Question with SOAP::Lite

hallikpapa has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have a bunch of data that is being stored in a variable $writer (large amount of XML data) This doesn't work correctly, but is SOAP::Lite what I want if I want to do an http POST to jboss(8180) of all this XML data? If not, how would I post the hash'd data stored in $writer to that specific URL address?

my $soap = SOAP::Lite->proxy('http://localhost:8180');
my $excel  = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Workbook->Parse($file);
my $writer =
  XML::Writer->new( OUTPUT => $soap, NEWLINES => 0, DATA_MODE => 1, DA
+TA_INDENT => 2, );
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Separate question also. You'll notice that I am using Spreadsheet::ParseExcel. It works fine in linux, but I am developing the code on my laptop before I push it to the box, but I can't run it on windows. I get this error.

Weak references are not implemented in the version of perl at C:/Perl/
+site/lib/Spreadsheet/ParseExcel.pm line 67
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Perl/site/lib/Spreadsheet/Pars
+eExcel.pm line 67.
Compilation failed in require at script.pl line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at script.pl line 4.
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Re: Question with SOAP::Lite by talexb (Chancellor) on Nov 08, 2007 at 02:49 UTC
I believe your problem with `weak references` has to do with the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel module wanting to compile some XS code -- which on Windows isn't possible unless you have an appropriate C compiler avilable. Failing that, presumably it falls back on a pure Perl solution, but it appears that fallback plan isn't working on Windows. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable with this module will be able to comment -- I just wanted to post this to point you in what I believe is the right direction. Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Question with SOAP::Lite by hallikpapa (Scribe) on Nov 08, 2007 at 00:55 UTC
Well I am going to look into using SOAP::Transport::HTTP, any tips if this is what I want or not would be helpful. I dug a little deeper when someone told me to use SOAP::Lite. But the other question still remains. Is there some kind of configuration I can do to make the same mods work on windows that work on linux?	[reply]
Re: Question with SOAP::Lite by erroneousBollock (Curate) on Nov 08, 2007 at 03:52 UTC
This doesn't work correctly, but is SOAP::Lite what I want if I want to do an http POST to jboss(8180) of all this XML data? Not usually. SOAP::Lite is for communicating via the SOAP protocol. It has two modes major modes: RPC and Document. (Either can be Literal or Encoded.) You can send chunks of XML to SOAP services written to expect `Document/*` format, but it's really up to the SOAP service (regarding what it expects). More likey, you'll be required to do a simple HTTP 'POST' to some HTML form published by the server-side Java. If not, how would I post the hash'd data stored in $writer to that specific URL address? However the receiving server process expects it? ;) Seriously, the server-like (being a Java thing) likely has documentation somewhere that you can read to figure out what protocol and content constraints are in place. -David	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Question with SOAP::Lite by hallikpapa (Scribe) on Nov 08, 2007 at 07:22 UTC
I found the right mod I wanted to use for an http post. I will also look into what it's trying to compile. That may solve some other mods I was having problems with. Thanks monks!	[reply]