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# File xmlrpc/server.rb, line 263
def add_introspection
  add_handler("system.listMethods",%w(array), "List methods available on this XML-RPC server") do
    methods = []
    @handler.each do |name, obj|
      if obj.kind_of? Proc
        methods << name
      else
        obj.methods.each {|meth| methods << name + meth}
      end
    end
    methods
  end

  add_handler("system.methodSignature", %w(array string), "Returns method signature") do |meth|
    sigs = []
    @handler.each do |name, obj, sig|
      if obj.kind_of? Proc and sig != nil and name == meth
        if sig[0].kind_of? Array
          # sig contains multiple signatures, e.g. [["array"], ["array", "string"]]
          sig.each {|s| sigs << s}
        else
          # sig is a single signature, e.g. ["array"]
          sigs << sig 
        end
      end
    end
    sigs.uniq! || sigs  # remove eventually duplicated signatures
  end

  add_handler("system.methodHelp", %w(string string), "Returns help on using this method") do |meth|
    help = nil 
    @handler.each do |name, obj, sig, hlp|
      if obj.kind_of? Proc and name == meth 
        help = hlp
        break      
      end
    end
    help || ""
  end

  self
end