The soap_wsdl_import() function is used to import operations and types definitions from an WSDL file on a remote server. The retrieved file will be parsed and PL (procedure language) wrappers will be generated for each SOAP operation that is described. The SOAP service will be represented by a PL module which will be the overall container the generated PL wrappers. Once the WSDL file has been imported the PL wrappers are automatically generated and available for use.
soap_wsdl_import() returns an array that consists of the name of module, the name of PL wrapper, and a vector of parameter name/type pairs. An example of the result is: vector ([module name], [wrapper1], vector ([param1], [type1], [param2], [tyep2] ...), [wrapper2] vector (...))
SQL> soap_wsdl_import('http://[host:port]/chemistry.wsdl'); Done. -- 1286 msec. SQL> select xml_tree_doc (Chemistry.getElementBySymbol('Ni')); callret VARCHAR _______________________________________________________________________________ <getElementBySymbolResponse> <return> <atomicnumber>28</atomicnumber> <symbol>Ni</symbol> <name>Nickel</name> <mass>58.69</mass> <meltingPoint>1726.0</meltingPoint> <boilingPoint>3005.0</boilingPoint> <found>1751</found> </return> </getElementBySymbolResponse> Note: the namespaces from response are omitted for better reading.