NAME

       Apache::SOAP - mod_perl-based SOAP server with minimum configuration

SYNOPSIS

       httpd.conf (Location), directory-based access
             <Location /mod_soap>
               SetHandler perl-script
               PerlHandler Apache::SOAP
               PerlSetVar dispatch_to "/Your/Path/To/Deployed/Modules, Module::Name, Module::method"
               PerlSetVar options "compress_threshold => 10000"
             </Location>

       httpd.conf (Files), file-based access
             <FilesMatch "\.soap$">
               SetHandler perl-script
               PerlHandler Apache::SOAP
               PerlSetVar dispatch_to "/Your/Path/To/Deployed/Modules, Module::Name, Module::method"
               PerlSetVar options "compress_threshold => 10000"
             </FilesMatch>

       .htaccess, directory-based access
             SetHandler perl-script
             PerlHandler Apache::SOAP
             PerlSetVar dispatch_to "/Your/Path/To/Deployed/Modules, Module::Name, Module::method"
             PerlSetVar options "compress_threshold => 10000"

DESCRIPTION

       This Apache Perl module provides the ability to add support for SOAP (Simple Object Access
       Protocol) protocol with easy configuration (either in .conf or in .htaccess file). This
       functionality should give you lightweight option for hosting SOAP services and greatly
       simplify configuration aspects. This module inherits functionality from
       SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Apache component of SOAP::Lite module.

CONFIGURATION

       The module can be placed in <Location>, <Directory>, <Files>, <FilesMatch> directives in
       main server configuration areas or directly in .htaccess file.

       All parameters should be quoted and can be separated with commas or spaces for lists ("a,
       b, c") and with 'wide arrows' and commas for hash parameters ("key1 => value1, key2 =>
       value2").

       All options that you can find in SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Apache component are available for
       configuration. Here is the description of most important ones.

       dispatch_to (LIST)
           Specifies path to directory that contains Perl modules you'd like to give access to,
           or just list of modules (for preloaded modules).

             PerlSetVar dispatch_to "/Your/Path/To/Deployed/Modules, Module::Name, Module::method"

       options (HASH)
           Specifies list of options for your module, for example threshold for compression.
           Future versions will support more options. See SOAP::Transport::HTTP documentation for
           other options.

             PerlSetVar options "compress_threshold => 10000"

METHODS/SUBROUTINES

   server
        my $server = Apache::XMLRPC::Lite->server();

       Returns the server object.

       Useful if you need to manipulate the server object from your code.

   handle
       Request handler. Called by apache.

DEPENDENCIES

        SOAP::Lite
        mod_perl

SEE ALSO

        SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Apache for implementation details,
        SOAP::Lite for general information, and
        F<examples/server/mod_soap.htaccess> for .htaccess example

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2000-2001 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.

AUTHOR

       Paul Kulchenko (paulclinger@yahoo.com)