NAME

       XML::Compile::SOAP11::Encoding - SOAP encoding

SYNOPSIS

        ### This module may work for you... but may also
        ### not work.  Progress has been made, but the
        ### implementation is not complete and not well tested.

        # Add this to load the logic
        use XML::Compile::SOAP11::Encoding simplify => 1;

        # The internals are used by the ::SOAP11 module, and
        # probably should not be called by yourself.

DESCRIPTION

       This module loads extra functionality into the XML::Compile::SOAP11 namespace: all kinds
       of methods which are used to SOAP-encode data.

METHODS

   Transcoding
       SOAP defines encodings, especially for SOAP-RPC.

       Encoding

       $obj->array( <$name|undef>, $item_type, $elements, %options )
           Arrays can be a mess: a mixture of anything and nothing.  Therefore, you have to help
           the generation more than you may wish for.  This method produces an one dimensional
           array, multidim() is used for multi-dimensional arrays.

           The $name is the packed type of the array itself.  When undef, the
           "{soap-enc-ns}Array" will be used (the action soap encoding namespace will be used).

           The $item_type specifies the type of each element within the array.  This type is used
           to create the "arrayType" attribute, however doesn't tell enough about the items
           themselves: they may be extensions to that type.

           Each of the $elements (passed as ARRAY) must be an XML::LibXML::Node, either self-
           constructed, or produced by one of the builder methods in this class, like enc() or
           typed().

           Returned is the XML::LibXML::Element which represents the array.

            -Option      --Default
             array_type    <generated>
             id            <undef>
             nested_array  ''
             offset        0
             slice         <all remaining>

           array_type => STRING
             The arrayType attribute content.  When explicitly set to undef, the attribute is not
             created.

           id => STRING
             Assign an id to the array.  If not defined, than no id attribute is added.

           nested_array => STRING
             The ARRAY type should reflect nested array structures if they are homogeneous.  This
             is a really silly part of the specs, because there is no need for it on any other
             comparible place in the specs... but ala.

             For instance: "nested_array => '[,]'", means that this array contains two-
             dimensional arrays.

           offset => INTEGER
             When a partial array is to be transmitted, the number of the base element.

           slice => INTEGER
             When a partial array is to be transmitted, this is the length of the slice to be
             sent (the number of elements starting with the "offset" element)

       $obj->element($type, $name, $value)
           Create an element.  The $name is for node, where a namespace component is translated
           into a prefix.  When you wish for a "type" attribute, use typed().

           When the $type does not contain a namespace indication, it is taken in the selected
           schema namespace.  If the $value already is a XML::LibXML::Element, then that one is
           used (and the $name ignored).

       $obj->enc( $local, $value, [$id] )
           In the SOAP specification, encoding types are defined: elements which do not have a
           distinguishable name but use the type of the data as name.  Yep, ugly!

           example:

             my $xml = $soap->enc('int', 43);
             my $xml = $soap->enc(int => 43);
             print $xml->toString;
               # <SOAP-ENC:int>43</SOAP-ENC:int>

             my $xml = $soap->enc('int', 42, id => 'me');
             my $xml = $soap->enc(int => 42, id => 'me');
             print $xml->toString;
               # <SOAP-ENC:int id="me">42</SOAP-ENC:int>

       $obj->href( $name, $element, [$id] )
           Create a reference element with $name to the existing $element.  When the $element
           does not have an "id" attribute yet, then $id will be used.  In case not $id was
           specified, then one is generated.

       $obj->multidim( <$name|undef>, $item_type, $elements, %options )
           A multi-dimensional array, less flexible than a single dimensional array, which can be
           created with array().

           The table of $elements (ARRAY of ARRAYs) must be full: in each of the dimensions, the
           length of each row must be the same.  On the other hand, it may be sparse (contain
           undefs).  The size of each dimension is determined by the length of its first element.

            -Option--Default
             id      undef

           id => STRING
       $obj->nil( [$type], $name )
           Create an element with $name which explicitly has the "xsi:nil" attribute.  If the
           $name is full (has a namespace to it), it will be translated into a QNAME, otherwise,
           it is considered not namespace qualified.

           If a $type is given, then an explicit type parameter is added.

       $obj->prefixed( $type|<$ns,$local> )
           Translate a $ns-$local combination (which may be represented as a packed $type) into a
           prefixed notation.

       $obj->startEncoding(%options)
            -Option--Default
             doc     <created internally with utf8>

           doc => XML::LibXML::Document node
       $obj->struct($type, $childs)
           Create a structure, an element with children.  The $childs must be fully prepared
           XML::LibXML::Element objects.

       $obj->typed($type, $name, $value)
           A "typed" element shows its type explicitly, via the "xsi:type" attribute.  The $value
           will get processed via an auto-generated XML::Compile writer, so validated.  The
           processing is cashed.

           When $value already is an XML::LibXML::Element, then no processing nor value checking
           will be performed.  The $name will be ignored.

           If the $type is not qualified, then it is interpreted as basic type, as defined by the
           selected schema.  If you explicitly need a non-namespace typed item, then use an empty
           namespace.  In any case, the type must be defined and the value is validated.

           example:

            my $xml = $soap->typed(int => count => 5);
            my $xml = $soap->typed(pack_type(SCHEMA1999, 'int'), count => 5);

            my $xml = $soap->typed(pack_type('', 'mine'), a => 1);
            my $xml = $soap->typed('{}mine'), a => 1); #same

       Decoding

       $obj->rpcDecode($xmlnodes)
           Decode the elements found in the $xmlnodes (list of XML::LibXML::Node objects).  Use
           Data::Dumper to figure-out what the produced output is: it is a guess, so may not be
           perfect (do not use RPC but document style soap for good results).

           The decoded data is returned.  When "simplify" is set, then the returned data is
           compact but may be sloppy.  Otherwise, a HASH is returned containing as much info as
           could be extracted from the tree.

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of XML-Compile-SOAP distribution version 3.22, built on June 30, 2017.
       Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/xml-compile/

       Please post questions or ideas to the mailinglist at
       http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xml-compile .  For live contact with
       other developers, visit the "#xml-compile" channel on "irc.perl.org".

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2007-2017 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.  See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/