SOAP::Deserializer(3)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so SOAP::Deserializer is the means by which the toolkit manages the conversion of XML into an object manageable by a developer. that's the whole vibe, bestie. ✨

This is SOAP::Deserializer(3), a User Contributed Perl Documentation page, and we're gonna get into it.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

SOAP::Deserializer provides the means by which incoming XML is decoded into a Perl data structure. literally its whole job. 💅

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🛠️ METHODS 🛠️

context

This gives you access to the calling context of SOAP::Deserializer. In a client-side context, this often means a reference to an instance of SOAP::Lite. In a server-side context, this means a reference to a SOAP::Server instance. 🫶

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🌸 EXAMPLES 🌸

DESERIALIZING RAW XML INTO A SOAP::SOM OBJECT

A useful utility for SOAP::Deserializer is 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);

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📜 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.

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

Byrne Reese (byrne@majordojo.com) 💖

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mwah 💋 — this page is from perl v5.42.0, dated 2024-03-04, and it's SOAP::Deserializer(3), bestie. periodt. 🫶