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.IX Title "SOAP::Deserializer 3"
.TH SOAP::Deserializer 3 2023-07-25 "perl v5.38.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
SOAP::Deserializer \- the means by which the toolkit manages the conversion of XML into an object manageable by a developer
.SH DESCRIPTION
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SOAP::Deserializer provides the means by which incoming XML is decoded into a Perl data structure.
.SH METHODS
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.IX Item "context"
This provides access to the calling context of \f(CW\*(C`SOAP::Deserializer\*(C'\fR. In a client side context the often means a reference to an instance of SOAP::Lite. In a server side context this means a reference to a SOAP::Server instance.
.SH EXAMPLES
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.SS "DESERIALIZING RAW XML INTO A SOAP::SOM OBJECT"
.IX Subsection "DESERIALIZING RAW XML INTO A SOAP::SOM OBJECT"
A useful utility for SOAP::Deserializer is for parsing raw XML documents or fragments into a SOAP::SOM object. SOAP::Lite developers use this technique to write unit tests for the SOAP::Lite module itself. It is a lot more efficient for testing aspects of the toolkit than generating client calls over the network. This is a perfect way for developers to write unit tests for their custom data types for example.
.PP
Here is an example of how raw XML content can be parsed into a SOAP::SOM object by using SOAP::Deserializer:
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\&    $xml = <<END_XML;
\&    <foo>
\&      <person>
\&        <foo>123</foo>
\&        <foo>456</foo>
\&      </person>
\&      <person>
\&        <foo>789</foo>
\&        <foo>012</foo>
\&      </person>
\&    </foo>
\&    END_XML
\&
\&    my $som = SOAP::Deserializer\->deserialize($xml);
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2000\-2004 Paul Kulchenko. All rights reserved.
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH AUTHORS
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Byrne Reese (byrne@majordojo.com)