Index: twisted/web/test/test_xmlrpc.py
===================================================================
--- twisted/web/test/test_xmlrpc.py	(revision 35482)
+++ twisted/web/test/test_xmlrpc.py	(working copy)
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from twisted.web import xmlrpc
 from twisted.web.xmlrpc import (
     XMLRPC, payloadTemplate, addIntrospection, _QueryFactory, Proxy,
-    withRequest)
+    withRequest, MultiCall)
 from twisted.web import server, static, client, error, http
 from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
 from twisted.internet.error import ConnectionDone
@@ -686,7 +686,8 @@
                  'deferFault', 'dict', 'echo', 'fail', 'fault',
                  'pair', 'system.listMethods',
                  'system.methodHelp',
-                 'system.methodSignature', 'withRequest'])
+                 'system.methodSignature', 'system.multicall', 
+                 'withRequest'])
 
         d = self.proxy().callRemote("system.listMethods")
         d.addCallback(cbMethods)
@@ -719,7 +720,41 @@
             dl.append(d)
         return defer.DeferredList(dl, fireOnOneErrback=True)
 
+    def test_multicall(self):
+        '''
+        test a suscessfull multicall
+        '''
+        inputs = range(5)
+        m = MultiCall(self.proxy())
+        for x in inputs:
+            m.echo(x)
 
+        def testResults(iterator):
+            self.assertEqual(inputs, list(iterator))
+
+        return m().addCallback(testResults)
+
+
+    def test_multicall_error(self):
+        ''' test that a multicall which has an error
+        (an invalid (not found) method ) raises an 
+        exception when the multicall results
+        iterator is used
+        '''
+        m = MultiCall(self.proxy())
+        m.echo(1)
+        m.foo() # method not present on server
+        m.echo(2)
+
+        def testResults(iterator):
+            ''' using the iterator should raise a Fault
+            '''
+            self.assertRaises(xmlrpc.Fault, list, iterator) 
+            self.flushLoggedErrors(failure.DefaultException)
+
+        return m().addCallback(testResults)
+
+
 class XMLRPCClientErrorHandling(unittest.TestCase):
     """
     Test error handling on the xmlrpc client.
Index: twisted/web/xmlrpc.py
===================================================================
--- twisted/web/xmlrpc.py	(revision 35482)
+++ twisted/web/xmlrpc.py	(working copy)
@@ -318,7 +318,169 @@
     xmlrpc_methodSignature.signature = [['array', 'string'],
                                         ['string', 'string']]
 
+    @withRequest
+    def xmlrpc_multicall(self, request, procedureList):
+        """
+        Execute several RPC methods in a single XMLRPC request using the
+        multicall object.
 
+        Example:
+            On the server side, just load the instrospection so your
+            server has system.multicall. Then on the client:
+
+            from twisted.web.xmlrpc import Proxy
+            from twisted.web.xmlrpc import MultiCall
+
+            proxy = Proxy('url of your server')
+
+            multiRPC = Multicall( proxy )
+            # queue a few calls
+            multiRPC.system.listMethods()
+            multiRPC.system.methodHelp('system.listMethods')
+            multiRPC.system.methodSignature('system.listMethods')
+
+            def handleResults(resultsIterator):
+                for result in resultsIterator:
+                    print result
+
+            multiRPC().addCallback(handleResults)
+
+        @param request: the http C{request} object
+        @type request: L{http.Request}
+
+        @param procedureList: A list of dictionaries, each representing an
+            individual rpc call, containing the C{methodName} and the 
+            C{params}
+        @type procedureList: list
+
+        @return: L{defer.DeferredList} of the deferreds for each procedure
+            in procedure list
+        @rtype: L{defer.DeferredList}
+        """
+        def callError(failure):
+            """ 
+            errorback to handle individual call errors
+
+            Individual errors in a multicall are returned as
+            dictionaries. See U{http://www.xmlrpc.com/discuss/msgReader$1208}.
+
+            @param result: C{failure}
+            @type result: L{Failure}
+
+            @rtype: dict
+            @return: a dict with keys C{faultCode} and C{faultString}
+            """ 
+            log.err(failure.value)
+            return {'faultCode':   self.FAILURE,
+                    'faultString': failure.value}
+
+        def prepareCallResponse(result):
+            """
+            callback to convert a call C{response} to a list
+
+            The xmlrpc multicall spec expects a list wrapping 
+            each call response. 
+            See U{http://www.xmlrpc.com/discuss/msgReader$1208}.
+
+            @param result: C{response}
+            @type result: any python type
+
+            @rtype: list
+            @return: a list with response as element 0  
+            """
+            return [result]
+
+        def run(procedurePath, params):
+            """
+            run an individual procedure from the L{procedureList} and
+            returns a C{deferred}
+
+
+            @param procedurePath: string naming a procedure
+            @type procedurePath: str
+            
+            @param params: list of arguments to be passed to the procedure
+            @type params: list
+
+            @return: a C{deferred} object with prepareCallResponse and
+            callError attached.
+            @rtype: L{defer.Deferred}
+            """
+            try:
+                procedure = self._xmlrpc_parent.lookupProcedure(procedurePath)
+            except Exception, e:
+                return defer.fail(str(e)).addErrback(callError)
+            else:
+                if getattr(procedure, 'withRequest', False):
+                    call = defer.maybeDeferred(procedure, request, *params)
+                else:
+                    call = defer.maybeDeferred(procedure, *params)
+                
+                call.addErrback(callError)
+                call.addCallback(prepareCallResponse)
+                return call
+
+        def filterResults(results):
+            return map(lambda x: x[1], results)
+
+        results = [
+            run(procedure['methodName'], procedure['params'])
+            for procedure in procedureList]
+
+        return (defer.DeferredList(results)
+            .addCallback(filterResults))
+
+    xmlrpc_multicall.signature = [['array', 'array']]
+
+
+class MultiCall(xmlrpclib.MultiCall):
+    """
+    server -> a object used to boxcar method calls
+
+    server should be a twisted xmlrpc Proxy object.
+
+    Methods can be added to the MultiCall using normal
+    method call syntax e.g.:
+    
+    proxy = Proxy('http://advogato.org/XMLRPC')
+
+    multicall = MultiCall(proxy)
+    multicall.add(2,3)
+    multicall.add(5,6)
+    
+    To execute the multicall, call the MultiCall object 
+    and attach callbacks, errbacks to the returned
+    deferred e.g.:
+    
+    def printResults(iterator):
+        for result in iterator:
+            print result
+
+    d = multicall()
+    d.addCallback(printResults)
+    """
+    def __call__(self):
+        """
+        execute the multicall
+        """
+        marshalled_list = []
+        for name, args in self.__call_list:
+            marshalled_list.append({
+                'methodName': name,
+                'params': args})
+
+        def getIterator(results):
+            '''
+            callback to return an xmlrpclib
+            MultiCallIterator of the results
+            '''
+            return xmlrpclib.MultiCallIterator(results)
+
+        return self.__server.callRemote(
+            'system.multicall', marshalled_list
+        ).addCallback(getIterator)
+
+
 def addIntrospection(xmlrpc):
     """
     Add Introspection support to an XMLRPC server.