Release notes for SOAP::WSDL 2.00_12
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I'm very happy to present a new pre-release version of SOAP::WSDL.

SOAP::WSDL is a toolkit for creating SOAP interfaces in perl.

Features:

    * WSDL based SOAP client
          o SOAP1.1 support
          o Supports document/literal message style/encoding
    * Code generator for generating WSDL-based interface classes
          o Generated code includes usage documentation for the web service interface
    * Easy-to use API. SOAP::WSDL is much easier to use than SOAP::Lite.
          o Automatically encodes perl data structures as message data
          o Automatically sets HTTP headers right
    * SOAP::Lite like look and feel.
          o Where possible, SOAP::WSDL mimics SOAP::Lite's API to allow easy migrations
    * XML schema based class library for creating data objects
    * High-performance XML parser
    * Plugin support. SOAP::WSDL can be extended through plugins in various aspects. 
      The following plugins are supported:
          o Transport plugins via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Transport
          o Serializer plugins via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Serializer


The following changes have been made:

2.00_12
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The following bugs have been fixed (the numbers in square brackets are the 
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660921):

   * [1787146] SOAP::WSDL still uses XML::LibXML
   The superficious usage of XML::LibXML has been removed. XML::LibXML with 
   sax filter has been replaced by SOAP::WSDL::Expat::WSDLParser.
   
   * [1787054] Test suite requires XML::LibXML in 2.00_11
   The test suite no longer requires XML::LibXML to pass.

2.00_11
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The following features were added (the numbers in square brackets are the 
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660924):

  * [1767963] Transport plugins via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Transport.
    SOAP::WSDL uses SOAP::Lite's tranport modules as default, with a 
    lightweight HTTP(S) transport plugin as fallback.
    Custom transport modules can be registered via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Transport.

  * [ 1772730 ] Serializer plugins via SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Serializer 
    The default serializer for SOAP1.1 is SOAP::WSDL::Serializer::SOAP11.
    Custom serializers classes can be registered via 
    SOAP::WSDL::Factory::Serializer or set via SOAP::WSDL's set_serializer 
    method.

The following bugs have been fixed (the numbers in square brackets are the 
tracker IDs from https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=111978&atid=660921):

   * [ 1764854 ] Port WSDL parser to expat and remove XML::LibXML dependency
     SOAP::WSDL now requires only XML::Parser to be installed.
     XML::LibXML is not required any more, though XML::LibXML based modules still 
     exist.

The following uncategorized improvements have been made

   * The number of dependencies has been reduced. SOAP::WSDL no longer requires the 
     following modules to be installed:
        - XML::SAX::Base
        - XML::SAX::ParserFactory
        - Pod::Simple::Text
        - XML::LibXML

   * The missing prerequisite Template has been added.
   * Documentation has been improved.


2.00_10
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   * Changed Makefile.PL to use Module::Build (passthrough mode)
   * fixed element ref="" handling

2.00_09
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   * SOAP::WSDL::XSD::Typelib::Builtin::boolean objects now return their numerical 
     value in bool context, not "true" or "false" (always true...)
   * date/time test are now timezone-sensitive
   * examples added

2.00_08
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   * SOAP::WSDL::XSD::Typelib::ComplexType objects now check the class of their 
     child objects.
     This provides early feedback to developers.
   * SOAP message parser can skip unwanted parts of the message to improve parsing 
     speed - see SOAP::WSDL::Expat::MessageParser for details.
   * HTTP Content-Type is configurable
   * SOAP::WSDL::XSD::Typelib::ComplexType based objects accept any combination of 
     hash refs, list refs and objects as parameter to set_value() and new().
   * SOAP::WSDL::XSD::Typelib::Builtin::dateTime and ::date convert date 
      strings into XML date strings
   * SOAP::WSDL::Definitions::create now
      - converts '.' in service names to '::' (.NET class separator to perl class 
      separator)
      - outputs Typemaps and Interface classes in UTF8 to allow proper inclusion 
      of UTF8 documentation from WSDL
   * SOAP::WSDL::Definitions::create() includes doc in generated interface classes
   * WSDLHandler now handles <wsdl:documentation> tags
   * fixed explain in SimpleType, ComplexType and Element

2.00_07 and below
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   * Implemented a Code generator for creating SOAP interfaces based on WSDL definitions
   * Implemented a high-speed stream based SOAP message parser
     SOAP message parser returns a objects based on XML schema based class library
   * Implemented a XML schema based class library 
   * Implemented a stream based WSDL parser.
     Parses WSDL into objects. Objects can serialize data, and explain how to use the 
     service(s) they make up (output documentation).