task 2 may be done.

week3_TinsaeGhilay/Task 2/src/client/Client.java

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ import org.apache.xmlrpc.*;
 import org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient;
 import org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClientConfigImpl;
 
+// logging
+import org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcCommonsTransportFactory;
+
 public class Client {
 
     private static String TAG = "Client";
@@ -25,15 +28,21 @@ public class Client {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
 
         try (Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in)) {
+
             // create an XML-RPC client object with address to server @ localhost
             // URL can be any valid URL. the default port for XML-RPC is 80
             // but here we use 8080 since 80 may need root privileges
             XmlRpcClientConfigImpl config = new XmlRpcClientConfigImpl();
-            config.setServerURL(new URL("http://localhost:8080/RPC2"));
-
+            config.setServerURL(URI.create("http://localhost:8080/RPC2").toURL());
             XmlRpcClient client = new XmlRpcClient();
             client.setConfig(config);
 
+            // Logging of XML-RPC messages between server and client
+            XmlRpcCommonsTransportFactory factory = new XmlRpcCommonsTransportFactory(client);
+            // enable logging
+            factory.setEnableLogging(true);
+            client.setTransportFactory(factory);
+
             while (true) {
                 // create parameters to be sent to server method in a vector
                 // and populate it

week3_TinsaeGhilay/Task 2/src/server/Server.java

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import org.apache.xmlrpc.server.PropertyHandlerMapping;
 import org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServer;
 
+// logging imports
+import java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
 public class Server {
 
     private static String TAG = "Server";