SOAP Perl Implementation - SOAP::Lite

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This section describes the SOAP Perl implementation - SOAP:Lite and its features.

If you search the Web with the key words "Perl Implementation of SOAP", you will find only one popular implementation:

• SOAP::Lite for Perl at http://soaplite.com/. Current release: June 03, 2005 - Version 0.65 Beta 6

Feature list of current release of SOAP::Lite for Perl:

• Supports SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 specifications.
• Includes XMLRPC::Lite, implementation of XML-RPC protocol on client and server side. HTTP, SMTP, POP3, TCP and other transports are available.
• Supports UDDI publishing and inquiry API on client side. Check UDDI::Lite for details.
• Provides TCP server implementation with non-blocking multiserver.
• Provides transparent compression support for HTTP transport.
• Supports HTTPS protocol.
• Provides proxy support.
• Provides FTP client implementation.
• Supports SMTP protocol.
• Supports WSDL schema with stub and run-time access. Supports directive and short (tModel) service descriptions.
• And other features.

Last update: 2007.

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