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You don't need XML::LibXML, as SOAP::Lite does the unpacking for you.

As for the WSDL, if you're only going to be calling this from SOAP::Lite, and will never need to use another language to access it, you can probably ignore that part, too. (SOAP::Lite will handle *most* things correctly when serializing, but if you have a string that looks like a number, it could flag it as an integer, and then strictly typed languages get really, really upset).

For the sample code, take a look at the SOAP::Lite cookbook. It covers all of your questions. (the webserver-less version is SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Daemon)

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Re^2: SOAP, WSDL, XML service/client
by agentorange (Sexton) on Sep 09, 2013 at 16:58 UTC

    Thank you.

    Looks like I can make use of "dispatch_to(..)" to process the XML as well.

    http://cookbook.soaplite.com/#writing%20a%20server

    I will need WSDL though. I've a project spinning up and I can see that a web service for a tiny part of it will be really useful and I know the other guys will be querying it with something other than Perl. Probably Java.

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      Creating a WSDL ater the fact, especially if you have complex structures (hashes of arrays of hashes of hashes) gets really, really messy. I'd highly recommend reading Which style of WSDL should I use? and Re: Starting on SOAP before you even start.

      As you're using a WSDL file, you can drop the typing of each and every variable, and go with RPC/literal or doc/lit wrapped. (RPC/encoded, which is SOAP::Lite's default is useful if you don't have a firm specification, and the clients are flexible enough to deal with changes, but it causes no end of headaches with C and Java clients if something gets typed wrong)

      There are also some absolutely awful SOAP services out there -- the strangest one that I have to deal with, the programmers obviously didn't understand SOAP, because they return a single value (an XML encoded string, that has multiple values encoded in it).

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