public function handle($request_xml) 
	{
		$result = $this->parseRequest( $request_xml );
		if (!$result || ripcord::isFault( $result ) )
		{
			return $result;
		}
		else
		{
			$method = $result['methodName'];
			$params = $result['params'];
		}
		if ( $method == 'system.multiCall' || $method == 'system.multicall' ) {
			// php's xml-rpc server (xmlrpc-epi) crashes on multicall, so handle it ourselves... fixed in php 5.3.2
			$result = $this->multiCall( $params );
		} else {
			try {
				$result = xmlrpc_server_call_method(
					$this->xmlrpc, $request_xml, null, $this->outputOptions
				);
			} catch( Exception $e) {
				$result = xmlrpc_encode_request( 
					null, 
					ripcord::fault( $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage() ), 
					$this->outputOptions
				);
			}
		}
		return $result;
	}