Maybe I'm just too "new" in this realm and it hasn't hit me yet, but here's my potential problem.

In a client, written in Perl, I can create an object using the new method on my class (written in Perl) and stuff variables into that object to my hearts content. The I can call a method within the class, passing the object to the method. That's great. Because, imho, both sides (client and server) are written in Perl.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use SOAP::Lite;
my $soap =  SOAP::Lite  
  -> uri('DocPub')
  -> proxy('http://10.7.2.33:2738/cgi-bin/soap/docpub.pl');

my $t = $soap   
  -> call(new => '')
  -> result;

$t->{name} = "Thomas";
my $r = $soap->hi($t);
print $r->result;

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Or somesuch similar to the above. If a client is written in Java, or (eek)VB, can they handle creating an object with the new method, and doing what I did above in Perl? (I don't program much outside of Perl, SQL and a bit of other random stuff..)

Should I pass parameters to the method via an array?
$r = $soap->hi($param1,$param2,$param3);

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Should I datatype the variables first? 
my $v = SOAP::Data->type('string')->name(uid => 'Thomas');
my $name = $v->value;

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Server stays the same:
sub hi {
        my $self = shift;
        my $e = shift;
        return "Hello $e";
}

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Of course, I want to change the method hi() to use it's params by name and not simply shifting off an array. (Who's to say they are in the right order?)

I guess the "big" question is this: How to I pass variables to a method by name, and be sure the server can handle requests from multiple clients, written in different languages?

I've read up on the various texts out there. (The guide on soaplite.com was a tremendous help..) So I've come to the belief that I'm simply overlooking, or looking too hard

Thanks so much,

_14k4 - perlmonks@poorheart.com (www.poorheart.com)

In reply to SOAP and multiple client platforms by one4k4

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