serve

# File lib/xmlrpc/server.rb, line 447
  def serve
    catch(:exit_serve) {
      length = ENV['CONTENT_LENGTH'].to_i

      http_error(405, "Method Not Allowed") unless ENV['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST"
      http_error(400, "Bad Request")        unless parse_content_type(ENV['CONTENT_TYPE']).first == "text/xml"
      http_error(411, "Length Required")    unless length > 0

      # TODO: do we need a call to binmode?
      $stdin.binmode if $stdin.respond_to? :binmode
      data = $stdin.read(length)

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

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