diff --git a/etc/ui-config.xml b/etc/ui-config.xml
index 882c721..0d0c890 100644
--- a/etc/ui-config.xml
+++ b/etc/ui-config.xml
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@
   <!-- Configuration for the RPC interfaces. -->
   <rpc>
     <xmlrpc-methods>
+      <!-- XML-RPC validation suite -->
+      <method name="validator1\.[a-zA-Z]*"><script name="test/validation.js"/></method>
+
       <method name="venice:test\.sumDifference">
         <!-- <object class="com.silverwrist.venice.ui.rpc.XmlRpcTestHandler"/> -->
         <script name="test/test1.js"/>
diff --git a/rpcscripts/test/validation.js b/rpcscripts/test/validation.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8caa261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpcscripts/test/validation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+// (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+// 
+// Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+// WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+// language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+// 
+// The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+// 
+// The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+// for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+// Copyright (C) 2002 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+// 
+// Contributor(s): 
+
+// Implements the XML-RPC Validation Suite functions as documented by UserLand Software,
+// see http://www.xmlrpc.com/validator1Docs
+
+importPackage(java.util);
+importPackage(Packages.com.silverwrist.venice.ui.rpc);
+
+xreq = bsf.lookupBean("xmlrpc");
+
+if ("validator1.arrayOfStructsTest"==xreq.method)
+{ // arrayOfStructsTest coming right up!
+  if (xreq.paramCount!=1)
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter count mismatch"));
+  else if ("array"!=xreq.getParamType(0))  
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter type mismatch"));
+  else
+  { // The parameter is an array of structs containing at least three elements, named
+    // "moe", "larry", and "curly", all of which are integers.  We need to add up all
+    // the "curly" elements and return the sum.
+    parm = vlib.castList(xreq.getParam(0));
+    accum = 0;
+    it = parm.iterator();
+    while (it.hasNext())
+    { // build the return value
+      str = vlib.castMap(it.next());
+      accum += vlib.toInteger(str.get("curly"));
+      
+    } // end while
+
+    vlib.output(vlib.createInteger(accum));
+
+  } // end else
+
+  vlib.done();
+
+} // end if
+
+if ("validator1.countTheEntities"==xreq.method)
+{ // countTheEntities test coming right up!
+  if (xreq.paramCount!=1)
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter count mismatch"));
+  else if ("string"!=xreq.getParamType(0))  
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter type mismatch"));
+  else
+  { // We get a string in which we're supposed to count the number of left angle brackets,
+    // right angle brackets, ampersands, quotes, and apostrophes.  We return that information
+    // in a formatted structure.
+    str = xreq.getParamString(0) + "";
+    nleft = 0;
+    nright = 0;
+    namper = 0;
+    napos = 0;
+    nquot = 0;
+    for (i=0; i<str.length; i++)
+    { // count the entities - note that we use ASCII codes to find the characters because
+      // JavaScript doesn't do character constants all that well
+      ch = str.charCodeAt(i);
+      if (ch==60)
+        nleft++;
+      else if (ch==62)
+        nright++;
+      else if (ch==38)
+        namper++;
+      else if (ch==39)
+        napos++;
+      else if (ch==34)
+        nquot++;
+
+    } // end for
+
+    // create the return value
+    rc = vlib.createMap();
+    rc.put("ctLeftAngleBrackets",vlib.createInteger(nleft));
+    rc.put("ctRightAngleBrackets",vlib.createInteger(nright));
+    rc.put("ctAmpersands",vlib.createInteger(namper));
+    rc.put("ctApostrophes",vlib.createInteger(napos));
+    rc.put("ctQuotes",vlib.createInteger(nquot));
+    vlib.output(rc);
+
+  } // end else
+
+  vlib.done();
+
+} // end if
+
+if ("validator1.easyStructTest"==xreq.method)
+{ // easyStructTest test coming right up!
+  if (xreq.paramCount!=1)
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter count mismatch"));
+  else if ("struct"!=xreq.getParamType(0))  
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter type mismatch"));
+  else
+  { // We get a struct, which has at least three fields, named "moe", "larry", and "curly",
+    // all integers.  We must add these and return the result.
+    parm = vlib.castMap(xreq.getParam(0));
+    val = vlib.toInteger(parm.get("moe")) + vlib.toInteger(parm.get("larry"))
+        + vlib.toInteger(parm.get("curly"));
+    vlib.output(vlib.createInteger(val));
+    
+  } // end else
+
+  vlib.done();
+  
+} // end if
+
+if ("validator1.echoStructTest"==xreq.method)
+{ // echoStructTest test coming right up!
+  if (xreq.paramCount!=1)
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter count mismatch"));
+  else if ("struct"!=xreq.getParamType(0))  
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter type mismatch"));
+  else  // just echo back the struct we got as a parameter - how easy is that?!?
+    vlib.output(xreq.getParam(0));
+  vlib.done();
+
+} // end if
+
+if ("validator1.manyTypesTest"==xreq.method)
+{ // manyTypesTest coming right up!
+  if (xreq.paramCount!=6)
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter count mismatch"));
+  else if (   ("int"!=xreq.getParamType(0)) || ("boolean"!=xreq.getParamType(1))
+           || ("string"!=xreq.getParamType(2)) || ("double"!=xreq.getParamType(3))
+           || ("dateTime"!=xreq.getParamType(4)) || ("base64"!=xreq.getParamType(5)))
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter type mismatch"));
+  else
+  { // all six of the passed parameters must be returned in a single array
+    rc = vlib.createList();
+    for (i=0; i<6; i++)
+      rc.add(xreq.getParam(i));
+    vlib.output(rc);
+
+  } // end else
+
+  vlib.done();
+  
+} // end if
+
+if ("validator1.moderateSizeArrayCheck"==xreq.method)
+{ // moderateSizeArrayCheck test coming right up!
+  if (xreq.paramCount!=1)
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter count mismatch"));
+  else if ("array"!=xreq.getParamType(0))  
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter type mismatch"));
+  else
+  { // The given array will contain between 100 and 200 strings.  We need to concatenate the
+    // first and last string and return them.
+    parm = vlib.castList(xreq.getParam(0));
+    s1 = parm.get(0) + "";
+    s2 = parm.get(parm.size()-1) + "";
+    vlib.output(s1 + s2);
+
+  } // end else
+
+  vlib.done();
+
+} // end if
+
+if ("validator1.nestedStructTest"==xreq.method)
+{ // nestedStructTest coming right up!
+  if (xreq.paramCount!=1)
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter count mismatch"));
+  else if ("struct"!=xreq.getParamType(0))  
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter type mismatch"));
+  else
+  { // The structure represents a calendar, one struct per year, each containing one struct per
+    // month, each containing one struct per day.  (Months and days are identified by 2-digit
+    // numbers with leading zeroes, January is month 1.)  We look up the structure for April 1,
+    // 2000 ("2000.04.01") and find that it contains at least three members, named "moe", "larry",
+    // and "curly", all three integers.  We need to add those three values and return the result.
+    map_all = vlib.castMap(xreq.getParam(0));
+    map_year = vlib.castMap(map_all.get("2000"));
+    map_month = vlib.castMap(map_year.get("04"));
+    map_day = vlib.castMap(map_month.get("01"));
+    val = vlib.toInteger(map_day.get("moe")) + vlib.toInteger(map_day.get("larry"))
+        + vlib.toInteger(map_day.get("curly"));
+    vlib.output(vlib.createInteger(val));
+
+  } // end else
+
+  vlib.done();
+
+} // end if
+
+if ("validator1.simpleStructReturnTest"==xreq.method)
+{ // simpleStructReturnTest coming right up!
+  if (xreq.paramCount!=1)
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter count mismatch"));
+  else if ("int"!=xreq.getParamType(0))  
+    vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_PARAMS,"parameter type mismatch"));
+  else
+  { // we get an integer, we need to return a struct which gives that same integer multiplied
+    // by 10, 100, and 1000, in elements "times10", "times100", and "times1000", respectively
+    base_val = xreq.getParamInt(0);
+    rc = vlib.createMap();
+    rc.put("times10",vlib.createInteger(base_val * 10));
+    rc.put("times100",vlib.createInteger(base_val * 100));
+    rc.put("times1000",vlib.createInteger(base_val * 1000));
+    vlib.output(rc);
+
+  } // end else
+
+  vlib.done();
+
+} // end if
+
+// just in case there's a method name that wasn't listed
+vlib.output(new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.METHOD_NOT_FOUND,"invalid method name: " + xreq.method));
diff --git a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/rpc/XmlRpcRequest.java b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/rpc/XmlRpcRequest.java
index 5b13f91..5b7bdc4 100644
--- a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/rpc/XmlRpcRequest.java
+++ b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/rpc/XmlRpcRequest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import javax.mail.*;
 import javax.mail.internet.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.*;
 import org.w3c.dom.*;
 import com.silverwrist.util.*;
 import com.silverwrist.venice.except.*;
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
+  private static Category logger = Category.getInstance(XmlRpcRequest.class);
+
   private static SimpleTimeZone utc = new SimpleTimeZone(0,"UTC");
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -283,10 +286,14 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
 	return parseStruct(type);
       else if (name.equals("array"))
 	return parseArray(type);
-      else  // no dice here
+      else
+      { // no dice here
+	logger.error("inside a <value/> element: expected a valid type but got a <" + name + "/>");
 	throw new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_REQUEST,
 			      "invalid type element \"" + name + "\" specified inside a \"value\"");
 
+      } // end else
+
     } // end if
     else
     { // if there's no type-specific element, treat it as a string
@@ -304,7 +311,7 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
   {
     XMLLoader loader = XMLLoader.get();
     Element data = loader.postGetSubSection(val,"data");
-    NodeList nl = val.getChildNodes();
+    NodeList nl = data.getChildNodes();
     ArrayList rc = new ArrayList();
     for (int i=0; i<nl.getLength(); i++)
     { // look for <value/> elements within the <data/> element
@@ -312,8 +319,13 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
       if (n.getNodeType()==Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
       { // make sure we've got a value element here!
 	if (!(n.getNodeName().equals("value")))
+	{ // this is a bogus value!
+	  logger.error("inside array <data/>: expected a <value/> but found a <" + n.getNodeName() + "/>");
 	  throw new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_REQUEST,
 				"non-value element found inside array \"data\" element");
+
+	} // end if
+
 	rc.add(parseValue((Element)n));
 
       } // end if
@@ -342,8 +354,13 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
       if (n.getNodeType()==Node.ELEMENT_NODE)
       { // make sure we've got a value element here!
 	if (!(n.getNodeName().equals("member")))
+	{ // this is a bogus value
+	  logger.error("inside <struct/>: expected a <member/> but found a <" + n.getNodeName() + "/>");
 	  throw new XmlRpcFault(XmlRpcFault.INVALID_REQUEST,
 				"non-member element found inside \"struct\" element");
+
+	} // end if
+
 	DOMElementHelper h = new DOMElementHelper((Element)n);
 	String my_name = loader.postGetSubElementText(h,"name").trim();
 	Element my_val = loader.postGetSubSection(h,"value");
@@ -401,7 +418,7 @@ public class XmlRpcRequest
     if (foo instanceof Double)
       return "double";
     if (foo instanceof Date)
-      return "dateTime.iso8601";
+      return "dateTime";
     if (foo instanceof byte[])
       return "base64";
     if (foo instanceof Map)
diff --git a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/rpc/XmlRpcSerializer.java b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/rpc/XmlRpcSerializer.java
index 2169bbd..b96809a 100644
--- a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/rpc/XmlRpcSerializer.java
+++ b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/rpc/XmlRpcSerializer.java
@@ -104,6 +104,30 @@ public class XmlRpcSerializer
 
   public final String serialize(Object obj) throws XmlRpcFault
   {
+    if (obj.getClass().isArray())
+    { // treat arrays specially
+      Class ct = obj.getClass().getComponentType();
+      if (ct==Byte.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((byte[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Boolean.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((boolean[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Character.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((char[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Short.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((short[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Integer.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((int[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Long.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((long[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Float.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((float[])obj);
+      else if (ct==Double.TYPE)
+	return this.serialize((double[])obj);
+      else
+	return this.serialize((Object[])obj);
+
+    } // end if
+
     if (obj==null)
       return serializeString(null);
 
diff --git a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/script/ScriptLibrary.java b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/script/ScriptLibrary.java
index 70704ad..045c7cf 100644
--- a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/script/ScriptLibrary.java
+++ b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/ui/script/ScriptLibrary.java
@@ -180,6 +180,27 @@ public class ScriptLibrary
 
   } // end splitList
 
+  public final double toDouble(Object o) throws NumberFormatException
+  {
+    if (   (o instanceof Byte) || (o instanceof Short) || (o instanceof Integer) || (o instanceof Long)
+        || (o instanceof Float) || (o instanceof Double))
+      return ((Number)o).doubleValue();
+    else
+      return Double.parseDouble(o.toString());
+
+  } // end toDouble
+
+  public final int toInteger(Object o) throws NumberFormatException
+  {
+    if ((o instanceof Byte) || (o instanceof Short) || (o instanceof Integer))
+      return ((Number)o).intValue();
+    else if (o instanceof Boolean)
+      return ((Boolean)o).booleanValue() ? 1 : 0;
+    else
+      return Integer.parseInt(o.toString());
+
+  } // end toInteger
+
   public final boolean validVeniceID(String s)
   {
     return IDUtils.isValidVeniceID(s);