Hi,

I'm currently facing an XML Parsing issue right on the xml declaration (<?xml ...) with using SOAP::Lite.

not well-formed (invalid token) at line 1, column 3, byte 3 at /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/XML/Parser.pm line 187.

Context: using SOAP::Lite as client to request a service endpoint (WSDL web service) with WSSE security.

URI is not provided as an attribute for method (getListOfSesms)
Use of uninitialized value $name in substitution (s///) at /usr/local/
+share/perl5/SOAP/Lite.pm line 1117.
Use of uninitialized value $name in exists at /usr/local/share/perl5/S
+OAP/Lite.pm line 1118.
Use of uninitialized value $name in hash element at /usr/local/share/p
+erl5/SOAP/Lite.pm line 1118.
Use of uninitialized value $name in hash element at /usr/local/share/p
+erl5/SOAP/Lite.pm line 1122.
Use of uninitialized value $name in hash element at /usr/local/share/p
+erl5/SOAP/Lite.pm line 1122.
SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client::send_receive: POST https://A.B.C.D:8443
+/prov/services/ConfigAdminService HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/xml
Accept: multipart/*
Accept: application/soap
Content-Length: 1384
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: "#getListOfSesms"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope
    xmlns:con="config.ws.nortelnetworks.com"
    xmlns:namesp1="http://namespaces.soaplite.com/perl"
    xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
    xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <soapenv:Header>
    <wsse:Security soapenv:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.
+oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd
+" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-
+wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
      <wsse:UsernameToken wsu:Id="UsernameToken-B2BC1A8DAD33A413E21488
+9629128004">
        <wsse:Username>XXXXXX</wsse:Username>

        <wsse:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oa
+sis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">XXXXXX</wsse:
+Password>

        <wsse:Nonce EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/
+01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary">YSB2YWx1Z
+SBvZiA2OA==</wsse:Nonce>

        <wsu:Created>2017-03-10T09:12:51Z</wsu:Created>
      </wsse:UsernameToken>
    </wsse:Security>
  </soapenv:Header>

  <soapenv:Body>
    <getListOfSesms soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/
+soap/encoding/" xsi:nil="true" />
      </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client::send_receive: 500 Can't connect to A.B.
+C.D:8443
Content-Type: text/plain
Client-Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:12:51 GMT
Client-Warning: Internal response

Can't connect to A.B.C.D:8443


not well-formed (invalid token) at line 1, column 3, byte 3 at /usr/li
+b64/perl5/vendor_perl/XML/Parser.pm line 187.
Can't connect to A.B.C.D:8443
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For information:
- XML syntax from the trace above has been checked ok with some XML syntax tools
- I have used stubmaker to get WSDL into Perl (ConfigAdminIFService here)
- I had to use call() instead of method() to pass the authentication parameters ($auth)
- when using SOAPUI, there is no xml declaration in the request.

Some code extracts:

use strict;
use utf8;
use XML::Parser;
use Time::Local;
use Digest::SHA1;
use MIME::Base64;
use SOAP::Lite +trace => 'debug', readable => 1;
use SOAP::WSDL;
use ConfigAdminIFService;
$SOAP::Constants::PREFIX_ENV = 'soapenv';

[...]

my $service_url='https://A.B.C.D:8443/prov/services/ConfigAdminService
+';
my $soap = new ConfigAdminIFService->new();
$soap->proxy($service_url);
$soap->serializer->attr({ "xmlns:con" => "config.ws.nortelnetworks.com
+" , "xmlns:soapenv" => "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" })
+;
$soap->readable(1);
my $response = $soap->call( SOAP::Data
                        ->name('getListOfSesms')
                        ->attr({ "soapenv:encodingStyle" => "http://sc
+hemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" }),
                        $auth);
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I have run through various settings, including encoding, Content-Type, etc. without luck so far.
Also, would there be any option for removing the xml declaration as it is not present in the raw request when using SOAPUI ?
Thanks a lot for your previous help and advice
Erwan.