Revision history for Perl extension SOAP::Lite.
0.1 Mon Aug 11 23:12:02 2000
- first version; serialization part only
0.2 Mon Aug 24 19:34:24 2000
- next stable version; works with public test servers
0.3 Mon Sep 4 00:59:04 2000
+ first public beta version
+ added live SOAP calls
+ added test suite (25 tests)
+ added documentation
+ added interactive shell (SOAPsh.pl)
0.31 Wed Sep 6 00:36:15 2000
+ added expressions to SOAP::SOM->match method
+ added deserialization of circular references
+ added tests for deserialization
+ added documentation
0.32 Sun Sep 10 23:27:10 2000
! fixed warnings with -w
! fixed blessed reference serialization. Assigned type has top priority
+ added working with current node in SOAP::SOM
+ SOAP::SOM::valueof returns nodeset
+ SOAP::SOM::match returns boolean in boolean context
+ added raw xml accepting and output
+ added UserAgent parameters to SOAP::Transport (understands timeout)
+ added better diagnostic on transport errors in test.pl
+ added 'method', 'fault', 'freeform' types of Envelope
+ added server implementation
+ added CGI interface to server implementation
+ added My::Examples.pm as example of loaded class for SOAP server
+ added more tests (47 for now)
0.35 Sun Sep 17 23:57:10 2000
! fixed minors (Response instead of Respond, server will map client's uri)
+ cleaned HTTP::Server internals (will go to SOAP::Server in future)
+ test.pl won't abort on transport errors. Failed test will be skipped
+ added daemon server implementation
+ added cgi/daemon server implementation examples
+ added deserialization into blessed reference
+ added dynamic/static class/method binding
+ added output parameters matching based on signature (name/type)
+ added real object transferring back and forth (see example of Chatbot::Eliza, fixed for CODE references)
+ added more interoperability with on_action on client and server side
+ added new events (on_action, on_fault, on_nonserialized)
+ added global class settings with 'use SOAP::Lite ...'
+ added code for returning application errors on server
+ added autodispatch
+ added SOAP prefix to method calls
+ added more documentation
+ added more tests (54 for now)
+ added more examples (Chatbot::Eliza, My::PingPong)
0.36 Sun Sep 24 20:12:10 2000
! fixed output parameters autobinding
+ added mod_perl server implementation
+ added recognizing all simple types mentioned in specification
+ added support for 'hex' type
+ added more documentation (twice as much as before)
+ added more tests (74 for now)
0.38 Thu Oct 5 22:06:20 2000
! fixed namespace for base64 encoding
! fixed security problem on server side, upgrade is highly recommended
+ added HTTPS/SSL support
+ added SMTP client implementation
+ added POP3 server implementation
+ added support for Basic/Digest server authentication
+ added support for header(s) on client/server side with SOAP::Header
+ added Array and SOAPStruct for interoperability with ApacheSOAP
+ added generic class for server support SOAP::Server
+ added Actor attribute
+ added more examples, documentation and tests (88 for now)
0.39 Sun Oct 8 22:55:20 2000
! fixed incompatibility with Perl 5.005
+ added interactive Makefile.PL for CPAN installation
0.40 Sun Oct 15 18:20:55 2000
! fixed die in mailto: protocol if you don't have URI::URL installed
! fixed misbehavior on Mac platform (thanks to Carl K. Cunningham)
+ added default namespace processing [xmlns] (thanks to Petr Janata)
+ added objects-by-reference, simple garbage collection and activation
+ added full access to envelope on server side
+ added versionMismatch reaction
+ added local: protocol for local binding without any transport
+ added examples for objects-by-reference: persistent/session
iterators and chat (40 lines on server and 25 lines on client side)
0.41 Tue Oct 31 01:24:51 2000
! fixed memory leak on server side
! fixed die on absence of HTTP::* modules on server side
! fixed working with keepalive connections (added test with Xmethods)
+ changed autotyping from double to float
+ added support for proxy authorization (thanks to Murray Nesbitt)
+ added TCP client/server implementation
+ added benchmark for all implementations except smtp/pop3
+ added SOAP::Trace for detail logging on client/server side
+ added examples/tests for Apache::Registry implementations
+ added more examples, documentation and tests (127 for now)
0.42 Tue Nov 14 23:14:18 2000
+ added UDDI client (UDDI::Lite) with documentation
+ added M-POST functionality in HTTP::Client
+ added redirect (3??) functionality in HTTP::Client
+ added session cache for M-POSTs and redirects
+ added conversion of all objects to o-b-r in parameters
+ changed passing envelope into method
+ allowed \x0d and \x0a in strings (will not do base64 encode)
+ added die with object that lets specify complex Fault detail
+ optimized XML encoding
+ allowed function call with autodispatch
+ improved syntax for 'use SOAP::Lite'
+ added soap.tcp example for TCP server implementation
+ added tests with Microsoft implementation
+ added documentation and tests (145 for now)
0.43 Tue Nov 28 01:47:02 2000
! fixed bug in UDDI interface that made UDDI client almost useless
! fixed Makefile.PL
! tests confirmed that memory leak is gone
+ changed syntax for UDDI client to more flexible/convenient
+ added limited support for WSDL schemas. Dynamic and stub access supported
+ added script for stub generation (stubmaker.pl)
+ optimized code on server side
+ object interface for SOAP, UDDI and schemas are supported consistently
+ allowed manipulation of method's attributes and namespaces
+ added attributes encoding ('&', '<' and '"' are encoded)
+ updated documentation
(thanks to Robert Barta who basically did this work)
+ added more examples and tests (154 for now)
0.44 Tue Dec 12 23:52:12 2000
! fixed mod_perl server to return '500 Server Error' in case of error
! fixed CGI server to work under PerlIS and PerlEx (thanks to Murray Nesbitt)
+ tested publishing API for UDDI::Lite, examples provided
(thanks to Petr Janata for access to UDDI server and provided help)
+ added bidirectional TCP client/server, examples and tests provided
+ enabled de/serializer overloading on server side (in addition to client)
+ added optimization for objects-by-reference
+ added ForkingDaemon server implementation (thanks to Peter Fraenkel)
+ added SOAP::Custom::XML for XML processing, examples and tests provided
+ added SOAP::Test as simple test framework
+ added documentation for UDDI publishing API
+ redesigned examples and tests (~240 tests for now)
0.45 Tue Jan 16 00:38:04 2001
! fixed interoperability problem with incorrect Array prefix for Apache SOAP
+ added interoperability tests for Apache SOAP
+ added interoperability tests with MS SOAP, 4s4c and Lucin implementations
+ added attachment parsing (singlepart/multipart MIME)
Content-ID and Content-Location are supported
text/xml fragments are supported and parsed
all implementations support MIME encoded messages
+ added IO server implementation (for pipes, mail handlers, FTP and file processing)
+ added FTP client implementation
+ added global settings, shareable between objects
+ allowed empty URI and nonprefixed method (documentation included)
+ added tests for xml, xml with headers, single and multipart MIME
+ updated documentation and added examples
+ more that 300 tests in test suite