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18 * @file xmltooling/soap/SOAPClient.h
20 * Implements SOAP 1.1 messaging over a transport.
23 #ifndef __xmltooling_soap11client_h__
24 #define __xmltooling_soap11client_h__
26 #include <xmltooling/security/KeyInfoSource.h>
27 #include <xmltooling/soap/SOAPTransport.h>
31 class XMLTOOL_API Envelope;
34 * Implements SOAP 1.1 messaging over a transport.
36 * In the abstract, this can be a one-way exchange, or use asynchronous
37 * transports, but this is mostly theoretical at this point.
39 class XMLTOOL_API SOAPClient
41 MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(SOAPClient);
43 SOAPClient() : m_validate(false), m_transport(NULL) {}
44 virtual ~SOAPClient();
47 * Controls schema validation of incoming XML messages.
48 * This is separate from other forms of programmatic validation of objects,
49 * but can detect a much wider range of syntax errors.
51 * @param validate true iff the client should use a validating XML parser
53 void setValidating(bool validate=true) {
54 m_validate = validate;
58 * Sends the supplied envelope to the identified recipient/endpoint.
60 * <p>The client object will instantiate a transport layer object
61 * appropriate for the endpoint URL provided and supply it to the
62 * prepareTransport() method below.
64 * @param env SOAP envelope to send
65 * @param peer peer to send message to, expressed in TrustEngine terms
66 * @param endpoint URL of endpoint to recieve message
68 virtual void send(const Envelope* env, const xmltooling::KeyInfoSource& peer, const char* endpoint);
71 * Returns the response message, if any. As long as a response is
72 * "expected" but not available, NULL will be returned. If no response
73 * will be forthcoming, an exception is raised.
75 * <p>The caller is responsible for freeing the returned envelope.
77 * <p>Once a response is returned, the object will be reset for a subsequent call.
79 virtual Envelope* receive();
82 * Resets the object for another call.
88 * Allows client to supply transport-layer settings prior to sending message.
90 * @param transport reference to transport layer
92 virtual void prepareTransport(const xmltooling::SOAPTransport& transport) {}
94 /** Flag controlling schema validation. */
97 /** Holds response until retrieved by caller. */
98 xmltooling::SOAPTransport* m_transport;
103 #endif /* __xmltooling_soap11client_h__ */