSONRPCMethodNotFoundError.jsonrpc_error_code
+            msg = JSONRPCMethodNotFoundError.message
+        else:
+            # allow exception message to propagate
+            code = JSONRPCServerError.jsonrpc_error_code
+            msg = str(error)
+    else:
+        code = -32000
+        msg = error
+
+    return code, msg
+
+
+class JSONRPCRequest(RPCRequest):
+    def error_respond(self, error):
+        if not self.unique_id:
+            return None
+
+        response = JSONRPCErrorResponse()
+
+        code, msg = _get_code_and_message(error)
+
+        response.error = msg
+        response.unique_id = self.unique_id
+        response._jsonrpc_error_code = code
+        return response
+
+    def respond(self, result):
+        response = JSONRPCSuccessResponse()
+
+        if not self.unique_id:
+            return None
+
+        response.result = result
+        response.unique_id = self.unique_id
+
+        return response
+
+    def _to_dict(self):
+        jdata = {
+            'jsonrpc': JSONRPCProtocol.JSON_RPC_VERSION,
+            'method': self.method,
+        }
+        if self.args:
+            jdata['params'] = self.args
+        if self.kwargs:
+            jdata['params'] = self.kwargs
+        if self.unique_id != None:
+            jdata['id'] = self.unique_id
+        return jdata
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        return json.dumps(self._to_dict())
+
+
+class JSONRPCBatchRequest(RPCBatchRequest):
+    def create_batch_response(self):
+        if self._expects_response():
+            return JSONRPCBatchResponse()
+
+    def _expects_response(self):
+        for request in self:
+            if isinstance(request, Exception):
+                return True
+            if request.unique_id != None:
+                return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def serialize(self):
+        return json.dumps([req._to_dict() for req in self])
+
+
+class JSONRPCBatchResponse(RPCBatchResponse):
+    def serialize(self):
+        return json.dumps([resp._to_dict() for resp in self if resp != None])
+
+
+class JSONRPCProtocol(RPCBatchProtocol):
+    """JSONRPC protocol implementation.
+
+    Currently, only version 2.0 is supported."""
+
+    JSON_RPC_VERSION = "2.0"
+    _ALLOWED_REPLY_KEYS = sorted(['id', 'jsonrpc', 'error', 'result'])
+    _ALLOWED_REQUEST_KEYS = sorted(['id', 'jsonrpc', 'method', 'params'])
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(JSONRPCProtocol, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self._id_counter = 0
+
+    def _get_unique_id(self):
+        self._id_counter += 1
+        return self._id_counter
+
+    def create_batch_request(self, requests=None):
+        return JSONRPCBatchRequest(requests or [])
+
+    def create_request(self, method, args=None, kwargs=None, one_way=False):
+        if args and kwargs:
+            raise InvalidRequestError('Does not support args and kwargs at '\
+                                      'the same time')
+
+        request = JSONRPCRequest()
+
+        if not one_way:
+            request.unique_id = self._get_unique_id()
+
+        request.method = method
+        request.args = args
+        request.kwargs = kwargs
+
+        return request
+
+    def parse_reply(self, data):
+        try:
+            rep = json.loads(data)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise InvalidReplyError(e)
+
+        for k in rep.iterkeys():
+            if not k in self._ALLOWED_REPLY_KEYS:
+                raise InvalidReplyError('Key not allowed: %s' % k)
+
+        if not 'jsonrpc' in rep:
+            raise InvalidReplyError('Missing jsonrpc (version) in response.')
+
+        if rep['jsonrpc'] != self.JSON_RPC_VERSION:
+            raise InvalidReplyError('Wrong JSONRPC version')
+
+        if not 'id' in rep:
+            raise InvalidReplyError('Missing id in response')
+
+        if ('error' in rep) == ('result' in rep):
+            raise InvalidReplyError(
+                'Reply must contain exactly one of result and error.'
+            )
+
+        if 'error' in rep:
+            response = JSONRPCErrorResponse()
+            error = rep['error']
+            response.error = error['message']
+            response._jsonrpc_error_code = error['code']
+        else:
+            response = JSONRPCSuccessResponse()
+            response.result = rep.get('result', None)
+
+        response.unique_id = rep['id']
+
+        return response
+
+    def parse_request(self, data):
+        try:
+            req = json.loads(data)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise JSONRPCParseError()
+
+        if isinstance(req, list):
+            # batch request
+            requests = JSONRPCBatchRequest()
+            for subreq in req:
+                try:
+                    requests.append(self._parse_subrequest(subreq))
+                except RPCError as e:
+                    requests.append(e)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    requests.append(JSONRPCInvalidRequestError())
+
+            if not requests:
+                raise JSONRPCInvalidRequestError()
+            return requests
+        else:
+            return self._parse_subrequest(req)
+
+    def _parse_subrequest(self, req):
+        for k in req.iterkeys():
+            if not k in self._ALLOWED_REQUEST_KEYS:
+                raise JSONRPCInvalidRequestError()
+
+        if req.get('jsonrpc', None) != self.JSON_RPC_VERSION:
+            raise JSONRPCInvalidRequestError()
+
+        if not isinstance(req['method'], basestring):
+            raise JSONRPCInvalidRequestError()
+
+        request = JSONRPCRequest()
+        request.method = str(req['method'])
+        request.unique_id = req.get('id', None)
+
+        params = req.get('params', None)
+        if params != None:
+            if isinstance(params, list):
+                request.args = req['params']
+            elif isinstance(params, dict):
+                request.kwargs = req['params']
+            else:
+                raise JSONRPCInvalidParamsError()
+
+        return request
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/server/__init__.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/server/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b2cc1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/server/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# FIXME: needs unittests
+# FIXME: needs checks for out-of-order, concurrency, etc as attributes
+from tinyrpc.exc import RPCError
+
+class RPCServer(object):
+    """High level RPC server.
+
+    :param transport: The :py:class:`~tinyrpc.transports.RPCTransport` to use.
+    :param protocol: The :py:class:`~tinyrpc.RPCProtocol` to use.
+    :param dispatcher: The :py:class:`~tinyrpc.dispatch.RPCDispatcher` to use.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, transport, protocol, dispatcher):
+        self.transport = transport
+        self.protocol = protocol
+        self.dispatcher = dispatcher
+
+    def serve_forever(self):
+        """Handle requests forever.
+
+        Starts the server loop in which the transport will be polled for a new
+        message.
+
+        After a new message has arrived,
+        :py:func:`~tinyrpc.server.RPCServer._spawn` is called with a handler
+        function and arguments to handle the request.
+
+        The handler function will try to decode the message using the supplied
+        protocol, if that fails, an error response will be sent. After decoding
+        the message, the dispatcher will be asked to handle the resultung
+        request and the return value (either an error or a result) will be sent
+        back to the client using the transport.
+
+        After calling :py:func:`~tinyrpc.server.RPCServer._spawn`, the server
+        will fetch the next message and repeat.
+        """
+        while True:
+            context, message = self.transport.receive_message()
+
+            # assuming protocol is threadsafe and dispatcher is theadsafe, as
+            # long as its immutable
+
+            def handle_message(context, message):
+                try:
+                    request = self.protocol.parse_request(message)
+                except RPCError as e:
+                    response = e.error_respond()
+                else:
+                    response = self.dispatcher.dispatch(request)
+
+                # send reply
+                self.transport.send_reply(context, response.serialize())
+
+            self._spawn(handle_message, context, message)
+
+    def _spawn(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Spawn a handler function.
+
+        This function is overridden in subclasses to provide concurrency.
+
+        In the base implementation, it simply calls the supplied function
+        ``func`` with ``*args`` and ``**kwargs``. This results in a
+        single-threaded, single-process, synchronous server.
+
+        :param func: A callable to call.
+        :param args: Arguments to ``func``.
+        :param kwargs: Keyword arguments to ``func``.
+        """
+        func(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/server/gevent.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/server/gevent.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1078fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/server/gevent.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+import gevent
+
+from . import RPCServer
+
+
+class RPCServerGreenlets(RPCServer):
+    # documentation in docs because of dependencies
+    def _spawn(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
+        gevent.spawn(func, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/INTEGRATE_ME.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/INTEGRATE_ME.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a574d973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/INTEGRATE_ME.py
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import gevent
+import zmq.green as zmq
+from logbook import Logger
+
+from tinyrpc.protocols.jsonrpc import JSONRPCProtocol
+from tinyrpc.dispatch import RPCDispatcher
+from tinyrpc import RPCError, ServerError, MethodNotFoundError
+
+
+class Server(object):
+    def __init__(transport, protocol, dispatcher):
+        self.transport = transport
+        self.protocol = protocol
+        self.dispatcher = dispatcher
+
+    def run(self):
+        while True:
+            try:
+                context, message = self.transport.receive_message()
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.exception(e)
+                continue
+
+            # assuming protocol is threadsafe and dispatcher is theadsafe, as long
+            # as its immutable
+
+            self.handle_client(context, message)
+
+    def handle_client(self, context, message):
+        try:
+            request = self.protocol.parse_request(message)
+        except RPCError as e:
+            self.exception(e)
+            response = e.error_respond()
+        else:
+            response = dispatcher.dispatch(request)
+
+        # send reply
+        reply = response.serialize()
+        self.transport.send_reply(context, reply)
+
+
+class ConcurrentServerMixin(object):
+    def handle_client(self, context, message):
+        self.spawn(
+            super(ConcurrentServer, self).handle_client, context, message
+        )
+
+
+class ZmqRouterTransport(object):
+    def __init__(self, socket):
+        self.socket = socket
+
+    def receive_message(self):
+        msg = socket.recv_multipart()
+        return msg[:-1], [-1]
+
+    def send_reply(self, context, reply):
+        self.send_multipart(context + [reply])
+
+
+class GeventConcurrencyMixin(ConcurrentServerMixin):
+    def spawn(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
+        gevent.spawn(func, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def rpc_server(socket, protocol, dispatcher):
+    log = Logger('rpc_server')
+    log.debug('starting up...')
+    while True:
+        try:
+            message = socket.recv_multipart()
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.warning('Failed to receive message from client, ignoring...')
+            log.exception(e)
+            continue
+
+        log.debug('Received message %s from %r' % (message[-1], message[0]))
+
+        # assuming protocol is threadsafe and dispatcher is theadsafe, as long
+        # as its immutable
+
+        def handle_client(message):
+            try:
+                request = protocol.parse_request(message[-1])
+            except RPCError as e:
+                log.exception(e)
+                response = e.error_respond()
+            else:
+                response = dispatcher.dispatch(request)
+                log.debug('Response okay: %r' % response)
+
+            # send reply
+            message[-1] = response.serialize()
+            log.debug('Replying %s to %r' % (message[-1], message[0]))
+            socket.send_multipart(message)
+
+        gevent.spawn(handle_client, message)
+
+
+context = zmq.Context()
+socket = context.socket(zmq.ROUTER)
+socket.bind("tcp://127.0.0.1:12345")
+
+dispatcher = RPCDispatcher()
+
+@dispatcher.public
+def throw_up():
+    return 'asad'
+    raise Exception('BLARGH')
+
+rpc_server(socket, JSONRPCProtocol(), dispatcher)
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/__init__.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bbc8720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+class ServerTransport(object):
+    """Base class for all server transports."""
+
+    def receive_message(self):
+        """Receive a message from the transport.
+
+        Blocks until another message has been received. May return a context
+        opaque to clients that should be passed on
+        :py:func:`~tinyrpc.transport.Transport.send_reply` to identify the
+        client later on.
+
+        :return: A tuple consisting of ``(context, message)``.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def send_reply(self, context, reply):
+        """Sends a reply to a client.
+
+        The client is usually identified by passing ``context`` as returned
+        from the original
+        :py:func:`~tinyrpc.transport.Transport.receive_message` call.
+
+        Messages must be strings, it is up to the sender to convert the
+        beforehand. A non-string value raises a :py:exc:`TypeError`.
+
+        :param context: A context returned by
+                        :py:func:`~tinyrpc.transport.Transport.receive_message`.
+        :param reply: A string to send back as the reply.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class ClientTransport(object):
+    """Base class for all client transports."""
+
+    def send_message(self, message, expect_reply=True):
+        """Send a message to the server and possibly receive a reply.
+
+        Sends a message to the connected server.
+
+        Messages must be strings, it is up to the sender to convert the
+        beforehand. A non-string value raises a :py:exc:`TypeError`.
+
+        This function will block until one reply has been received.
+
+        :param message: A string to send.
+        :return: A string containing the server reply.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/http.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/http.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..919f97f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/http.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from Queue import Queue
+import threading
+import requests
+
+from . import ServerTransport, ClientTransport
+
+
+class HttpPostClientTransport(ClientTransport):
+    """HTTP POST based client transport.
+
+    Requires :py:mod:`requests`. Submits messages to a server using the body of
+    an ``HTTP`` ``POST`` request. Replies are taken from the responses body.
+
+    :param endpoint: The URL to send ``POST`` data to.
+    :param kwargs: Additional parameters for :py:func:`requests.post`.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, endpoint, **kwargs):
+        self.endpoint = endpoint
+        self.request_kwargs = kwargs
+
+    def send_message(self, message, expect_reply=True):
+        if not isinstance(message, str):
+            raise TypeError('str expected')
+
+        r = requests.post(self.endpoint, data=message, **self.request_kwargs)
+
+        if expect_reply:
+            return r.content
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/tcp.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/tcp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5ac6142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/tcp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from Queue import Queue
+import struct
+import threading
+
+from SocketServer import TCPServer, BaseRequestHandler, ThreadingMixIn
+
+from . import RPCRequestResponseServer
+
+
+def _read_length_prefixed_msg(sock, prefix_format='!I'):
+    prefix_bytes = struct.calcsize(prefix_format)
+
+    sock.recv(prefix_bytes)
+
+def _read_n_bytes(sock, n):
+    buf = []
+    while n > 0:
+        data = sock.recv(n)
+        n -= len(data)
+        buf.append(data)
+
+    return ''.join(buf)
+
+
+def create_length_prefixed_tcp_handler():
+    queue = Queue()
+    class LengthPrefixedTcpHandler(BaseRequestHandler):
+        def handle(self):
+            #msg = _read_length_prefixed_msg(self.request)
+            # this will run inside a new thread
+            self.request.send("hello\n")
+            while True:
+                b = _read_n_bytes(self.request, 10)
+                self.request.send("you sent: %s" % b)
+                queue.put(b)
+
+    return queue, LengthPrefixedTcpHandler
+
+
+def tcp_test_main():
+    class Server(ThreadingMixIn, TCPServer):
+        pass
+
+    queue, Handler = create_length_prefixed_tcp_handler()
+
+    server = Server(('localhost', 12345), Handler)
+    server.allow_reuse_address = True
+
+    server.serve_forever()
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/wsgi.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9a84c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import Queue
+
+from werkzeug.wrappers import Response, Request
+
+from . import ServerTransport
+
+
+class WsgiServerTransport(ServerTransport):
+    """WSGI transport.
+
+    Requires :py:mod:`werkzeug`.
+
+    Due to the nature of WSGI, this transport has a few pecularities: It must
+    be run in a thread, greenlet or some other form of concurrent execution
+    primitive.
+
+    This is due to
+    :py:func:`~tinyrpc.transports.wsgi.WsgiServerTransport.handle` blocking
+    while waiting for a call to
+    :py:func:`~tinyrpc.transports.wsgi.WsgiServerTransport.send_reply`.
+
+    The parameter ``queue_class`` must be used to supply a proper queue class
+    for the chosen concurrency mechanism (i.e. when using :py:mod:`gevent`,
+    set it to :py:class:`gevent.queue.Queue`).
+
+    :param max_content_length: The maximum request content size allowed. Should
+                               be set to a sane value to prevent DoS-Attacks.
+    :param queue_class: The Queue class to use.
+    :param allow_origin: The ``Access-Control-Allow-Origin`` header. Defaults
+                         to ``*`` (so change it if you need actual security).
+    """
+    def __init__(self, max_content_length=4096, queue_class=Queue.Queue,
+                       allow_origin='*'):
+        self._queue_class = queue_class
+        self.messages = queue_class()
+        self.max_content_length = max_content_length
+        self.allow_origin = allow_origin
+
+    def receive_message(self):
+        return self.messages.get()
+
+    def send_reply(self, context, reply):
+        if not isinstance(reply, str):
+            raise TypeError('str expected')
+
+        context.put(reply)
+
+    def handle(self, environ, start_response):
+        """WSGI handler function.
+
+        The transport will serve a request by reading the message and putting
+        it into an internal buffer. It will then block until another
+        concurrently running function sends a reply using
+        :py:func:`~tinyrpc.transports.WsgiServerTransport.send_reply`.
+
+        The reply will then be sent to the client being handled and handle will
+        return.
+        """
+        request = Request(environ)
+        request.max_content_length = self.max_content_length
+
+        access_control_headers = {
+            'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'POST',
+            'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': self.allow_origin,
+            'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': \
+                'Content-Type, X-Requested-With, Accept, Origin'
+        }
+
+        if request.method == 'OPTIONS':
+            response = Response(headers=access_control_headers)
+
+        elif request.method == 'POST':
+            # message is encoded in POST, read it...
+            msg = request.stream.read()
+
+            # create new context
+            context = self._queue_class()
+
+            self.messages.put((context, msg))
+
+            # ...and send the reply
+            response = Response(context.get(), headers=access_control_headers)
+        else:
+            # nothing else supported at the moment
+            response = Response('Only POST supported', 405)
+
+        return response(environ, start_response)
diff --git a/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/zmq.py b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/zmq.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..502a1ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ryu/contrib/tinyrpc/transports/zmq.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import  # needed for zmq import
+import zmq
+
+from . import ServerTransport, ClientTransport
+
+
+class ZmqServerTransport(ServerTransport):
+    """Server transport based on a :py:const:`zmq.ROUTER` socket.
+
+    :param socket: A :py:const:`zmq.ROUTER` socket instance, bound to an
+                   endpoint.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, socket):
+        self.socket = socket
+
+    def receive_message(self):
+        msg = self.socket.recv_multipart()
+        return msg[:-1], msg[-1]
+
+    def send_reply(self, context, reply):
+        self.socket.send_multipart(context + [reply])
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create(cls, zmq_context, endpoint):
+        """Create new server transport.
+
+        Instead of creating the socket yourself, you can call this function and
+        merely pass the :py:class:`zmq.core.context.Context` instance.
+
+        By passing a context imported from :py:mod:`zmq.green`, you can use
+        green (gevent) 0mq sockets as well.
+
+        :param zmq_context: A 0mq context.
+        :param endpoint: The endpoint clients will connect to.
+        """
+        socket = zmq_context.socket(zmq.ROUTER)
+        socket.bind(endpoint)
+        return cls(socket)
+
+
+class ZmqClientTransport(ClientTransport):
+    """Client transport based on a :py:const:`zmq.REQ` socket.
+
+    :param socket: A :py:const:`zmq.REQ` socket instance, connected to the
+                   server socket.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, socket):
+        self.socket = socket
+
+    def send_message(self, message, expect_reply=True):
+        self.socket.send(message)
+
+        if expect_reply:
+            return self.socket.recv()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create(cls, zmq_context, endpoint):
+        """Create new client transport.
+
+        Instead of creating the socket yourself, you can call this function and
+        merely pass the :py:class:`zmq.core.context.Context` instance.
+
+        By passing a context imported from :py:mod:`zmq.green`, you can use
+        green (gevent) 0mq sockets as well.
+
+        :param zmq_context: A 0mq context.
+        :param endpoint: The endpoint the server is bound to.
+        """
+        socket = zmq_context.socket(zmq.REQ)
+        socket.connect(endpoint)
+        return cls(socket)
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 793e48b4..7be60f19 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ paramiko
 routes
 six>=1.4.0
 webob>=1.0.8
-tinyrpc