NAME

LS::Client::SOAP - Implements the SOAP protocol specific calls for invoking an LSID service

SYNOPSIS

use LS::ID;
use LS::Client::SOAP;

$lsid = LS::ID->new('URN:LSID:pdb.org:PDB:112L:');

$client = LS::Client::SOAP->new(url=> 'http://someauthority.org:8080/authority');

$metadata = $client->getMetadata(lsid=> $lsid);

DESCRIPTION

LS::Client::SOAP provides wrapper methods to invoke an LSID service in a protocol specific manner as defined by http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?dtc/04-05-01.

CONSTRUCTORS

The following method is used to construct a new LS::Client::SOAP object:

new

This class method creates a new LS::Client::SOAP object.

Examples:

$soap = LS::Client::SOAP->new(url=> 'http://someauthority.org:8080/authority');

if (!$soap) {
	print STDERR "Unable to create protocol object!";
}

METHODS

LS::Client::SOAP supports the following methods:

getContent ( method=> $method, %options )

Generic method used to invoke $method and return any results from the SOAP service.

getData ( lsid=> $lsid )

Invokes the getData service method (if available) and returns any data from the authority.

getDataByRange ( lsid=> $lsid, start=> $start, length=> $length )

Invokes getDataByRange, see getData for more information.

getMetadata ( lsid=> $lsid )

Invokes getMetadata, see getData for more information.

getMetadataSubset ( lsid=> $lsid )

Invokes getMetadataSubset, see getData for more information.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2002,2003 IBM Corporation. All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl.php