#from http://www.devx.com/enterprise/Article/28101/1954?pf=true

require 'soap/rpc/standaloneserver'

# define a class that has three methods to call remotely:

class DemoClass
  def upper_case(a_string)
    a_string.upcase
  end
  def lower_case(a_string)
    a_string.downcase
  end
  def times_string(a_string, a_number)
    a_string * a_number
  end
end

# create a SOAP enabled server for the methods in DemoClass:

class MyServer < SOAP::RPC::StandaloneServer
  def on_init
    demo = DemoClass.new
    add_method(demo, "upper_case", "a_string")
    add_method(demo, "lower_case", "a_string")
    add_method(demo, "times_string", "a_string", "a_number")
  end
end

server = MyServer.new("Demo", "http://markwatson.com/Demo", "0.0.0.0", 9090)
trap('INT') { server.shutdown }
server.start