Perl Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 5.32, by Dr. Herong Yang
What Is SOAP::Lite?
This section describes what is SOAP::Lite - A collection of Perl modules which provides a simple and lightweight interface to the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) both on client and server side.
SOAP::Lite - A collection of Perl modules developed by Paul Kulchenko to server as both a SOAP client API package and a SOAP server API package. It offers:
SOAP::Lite is included in the ActivePerl package. The main features of SOAP::Lite of ActivePerl 5.8.8 are:
Table of Contents
Data Types: Values and Variables
Expressions, Operations and Simple Statements
Name Spaces and Perl Module Files
Hard References - Addresses of Memory Objects
Objects (or References) and Classes (or Packages)
Typeglob and Importing Identifiers from Other Packages
String Built-in Functions and Performance
File Handles and Data Input/Output
Open Directories and Read File Names
File System Functions and Operations
Converting Perl Script to Executable Binary
Socket Communication Over the Internet
XML::Simple Module - XML Parser and Generator
►SOAP::Lite - SOAP Server-Client Communication Module
SOAP::Transport::TCP - SOAP Server with TCP Protocol
SoapTcpClient.pl - SOAP Client Example with TCP Protocol
SOAP::Transport::HTTP - SOAP Server with HTTP Protocol
Perl Programs as IIS Server CGI Scripts
CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
XML-RPC - Remote Procedure Call with XML and HTTP
RPC::XML - Perl Implementation of XML-RPC
Integrating Perl with Apache Web Server
CGI.pm Module for Building Web Pages