Apache::SOAP provides SOAP server functionality by simply adding
couple of line in .htaccess or .conf file. Based on SOAP::Lite
module, hence inherits all functionality, like, for example,
compression on wire introduced in last version. For now released as
part of SOAP::Lite module.
Is there any value to ship it separately (probably as a mod_soap)?
Module is available from www.soaplite.com or CPAN.
Documentation and examples are included. Any comments are very
welcome.
Best wishes, Paul.
=head1 NAME
Apache::SOAP - Provide SOAP server functionality with simple
configuration
=head1 SYNOPSIS
=over 4
=item httpd.conf (Location), directory-based access
<Location /mod_soap>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::SOAP
PerlSetVar dispatch_to "/Your/Path/To/Deployed/Modules,
Module::Name, Module::method"
PerlSetVar options "compress_threshold => 10000"
</Location>
=item httpd.conf (Files), file-based access
<FilesMatch "\.soap$">
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::SOAP
PerlSetVar dispatch_to "/Your/Path/To/Deployed/Modules,
Module::Name, Module::method"
PerlSetVar options "compress_threshold => 10000"
</FilesMatch>
=item .htaccess, directory-based access
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::SOAP
PerlSetVar dispatch_to "/Your/Path/To/Deployed/Modules,
Module::Name, Module::method"
PerlSetVar options "compress_threshold => 10000"
=back
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This Apache Perl module provides the ability to add support for SOAP
(Simple
Object Access Protocol) protocol with easy configuration (either
in .conf or
in .htaccess file). This functionality should give you lightweight
option
for hosting SOAP services and greatly simplify configuration aspects.
This
module inherites functionality from SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Apache
component
of SOAP::Lite module.
=head1 CONFIGURATION
The module can be placed in <Location>, <Directory>, <Files>,
<FilesMatch>
directives in main server configuration areas or directly
in .htaccess file.
All parameters should be quoted and can be separated with commas or
spaces
for lists ("a, b, c") and with 'wide arrows' and commas for hash
parameters
("key1 => value1, key2 => value2").
All options that you can find in SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Apache
component
are available for configuration. Here is the description of most
important
ones.
=over 4
=item dispatch_to (LIST)
Specifies path to directory that contains Perl modules you'd like to
give
access to, or just list of modules (for preloaded modules).
PerlSetVar dispatch_to "/Your/Path/To/Deployed/Modules,
Module::Name, Module::method"
=item options (HASH)
Specifies list of options for your module, for example threshold for
compression. Future versions will support more options. See
SOAP::Transport::HTTP documentation for other options.
PerlSetVar options "compress_threshold => 10000"
=back
=head1 DEPENDENCIES
SOAP::Lite
mod_perl
=head1 SEE ALSO
SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Apache for implementation details,
SOAP::Lite for general information, and
F<examples/server/mod_soap.htaccess> for .htaccess example
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Paul Kulchenko. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
=head1 AUTHOR
Paul Kulchenko ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
=cut
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