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package Pod::WSDL;

# TODO: make array based objects work as own complex types
# TODO: non RPC style bindings
# TODO: read type information alternatively from own file
# TODO: write soapAction attribute in operations?

use strict;
use warnings;
use Carp;
use IO::Scalar;
use Pod::Text;
use Pod::WSDL::Method;
use Pod::WSDL::Return;
use Pod::WSDL::Param;
use Pod::WSDL::Fault;
use Pod::WSDL::Doc;
use Pod::WSDL::Type;
use Pod::WSDL::Writer;
use Pod::WSDL::Utils qw(:writexml :namespaces :messages :types);
use Pod::WSDL::AUTOLOAD;

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# ------------------ > "CONSTANTS" ----------------------------------------- #
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #

our $VERSION                = "0.063";
our @ISA                    = qw/Pod::WSDL::AUTOLOAD/;

our $WSDL_METHOD_REGEXP_BEG = qr/^=(?:begin)\s+wsdl\s*\n(.*?)^=(?:cut|end\s+wsdl).*?^\s*sub\s+(\w+)/ims;
our $WSDL_METHOD_REGEXP_FOR = qr/^=(?:for)\s+wsdl\s*\n(.*?)\n\n^\s*sub\s+(\w+)/ims;
our $WSDL_TYPE_REGEXP_BEG   = qr/^=(?:begin)\s+wsdl\s*\n(.*?_ATTR.*?)^=(?:cut|end\s+wsdl)/ims;
our $WSDL_TYPE_REGEXP_FOR   = qr/^=(?:for)\s+wsdl\s*\n(.*?_ATTR.*?)\n\n/ims;

our $DEFAULT_BASE_NAME      = 'myService';
our $PORT_TYPE_SUFFIX_NAME  = 'Handler';
our $BINDING_SUFFIX_NAME    = 'SoapBinding';
our $SERVICE_SUFFIX_NAME    = 'Service';

# Pod::WSDL::AUTOLOAD uses this
our %FORBIDDEN_METHODS = (
	source              => {get => 0, set =>  0},
	source              => {get => 0, set =>  0},
	baseName            => {get => 0, set =>  0},
	methods             => {get => 0, set =>  0},
	location            => {get => 1, set =>  1},
	namespaces          => {get => 0, set =>  0},
	generateNS          => {get => 0, set =>  0},
	types               => {get => 0, set =>  0},
	writer              => {get => 0, set =>  0},
	standardTypeArrays  => {get => 0, set =>  0},
	emptymessagewritten => {get => 0, set =>  0},
	targetNS            => {get => 1, set =>  1},
);

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# --------------- > PUBLIC METHODS  ---------------------------------------- #
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #

# avoid using reserved words with our autoload methods
#   use => pw_use; no not break backward compatibility
sub new {
	my ($pkg, %data) = @_;
	my $nsnum = 0;

	croak "I need a location, died" unless defined $data{location};
	croak "I need a file or module name or a filehandle, died" unless defined $data{source};

    if ( $data{use} ) {
        $data{pw_use} = delete $data{use} ;
    }
	$data{pw_use} = $LITERAL_USE if $data{style} and $data{style} eq $DOCUMENT_STYLE and !defined $data{pw_use};
	$data{pw_use} = $LITERAL_USE and $data{style} = $DOCUMENT_STYLE if $data{wrapped} and !defined $data{pw_use} and !defined $data{style};

	my $me = bless {
		_source              => $data{source},
		_baseName            => undef,
		_methods             => [],
		_location            => $data{location},
		_namespaces          => {},
		_targetNS            => undef,
		_generateNS          => sub {return $DEFAULT_NS_DECL . $nsnum++},
		_types               => {},
		_writer              => new Pod::WSDL::Writer(withDocumentation => $data{withDocumentation}, pretty => $data{pretty}),
		_standardTypeArrays  => {},
		_emptymessagewritten => 0,
		_pw_use              => $data{pw_use} || $ENCODED_USE,
		_style               => $data{style} || $RPC_STYLE,
		_wrapped             => $data{wrapped} || 0,
	}, $pkg;

	croak "'use' argument may only be one of $ENCODED_USE or $LITERAL_USE, died" if $me->pw_use ne $ENCODED_USE and $me->pw_use ne $LITERAL_USE;
	croak "'style' argument may only be one of $RPC_STYLE or $DOCUMENT_STYLE, died" if $me->style ne $RPC_STYLE and $me->style ne $DOCUMENT_STYLE;
	croak "The combination of use=$ENCODED_USE and style=$DOCUMENT_STYLE is not valid, died" if ($me->style eq $DOCUMENT_STYLE and $me->pw_use eq $ENCODED_USE);

	## AHICOX 10/12/2006
	## this is a quick and dirty hack to set the baseName
	## the baseName should probably be set from the POD
	## source (which is why it's set in _getModuleCode)
	## this quick hack takes the 'name' parameter when
	## we create the object, and

	$me->_initSource($data{'source'});
	$me->_initNS;
	$me->_initTypes;

	return $me;
}

sub WSDL {
	my $me = shift;
	my %args = @_;

	my $wr = $me->writer;
	$wr->prepare;

	if (%args) {
		$wr->pretty($args{pretty}) if defined $args{pretty};
		$wr->withDocumentation($args{withDocumentation}) if defined $args{withDocumentation};
	}

	$me->writer->comment("WSDL for " . $me->{_location} . " created by " . ref ($me) . " version: $VERSION on " . scalar localtime);
	$me->writer->startTag('wsdl:definitions', targetNamespace => $me->targetNS, %{$me->{_namespaces}});
	$me->writer->wrNewLine(2);

	$me->_writeTypes;

	$_->writeMessages($me->types, $me->style, $me->wrapped) for @{$me->methods};

	$me->_writePortType;
	$me->_writeBinding;
	$me->_writeService;

	$me->writer->endTag('wsdl:definitions');
	$me->writer->end;
	return $me->writer->output;
}

sub addNamespace {
	my $me   = shift;
	my $uri  = shift;
	my $decl = shift;

	croak "I need a namespace, died" unless defined $uri;

	defined $decl or $decl = $me->{_generateNS};

	$decl = 'xmlns:' . $decl unless $decl =~ /xmlns:/;

	$me->{_namespaces}->{$decl} = $uri;
}

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# ---------------- > INIT METHODS < ---------------------------------------- #
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #

sub _initNS {
	my $me         = shift;
	my $namespaces = shift;

	$namespaces ||= {};

	$me->addNamespace($namespaces->{$_}, $_) for keys %$namespaces;
	$me->addNamespace($BASIC_NAMESPACES{$_}, $_) for keys %BASIC_NAMESPACES;
	$me->addNamespace($me->targetNS, $IMPL_NS_DECL);
	$me->addNamespace($me->targetNS, $TARGET_NS_DECL);
}

sub _initSource {
	my $me  = shift;
	my $src = shift;

	my ($baseName, $contents) = $me->_getModuleCode($src, 1);

	#set the baseName in the object
	$me->baseName($baseName);

	# find =begin wsdl ... =end
	while ($contents =~ /$WSDL_METHOD_REGEXP_BEG/g) {
		$me->_parseMethodPod($2, $1);
	}

	# find =for wsdl
	while ($contents =~ /$WSDL_METHOD_REGEXP_FOR/g) {
		$me->_parseMethodPod($2, $1);
	}
}

sub _initTypes {
	my $me = shift;


	for my $method (@{$me->{_methods}}) {
    for my $param (@{$method->params},$method->return) {
      next unless $param;
			unless (exists $XSD_STANDARD_TYPE_MAP{$param->type}) {
				$me->_addType($param->type, $param->array);
			} elsif ($param->array) {

				#AHICOX: 10/10/2006
				#changed to _standardTypeArrays (was singular)
				$me->{_standardTypeArrays}->{$param->type} = 1;
			}
		}

		for my $fault (@{$method->faults}) {
			unless (exists $XSD_STANDARD_TYPE_MAP{$fault->type}) {
				$me->_addType($fault->type, 0);
			}
		}
	}

}

sub _addType {
	my $me    = shift;
	my $name  = shift;
	my $array = shift;

	if (exists $me->types->{$name}) {
		$me->types->{$name}->array($array) if $array;
		return;
	}

	my $code = $me->_getModuleCode($name);
	my $pod = '';
	my $in = $code;
	my $out = '';

	# collect =begin wsdl ... =end
	while ($code =~ /$WSDL_TYPE_REGEXP_BEG/g) {
		$pod .= "$1\n";
	}

	# collect =for wsdl
	while ($code =~ /$WSDL_TYPE_REGEXP_FOR/g) {
		$pod .= "$1\n";
	}

	warn "No pod wsdl found for type '$name'.\n" unless $pod;

	my $IN  = new IO::Scalar \$in;
	my $OUT = new IO::Scalar \$out;

	new Pod::Text()->parse_from_filehandle($IN, $OUT);

	$me->types->{$name} = new Pod::WSDL::Type(name => $name, array => $array, pod => $pod, descr => $out, writer => $me->writer);

	for my $attr (@{$me->types->{$name}->attrs}) {
		unless (exists $XSD_STANDARD_TYPE_MAP{$attr->type}) {
			$me->_addType($attr->type, $attr->array);
		} elsif ($attr->array) {

			#AHICOX: 10/10/2006
			#changed to _standardTypeArrays (was singular)
			$me->{_standardTypeArrays}->{$attr->type} = 1;
		}
	}
}

sub _parseMethodPod {
	my $me         = shift;
	my $methodName = shift;
	my $podData    = shift;

	my $method = new Pod::WSDL::Method(name => $methodName, writer => $me->writer);

	my @data = split "\n", $podData;

	# Preprocess wsdl pod: trim all lines and concatenate lines not
	# beginning with wsdl type tokens to previous line.
	# Ignore first element, if it does not begin with wsdl type token.
	for (my $i = $#data; $i >= 0; $i--) {

		if ($data[$i] !~ /^\s*(_INOUT|_IN|_OUT|_RETURN|_DOC|_FAULT|_ONEWAY)/i) {
			if ($i > 0) {
				$data[$i - 1] .= " $data[$i]";
				$data[$i] = '';
			}
		}
	}

	for (@data) {
		s/\s+/ /g;
		s/^ //;
		s/ $//;

		if (/^_(INOUT|IN|OUT)\s+/i) {
			my $param = new Pod::WSDL::Param($_);
			$method->addParam($param);
			$me->standardTypeArrays->{$param->type} = 1 if $param->array and $XSD_STANDARD_TYPE_MAP{$param->type};
		} elsif (/^_RETURN\s+/i) {
			my $return = new Pod::WSDL::Return($_);
			$method->return($return);
			$me->standardTypeArrays->{$return->type} = 1 if $return->array and $XSD_STANDARD_TYPE_MAP{$return->type};
		} elsif (/^_DOC\s+/i) {
			$method->doc(new Pod::WSDL::Doc($_));
		} elsif (/^_FAULT\s+/i) {
			$method->addFault(new Pod::WSDL::Fault($_));
		} elsif (/^_ONEWAY\s*$/i) {
			$method->oneway(1);
		}
	}

	push @{$me->{_methods}}, $method;
}

sub _getModuleCode {
	my $me     = shift;
	my $src    = shift;
	my $findNS = shift;

	if (ref $src and ($src->isa('IO::Handle') or $src->isa('GLOB'))) {
		local $/ = undef;
		my $contents = <$src>;
		$me->_setTargetNS($contents) if $findNS;

		##AHICOX: 10/12/2006
		##attempt to construct a base name based on the package
		my $baseName = $DEFAULT_BASE_NAME;
		$src =~ /package\s+(.*?)\s*;/s;
		if ($1){
			$baseName = $1;
			$baseName =~ s/::(.)/uc $1/eg;
		}

		return ($baseName, $contents);
	} else {

		my $moduleFile;

		if (-e $src) {
			$moduleFile = $src;
		} else {
			my $subDir = $src;
			$subDir =~ s!::!/!g;

			my @files = map {"$_/$subDir.pm"} @INC;

			my $foundPkg = 0;

			for my $file (@files) {
				if (-e $file) {
					$moduleFile = $file;
					last;
				}
			}
		}

		if ($moduleFile) {
			open IN, $moduleFile or die "Could not open $moduleFile, died";
			local $/ = undef;
			my $contents = <IN>;
			close IN;
			$me->_setTargetNS($contents) if $findNS;

			##AHICOX: 10/12/2006
			##attempt to construct a base name based on the package
			my $baseName = $DEFAULT_BASE_NAME;
			$contents =~ /package\s+(.*?)\s*;/s;
			if ($1){
				$baseName = $1;
				$baseName =~ s/::(.)/uc $1/eg;
			}

			return ($baseName, $contents);
		} else {
			die "Can't find any file '$src' and can't locate it as a module in \@INC either (\@INC contains " . join (" ", @INC) . "), died";
		}
	}
}

sub _setTargetNS {
	my $me = shift;
	my $contents = shift;

	$contents =~ /package\s+(.*?)\s*;/s;

	if ($1) {
		my $tmp = $1;
		$tmp =~ s!::!/!g;
		my $serverURL = $me->location;
		$serverURL =~ s!(http(s)??://[^/]*).*!$1!;
		$me->targetNS("$serverURL/$tmp");
	} else {
		$me->targetNS($me->location);
	}
}

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# -------------- > OUTPUT UTILITIES < -------------------------------------- #
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #

sub _writeTypes {
	my $me = shift;

	return if keys %{$me->standardTypeArrays} == 0 and keys %{$me->types} == 0;

	$me->writer->wrElem($START_PREFIX_NAME, 'wsdl:types');
	$me->writer->wrElem($START_PREFIX_NAME, 'schema', targetNamespace => $me->namespaces->{'xmlns:' . $TARGET_NS_DECL}, xmlns => "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
	$me->writer->wrElem($EMPTY_PREFIX_NAME, "import",  namespace => "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/");

	for my $type (sort keys %{$me->standardTypeArrays}) {
		$me->writer->wrElem($START_PREFIX_NAME, "complexType",  name => $ARRAY_PREFIX_NAME . ucfirst $type);
		$me->writer->wrElem($START_PREFIX_NAME, "complexContent");
		$me->writer->wrElem($START_PREFIX_NAME, "restriction",  base => "soapenc:Array");
		$me->writer->wrElem($EMPTY_PREFIX_NAME, "attribute",  ref => "soapenc:arrayType", "wsdl:arrayType" => 'soapenc:' . $type . '[]');
		$me->writer->wrElem($END_PREFIX_NAME, "restriction");
		$me->writer->wrElem($END_PREFIX_NAME, "complexContent");
		$me->writer->wrElem($END_PREFIX_NAME, "complexType");
	}

	for my $type (values %{$me->types}) {
		$type->writeComplexType($me->types);
	}

	if ($me->style eq $DOCUMENT_STYLE) {
		for my $method (@{$me->methods}) {
			$method->writeDocumentStyleSchemaElements($me->types);
		}
	}

	$me->writer->wrElem($END_PREFIX_NAME, 'schema');
	$me->writer->wrElem($END_PREFIX_NAME, 'wsdl:types');
	$me->writer->wrNewLine;
}

sub _writePortType {
	my $me = shift;

	$me->writer->wrElem($START_PREFIX_NAME, 'wsdl:portType', name => $me->baseName . $PORT_TYPE_SUFFIX_NAME);

	for my $method (@{$me->{_methods}}) {
		$method->writePortTypeOperation;
		$me->writer->wrNewLine;
	}

	$me->writer->wrElem($END_PREFIX_NAME, 'wsdl:portType');
	$me->writer->wrNewLine(1);
}

sub _writeBinding {
	my $me = shift;

	$me->writer->wrElem($START_PREFIX_NAME, 'wsdl:binding', name => $me->baseName . $BINDING_SUFFIX_NAME, type => $IMPL_NS_DECL . ':' . $me->baseName . $PORT_TYPE_SUFFIX_NAME);
	$me->writer->wrElem($EMPTY_PREFIX_NAME, "wsdlsoap:binding", style => $me->style, transport => "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http");
	$me->writer->wrNewLine;

	for my $method (@{$me->methods}) {
		$method->writeBindingOperation($me->targetNS, $me->pw_use);
		$me->writer->wrNewLine;
	}

	$me->writer->wrElem($END_PREFIX_NAME, 'wsdl:binding');
	$me->writer->wrNewLine;
}

sub _writeService {
	my $me = shift;

	$me->writer->wrElem($START_PREFIX_NAME, 'wsdl:service', name => $me->baseName . $PORT_TYPE_SUFFIX_NAME . $SERVICE_SUFFIX_NAME);
	$me->writer->wrElem($START_PREFIX_NAME, 'wsdl:port', binding => $IMPL_NS_DECL . ':' . $me->baseName . $BINDING_SUFFIX_NAME, name => $me->baseName);
	$me->writer->wrElem($EMPTY_PREFIX_NAME, "wsdlsoap:address", location => $me->location);
	$me->writer->wrElem($END_PREFIX_NAME, 'wsdl:port');
	$me->writer->wrElem($END_PREFIX_NAME, 'wsdl:service');

	$me->writer->wrNewLine;
}

1;
__END__

=head1 NAME

Pod::WSDL - Creates WSDL documents from (extended) pod

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use Pod::WSDL;

  my $pod = new Pod::WSDL(source => 'My::Server',
    location => 'http://localhost/My/Server',
    pretty => 1,
    withDocumentation => 1);

  print $pod->WSDL;

=head1 DESCRIPTION - How to use Pod::WSDL

=head2 Parsing the pod

How does Pod::WSDL work? If you instantiate a Pod::WSDL object with the name of the module (or the path of the file, or an open filehandle) providing the web service like this

  my $pwsdl = new Pod::WSDL(source => 'My::Module',
	location => 'http://my.services.location/on/the/web');

Pod::WSDL will try to find C<My::Module> in C<@INC>, open the file, parse it for WSDL directives and prepare the information for WSDL output. By calling

  $pwsdl->WSDL;

Pod::WSDL will output the WSDL document. That's it.

When using Pod::WSDL, the parser expects you to do the following:

=over 2

=item *

Put the pod directly above the subroutines which the web service's client is going to call. There may be whitespace between the pod and the sub declaration but nothing else.

=item *

Use the C<=begin>/C<=end> respectively the C<=for> directives according to standard pod: anything between C<=begin WSDL> and C<=end> will be treated as pod. Anything composing a paragraph together with C<=for WSDL> will be treated as pod.

=back

Any subroutine not preceded by WSDL pod will be left unmentioned. Any standard pod will be ignored (though, for an exception to this, see the section on own complex types below).

The individual instructions for Pod::WSDL always begin with a keyword, like C<_RETURN> or C<_DOC> or C<_FAULT>. After this different things may follow, according to the specific type of instruction. The instruction may take one or more lines - everything up to the next line beginning with a keyword or the end of the pod is belonging to the current instruction.

=head2 Describing Methods

How do we use Pod::WSDL? In describing a web service's method we have to say something about parameters, return values and faults. In addition you might want to add some documentation to these items and to the method itself.

=head3 Parameters

WSDL differentiates between in-, out- and inout-parameters, so we do that, too. A different matter is the question, if the client can do this too, but now we are talking about possibilities, not actualities.

The pod string describing a parameter has the structure

  (_IN|_OUT|_INOUT) NAME ($|@)TYPE DESCRIPTION

like

  _IN foo $string This is a foo

or

  _INOUT bar @bar An array of bars

You will easily guess what C<_IN>, C<_OUT> and C<_INOUT> stand for so we can move on. C<NAME> is the name of your parameter. It does not have any real function (the order of the parameters being the only important thing) but it is nice to have it since in a WSDL document the parameters need to have names. So instead of having Pod::WSDL automatically generate cryptic names (it cannot do that right now) be nice to the client and use some sensible name. The C<TYPE> of the parameters can be any of the xsd (schema) standard types (see [5]) or a type of your own creation. The C<$> resp. C<@> symbols tell Pod::WSDL and your client if it is a scalar or array parameter. Everything following the type up to the next instruction is treated as the parameter's documentation. If you call the constructor of Pod::WSDL with the argument C<withDocumentation =E<gt> 1>, it will be added to the WSDL.

=head3 Return Values

Return values work like parameters but since in WSDL there is provision for only one return value (you have (in)out parameters, or can return arrays if that isn't enough), you do not need to give them a name. Pod::WSDL will automatically call them 'Return' in the WSDL document. So, the structure of C<_RETURN> instructions is

  _RETURN ($|@)TYPE DESCRIPTION

as in

  _RETURN $string Returns a string

The pod for one method may only have one C<_RETURN> instruction. If you don't specify a C<_RETURN> instruction, Pod::WSDL will assume that you return void. Of course the perl subroutine still will return something, but your web service won't. To make this clear Pod::WSDL generates an empty response message for this.

If you want some method to be a one way operation (see [4], ch. 2.4.1), say so by using the instruction C<_ONEWAY> in the pod. In this case no response message will be generated and a C<_RETURN> instruction will be ignored.

=head3 Faults

SOAP faults are usually translated into exceptions in languages like Java. If you set up a web service using SOAP::Lite, SOAP will trap your dying program and generate a generic fault using the message of C<die>. It is also possible to access SOAP::Lite's SOAP::Fault directly if you want more control - but this is not our issue. If you want to use custom-made fault messages of your own, define them in C<_FAULT> instructions, which look like this:

  _FAULT TYPE DESCRIPTION

An example could be the following:

  _FAULT My::Fault If anything goes wrong

Since you probably won't return an array of fault objects, you do not need to use the C<($|@)> tokens. Just say that you return a fault, declare its type and add an optional description.

As with parameters (but in contrary to C<_RETURN> instructions) you can declare as many C<_FAULT> instructions as you like, providing for different exception types your method might throw.

=head3 Method Documentation

Method documentation is easily explained. Its structure is

  _DOC Here comes my documentation ...

That's it. Use several lines of documentation if you like. If you instantiate the Pod::WSDL object with the parameter C<withDocumentation =E<gt> 1>, it will be written into the WSDL document.

=head2 Describing Modules - Using Own Complex Types

Quite often it will be the case that you have to use complex types as parameters or return values. One example of this we saw when talking about faults: you might want to create custom fault types (exceptions) of your own to fullfill special needs in the communication between web service and client. But of course you also might simply want to pass a complex parameter like a address object containing customer data to your application. WSDL provides the means to describe complex types borrowing the xsd schema syntax. Pod::WSDL makes use of this by allowing you to add WSDL pod to your own types. Assuming you have some own type like

  package My::Type;

  sub new {
    bless {
      foo => 'foo',
      bar => -1
    }, $_[0];
  }

  1;

simply describe the keys of your blessed hash like this.

  =begin WSDL

    _ATTR foo $string A foo
    _ATTR bar $integer And a bar

  =end WSDL

Put this pod anywhere within the package My::Type. Pod::WSDL will find it (if it is in @INC), parse it and integrate it into the WSDL document. The C<_ATTR> instruction works exactly as the C<_IN>, C<_OUT> and C<_INOUT> instructions for methods (see above).

If you initialize the Pod::WSDL object using C<withDocumentation =E<gt> 1>, Pod::WSDL will look for standard pod in the module, parse it using Pod::Text and put it into the WSDL document.

=head1 METHODS

=head2 new

Instantiates a new Pod::WSDL.

=head3 Parameters

=over 4

=item

source - Name of the source file, package of the source module or file handle on source file for which the WSDL shall be generated. This source must contain specialized Pod tags. So, if your source is '/some/directory/modules/Foo/Bar.pm' with package declaration 'Foo::Bar', source may be '/some/directory/modules/Foo/Bar.pm' or 'Foo::Bar' (in which case '/some/directory/modules' has to be in @INC) or an open file handle on the file. Right?

=item

location - Target namespace for the WSDL, usually the full URL of your webservice's proxy.

=item

pretty - Pretty print WSDL, if true. Otherwise the WSDL will come out in one line. The software generating the client stubs might not mind, but a person reading the WSDL will!

=item

withDocumentation - If true, put available documentation in the WSDL (see "Pod Syntax" above). For used own complex types ('modules') this will be the output of Pod::Text on these modules. The software generating the client stubs might give a damn, but a person reading the WSDL won't!

=back

=head2 WSDL

Returns WSDL as string.

=head3 Parameters

=over 4

=item

pretty - Pretty print WSDL, if true. Otherwise the WSDL will come out in one line. The software generating the client stubs might not mind, but a person reading the WSDL will!

=item

withDocumentation - If true, put available documentation in the WSDL (see "Pod Syntax" above). For used own complex types ('modules') this will be the output of Pod::Text on these modules. The software generating the client stubs might give a damn, but a person reading the WSDL won't!

=back

=head2 addNamespace

Adds a namespace. Will be taken up in WSDL's definitions element.

=head3 Parameters

=over 4

=item 1

URI of the namespace

=item 2

Declarator of the namespace

=back

=head1 EXTERNAL DEPENDENCIES

  Carp
  XML::Writer
  IO::Scalar
  Pod::Text

The test scripts use

  XML::XPath

=head1 EXAMPLES

see the *.t files in the distribution

=head1 BUGS

Please send me any bug reports, I will fix them or mention the bugs here :-)

=head1 TODO

=head2 Describe Several Signatures for one Method

Of course, one subroutine declaration might take a lot of different sets of parameters. In Java or C++ you would have to have several methods with different signatures. In perl you fix this within the method. So why not put several WSDL pod blocks above the method so the web service's client can handle that.

=head2 Implement a Better Parsing of the pod

Right know, the pod is found using some rather complex regular expressions. This is evil and will certainly fail in some situations. So, an issue on top of the fixme list is to switch to regular parsing. I'm not sure if I can use Pod::Parser since I need the sub declaration outside the pod, too.

=head2 Handle Several Package Declarations in One File

So far, Pod::WSDL assumes a one to one relation between packages and files. If it meets several package declarations in one file, it will fail some way or the other. For most uses, one package in one file will presumably suffice, but it would be nice to be able to handle the other cases, too.

=head2 Handle Array based blessed References

Array based blessed references used for complex types are something of a problem.

=head2 Get Information on Complex Types from Somewhere Else

If you use complex types for parameters that are not your own (we assume, that the module containing the web service always is your own), you might not be able to put the WSDL pod into the module files. So why not fetch it from somewhere else like a configuration file?

=head2 Integrate Pod::WSDL with SOAP::Lite

With Axis, you simply call the web service's URL with the parameter '?wsdl' and you get the WSDL document. It would be nice to be able to do this with SOAP::Lite, too.

=head2 Implement Non RPC Style Messages

Pod::WSDL writes WSDL documents in encoded RPC style. It should be able to generate literal RPC and document styles, too.

=head1 REFERENCES

[1] L<http://ws.apache.org/axis/>

[2] L<http://search.cpan.org/~kbrown/SOAP-0.28/>

[3] L<http://search.cpan.org/~byrne/SOAP-Lite-0.65_5/>

[4] L<http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl.html>

[5] L<http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/>

=head1 SEE ALSO

  http://ws.apache.org/axis/
  http://search.cpan.org/~kbrown/SOAP-0.28/
  http://search.cpan.org/~byrne/SOAP-Lite-0.65_5/
  http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl

  WSDL::Generator (a different way to do it)
  SOAP::WSDL (the client side)
  SOAP::Clean::WSDL (I have not tried this)

=head1 AUTHOR

Tarek Ahmed, E<lt>bloerch -the character every email address contains- oelbsk.orgE<gt>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2006 by Tarek Ahmed

This library is alpha software and comes with no warranty whatsoever.
It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or,
at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

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