NAME¶
SOAP::Deserializer - the means by which the toolkit manages the conversion of
XML into an object manageable by a developer
DESCRIPTION¶
SOAP::Deserializer provides the means by which incoming XML is decoded into a
Perl data structure.
METHODS¶
- context
- This provides access to the calling context of
"SOAP::Deserializer". In a client side context the often means a
reference to an instance of SOAP::Lite. In a server side context this
means a reference to a SOAP::Server instance.
EXAMPLES¶
DESERIALIZING RAW XML INTO A SOAP::SOM OBJECT¶
A useful utility for SOAP::Deserializer is for parsing raw XML documents or
fragments into a SOAP::SOM object. SOAP::Lite developers use this technique to
write unit tests for the SOAP::Lite module itself. It is a lot more efficient
for testing aspects of the toolkit than generating client calls over the
network. This is a perfect way for developers to write unit tests for their
custom data types for example.
Here is an example of how raw XML content can be parsed into a SOAP::SOM object
by using SOAP::Deserializer:
$xml = <<END_XML;
<foo>
<person>
<foo>123</foo>
<foo>456</foo>
</person>
<person>
<foo>789</foo>
<foo>012</foo>
</person>
</foo>
END_XML
my $som = SOAP::Deserializer->deserialize($xml);
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Paul Kulchenko. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
AUTHORS¶
Byrne Reese (byrne@majordojo.com)