serve

# File lib/xmlrpc/server.rb, line 519
  def serve
    catch(:exit_serve) {
      header = {}
      @ap.headers_in.each {|key, value| header[key.capitalize] = value}

      length = header['Content-length'].to_i

      http_error(405, "Method Not Allowed") unless @ap.request_method  == "POST"
      http_error(400, "Bad Request")        unless parse_content_type(header['Content-type']).first == "text/xml"
      http_error(411, "Length Required")    unless length > 0

      # TODO: do we need a call to binmode?
      @ap.binmode
      data = @ap.read(length)

      http_error(400, "Bad Request")        if data.nil? or data.bytesize != length

      http_write(process(data), 200, "Content-type" => "text/xml; charset=utf-8")
    }
  end