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/webservice/soap/ -> locallib.php (source)

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SOAP web service implementation classes and methods.

Copyright: 2009 Petr Skodak
License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
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Defines 2 classes

webservice_soap_server:: (9 methods):
  __construct()
  parse_request()
  run()
  generate_wsdl()
  handle()
  send_error()
  send_response()
  send_headers()
  fault()

webservice_soap_test_client:: (1 method):
  simpletest()


Class: webservice_soap_server  - X-Ref

SOAP service server implementation.

__construct($authmethod)   X-Ref
Contructor.

param: string $authmethod authentication method of the web service (WEBSERVICE_AUTHMETHOD_PERMANENT_TOKEN, ...)

parse_request()   X-Ref
This method parses the $_POST and $_GET superglobals and looks for the following information:
- User authentication parameters:
- Username + password (wsusername and wspassword), or
- Token (wstoken)


run()   X-Ref
Runs the SOAP web service.


generate_wsdl()   X-Ref
Generates the WSDL.


handle()   X-Ref
Handles the web service function call.


send_error($ex = null)   X-Ref
Send the error information to the WS client formatted as an XML document.

param: Exception $ex the exception to send back

send_response()   X-Ref
Send the result of function call to the WS client.


send_headers()   X-Ref
Internal implementation - sending of page headers.


fault($fault = null, $code = 'Receiver')   X-Ref
Generate a server fault.

Note that the parameter order is the reverse of SoapFault's constructor parameters.

Moodle note: basically we return the faultactor (errorcode) and faultdetails (debuginfo).

If an exception is passed as the first argument, its message and code
will be used to create the fault object.

param: string|Exception $fault
param: string $code SOAP Fault Codes

Class: webservice_soap_test_client  - X-Ref

SOAP test client class

simpletest($serverurl, $function, $params)   X-Ref
Execute test client WS request

param: string $serverurl server url (including token parameter or username/password parameters)
param: string $function function name
param: array $params parameters of the called function
return: mixed