Release notes for SOAP::WSDL 2.00_16
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I'm proud to present a new pre-release version of SOAP::WSDL.
SOAP::WSDL is a toolkit for creating WSDL-based SOAP client interfaces in perl.
Features:
* WSDL based SOAP client
o SOAP1.1 support
o Supports document/literal message style/encoding
* Code generator for generating WSDL-based interface classes
o Generated code includes usage documentation for the web service interface
* Easy-to use API
o Automatically encodes perl data structures as message data
o Automatically sets HTTP headers right
* SOAP::Lite like look and feel
o Where possible, SOAP::WSDL mimics SOAP::Lite's API to allow easy migrations
* XML schema based class library for creating data objects
* High-performance XML parser
* Plugin support. SOAP::WSDL can be extended through plugins in various aspects.
The following plugins are supported:
o Transport plugins via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Transport
o Serializer plugins via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Serializer
o Deserializer plugins via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Serializer
The following changes have been made:
2.00_16
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The following features were added (the numbers in square brackets are the
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660924):
* [ 1761532 ] Support embedded atomic types
SOAP::WSDL now supports a greater variety of XML Schema type definitions.
Note that XML Schema support is still incomplete, though.
* [ 1797943 ] Create Perl Hash Deserializer
There's a new deserializer which outputs perl hashes as data structures.
Much like XML::Simple, but faster. No XML Attribute support, though.
* [ 1797678 ] Move Code generator from WSDL::Definitions to separate class
* [ 1803330 ] Create one interface per port
SOAP::WSDL now creats one interface per port, not one per service.
The following bugs have been fixed (the numbers in square brackets are the
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660921):
* [ 1804441 ] parts from binding not regarded in SOAP::WSDL
SOAP::WSDL (interpreter mode) now respects the body parts specified in the
binding.
* [ 1803763 ] nonNegativeInteger misspelled in Schema::Builtin
* [ 1793965 ] _expand() does not work on non-root-node ns declarations
* [ 1792348 ] 006_client.t requires SOAP::Lite in 2.00_15
SOAP::WSDL no longer attempts to load SOAP::WSDL::Deserializer::SOM when
no_dispatch is set.
006_client.t now sets outputxml(1), to be really sure.
The following uncategorized improvements have been made:
* Code generator only generates interface for the first port in a service
The code generator now generates interfaces for all ports.
Note: The naming scheme has changed. It is now
InterfacePrefix::Service::Port
* XML Parser speedup
The XML parser has received a little speedup.
* A number of errors in parsing / traversing WSDL documents have been
corrected.
* Documentation has been improved
* A number of (incorrect, but passing) tests have been fixed.
* Code cleanup: The SOAP::WSDL::SAX* modules are no longer included, as they
are not supported any more. They can still be found in SOAP::WSDL's
subversion repository in the attic directory, though.
2.00_15
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The following bugs have been fixed (the numbers in square brackets are the
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660921):
* [ 1792321 ] 2.00_14 requires SOAP::Lite for passing tests
2.00_14
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The following bugs have been fixed (the numbers in square brackets are the
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660921):
* [ 1792235 ] SOAP::WSDL::Transport::Test missing from 2.00_13
The package has been re-added
* [ 1792221 ] class_resolver not set from ::Client in 2.00_13
Changed to set class_resolver correctly.
The following uncategorized improvements have been made:
* The ::SOM deserializer has been simplified to be just a subclass
of SOAP::Deserializer from SOAP::Lite
* Factories now emit more useful error messages when no class is registered
for the protocol/soap_version requested
* Documentation has been improved
- refined ::Factory:: modules' documentation
* Several tests have been added
* XSD classes have been improved for testability
2.00_13
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The following features were added (the numbers in square brackets are the
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660924):
* [ 1790619 ] Test transport backend
A test transport backend has been implemented (SOAP::WSDL::Transport::Test).
It returns the contents from a file and discards the response.
The filename is determined from the soap_action field.
* [ 1785196 ] Replace outputsom(1) by deserializer plugin
outputsom(1) in SOAP::WSDL is now implemented via using the deserializer
plugin SOAP::WSDL::Deserializer::SOM.
* [1785195] Support deserializer plugins
Deserializer plugin API added via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Deserializer.
The following bugs have been fixed (the numbers in square brackets are the
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660921):
* [1789581] Support ComplexType mixed
WSDL parser now supports using the mixed="true" attribute in complexType
definitions. Mixed content in messages is only supported via SOAP::SOM yet.
* [1787975] 016_client_object.t fails due to testing XML as string
Removed string test.
* [1787959] Test wsdl seems to be broken
Corrected typo.
* [1787955] ::XSD::Typelib::date is broken
SOAP::WSDL::XSD::Typelib::Builtin::date now converts time-zoned dates properly,
and adds the local time zone if none is given.
* [1785646] SOAPAction header not set from soap:operation soapAction
SOAP::WSDL now sets the SOAPAction header correctly.
The following uncategorized improvements have been made:
* Documentation improvements
2.00_12
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The following bugs have been fixed (the numbers in square brackets are the
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660921):
* [1787146] SOAP::WSDL still uses XML::LibXML
The superficious usage of XML::LibXML has been removed. XML::LibXML with
sax filter has been replaced by SOAP::WSDL::Expat::WSDLParser.
* [1787054] Test suite requires XML::LibXML in 2.00_11
The test suite no longer requires XML::LibXML to pass.
* [1785678] SOAP envelope not checked for namespace
The SOAP envelope is now checked for the correct namespace.
* [1786644] SOAP::WSDL::Manual - doc error
Documentation improvements
The following uncategorized improvements have been made
* The SOAPAction header is now alway quoted (R1109 in WS-I BP 1.0).
2.00_11
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The following features were added (the numbers in square brackets are the
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660924):
* [1767963] Transport plugins via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Transport.
SOAP::WSDL uses SOAP::Lite's tranport modules as default, with a
lightweight HTTP(S) transport plugin as fallback.
Custom transport modules can be registered via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Transport.
* [ 1772730 ] Serializer plugins via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Serializer
The default serializer for SOAP1.1 is SOAP::WSDL::Serializer::SOAP11.
Custom serializers classes can be registered via
SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Serializer or set via SOAP::WSDL's set_serializer
method.
The following bugs have been fixed (the numbers in square brackets are the
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660921):
* [ 1764854 ] Port WSDL parser to expat and remove XML::LibXML dependency
SOAP::WSDL now requires only XML::Parser to be installed.
XML::LibXML is not required any more, though XML::LibXML based modules still
exist.
The following uncategorized improvements have been made
* The number of dependencies has been reduced. SOAP::WSDL no longer requires the
following modules to be installed:
- XML::SAX::Base
- XML::SAX::ParserFactory
- Pod::Simple::Text
- XML::LibXML
* The missing prerequisite Template has been added.
* Documentation has been improved:
- WS-I Compliance document added.
2.00_10
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* Changed Makefile.PL to use Module::Build (passthrough mode)
* fixed element ref="" handling
2.00_09
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* SOAP::WSDL::XSD::Typelib::Builtin::boolean objects now return their numerical
value in bool context, not "true" or "false" (always true...)
* date/time test are now timezone-sensitive
* examples added
2.00_08
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* SOAP::WSDL::XSD::Typelib::ComplexType objects now check the class of their
child objects.
This provides early feedback to developers.
* SOAP message parser can skip unwanted parts of the message to improve parsing
speed - see SOAP::WSDL::Expat::MessageParser for details.
* HTTP Content-Type is configurable
* SOAP::WSDL::XSD::Typelib::ComplexType based objects accept any combination of
hash refs, list refs and objects as parameter to set_value() and new().
* SOAP::WSDL::XSD::Typelib::Builtin::dateTime and ::date convert date
strings into XML date strings
* SOAP::WSDL::Definitions::create now
- converts '.' in service names to '::' (.NET class separator to perl class
separator)
- outputs Typemaps and Interface classes in UTF8 to allow proper inclusion
of UTF8 documentation from WSDL
* SOAP::WSDL::Definitions::create() includes doc in generated interface classes
* WSDLHandler now handles <wsdl:documentation> tags
* fixed explain in SimpleType, ComplexType and Element
2.00_07 and below
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* Implemented a Code generator for creating SOAP interfaces based on WSDL definitions
* Implemented a high-speed stream based SOAP message parser
SOAP message parser returns a objects based on XML schema based class library
* Implemented a XML schema based class library
* Implemented a stream based WSDL parser.
Parses WSDL into objects. Objects can serialize data, and explain how to use the
service(s) they make up (output documentation).