new2

# File lib/xmlrpc/client.rb, line 135
    def new2(uri, proxy=nil, timeout=nil)
      begin
        url = URI(uri)
      rescue URI::InvalidURIError => e
        raise ArgumentError, e.message, e.backtrace
      end

      unless URI::HTTP === url
        raise ArgumentError, "Wrong protocol specified. Only http or https allowed!"
      end

      proto  = url.scheme
      user   = url.user
      passwd = url.password
      host   = url.host
      port   = url.port
      path   = url.path.empty? ? nil : url.request_uri

      proxy_host, proxy_port = (proxy || "").split(":")
      proxy_port = proxy_port.to_i if proxy_port

      self.new(host, path, port, proxy_host, proxy_port, user, passwd, (proto == "https"), timeout)
    end