# SOAP::Client - perldoc - [phpMan]

## NAME
    [SOAP::Client](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3AClient/markdown) - exists purely as a superclass for client classes declared by the various
    [SOAP::Lite](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3ALite/markdown) transport modules.

## DESCRIPTION
    The [SOAP::Client](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3AClient/markdown) class exists purely as a superclass for client classes declared by the various
    [SOAP::Lite](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3ALite/markdown) transport modules. The methods it provides are all simple accessors; they return the
    current value when called with no arguments or set the attribute value and return the object
    reference when called with an argument. These attributes include:

## METHODS
    code, message, status
        Stores the response code, message, and status from the most-recent send attempt. For some
        protocols, such as FTP, the same value is used for all three because of the lack of
        finer-grained detail (the default is to ensure that all three attributes contain data, even
        if redundant). Other protocols (such as HTTP) have distinct values in each.

    endpoint
        Identifies the current endpoint to which messages are being sent. This should match the
        value of the transport method from the [SOAP::Transport](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3ATransport/markdown) class, but setting this doesn't
        propagate to the transport object. It is better to use the transport object (or the shortcut
        via the [SOAP::Lite](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3ALite/markdown) object itself) when setting this.

    is_success
        The success or failure of the most-recent transmission is noted here as a boolean value.

    options
        The options attribute keeps a hash-table reference of additional options and their values.
        At present, only one option is used by any of the transport modules:

        compress_threshold
            The value of this option should be a numerical value. If set, and if the [Compress::Zlib](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Compress%3A%3AZlib/markdown)
            library is available, messages whose size in bytes exceeds this value will be compressed
            before sending. Both ends of the conversation must have it enabled.

        Other options may be defined using this mechanism. Note that setting the options using this
        accessor requires a full hash reference be passed. To set just one or a few values, consider
        retrieving the current reference value and using it to set the key(s).

## SEE ALSO
    [SOAP::Server](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3AServer/markdown)

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    Special thanks to O'Reilly publishing which has graciously allowed [SOAP::Lite](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3ALite/markdown) to republish and
    redistribute large excerpts from *Programming Web Services with Perl*, mainly the [SOAP::Lite](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/SOAP%3A%3ALite/markdown)
    reference found in Appendix B.

## COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Paul Kulchenko. All rights reserved.

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
    Perl itself.

## AUTHORS
    Paul Kulchenko (<paulclinger@yahoo.com>)

    Randy J. Ray (<rjray@blackperl.com>)

    Byrne Reese (<byrne@majordojo.com>)