[Xml-compile] XML::Compile::SOAP 2.02 woes (2)

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

update - the test case displayed the problem, but hid the cause.

 - if the string is "native ISO 8859-1", it will be sent as ISO 8859-1

 - if the string is promoted to UTF8 before sending (utf8::upgrade),
   the resulting message will be sent as UTF8

 - if some *other* part of the request hash has been promoted to UTF8, that 
   other part will be sent as UTF8, but any not-yet-prompted bits of the 
   hash will keep being "native", so the following code fragment will
   create a weird-encoded message:

my $string = 'C0815-4711-äöü';
my $id = '200711250087ä';
utf8::upgrade($id);

my %request =
    ( parameters => {userName => 'user',
                     password => 'pass'},
      WEBINT_TICKETID     => $string,
      WEBINT_CUSTTICKETID => $id,
    );


on the wire:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><SOAP-ENV:Header><s:AuthenticationInfo xmlns:s="urn:TDeModify"><s:userName>user</s:userName><s:password>pass</s:password></s:AuthenticationInfo></SOAP-ENV:Header><SOAP-ENV:Body><s:OpSelfTest xmlns:s="urn:TDeModify"><s:WEBINT_CUSTTICKETID>200711250087..</s:WEBINT_CUSTTICKETID><s:WEBINT_TICKETID>C0815-4711-...</s:WEBINT_TICKETID></s:OpSelfTest></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

(two "." for the single umlaut in $id, 3 "." for the *three* umlauts in
$string)

- so the problem seems to be that automagic promotion to UTF-8 when
building the XML is not happening.


Nicely enough - *if* I call utf8::upgrade() before passing the hash
to XML::Compile::SOAP, it will now work with HTTP and with HTTPS (long-
standing source of pain).

So, for my usage cases, I can work around this problem (if needed).

Gert Doering
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