Re: Using Perl's SOAP::Lite to talk to Python

[mitd]

The problem is you are asking SOAP to do more than it is capable of. SOAP is not a distributed object framework it is Simply an Object Access Protocol :).

Think of your methods on the service (server) side as services or helpers for a remote client object.

So with this in mind have your Python friend create a class on his client side that uses your services/methods to help his class fulfil its needs.

The idea of Object/Class Services is a powerful one. and takes a little getting use too but as a guy who has spent the last 3 months in Java Enterprise Bean hell I really have come to appreciate the simplicity of SOAP and the idea of services vs full blown distribute objects.

Hope this helps.

BTW, on a technical note the reason your code did not work as expected is you tried to pass what in reality was a reference to an object which SOAP just can't do.

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