Generating SOAP Header

I need to write a client that sends a particular SOAP header as part of the
request. I have looked through all of the SOAP::Lite documentation without
finding a decent description of how this might be done.

Inspired by the SOAP::Lite docs, I have tried using the
SOAP::Serializer::envelope() method as follows:

my $soap = SOAP::Lite
        -> uri('some:uri')
        -> proxy('some:address');

my $serializer = $soap->serializer();
$serializer->envelope(method => 'hi', SOAP::Header->name(test1 => 50));
$soap->serializer($serializer);
print $soap->hi()->result;

Unfortunately, this does not insert my request header field.

I tried something like:

my $soap = SOAP::Lite
        -> uri('some:uri')
        -> proxy('some:address')
        -> envelope(method => 'hi', SOAP::Header->name(test1 => 50));

print $soap->hi()->result;

This DOES insert my header field, but pollutes the body with an attempt to
invoke a non-existent remote method called 'envelope'.

I have finally found that I can get header information inserted into my
request by doing the following:

my $soap = SOAP::Lite
        -> uri('some:uri')
        -> proxy('some:address');

print $soap->hi(SOAP::Header->name(test2 => 5))->result;

This seems like very bizarre syntax to me, but it does work. Anyone care to
enlighten me as far as the 'correct' way to insert SOAP header fields into
my request? I'm amazed that there are no decent examples of this in the
SOAP::Lite documentation.

Thanks.

-Joe

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Joseph Gubler
Sr. Software Engineer
MonsterTrak
310.893.5553




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