More Soap::Lite

fritz1968 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have (mostly) figured out soap::lite. However, I cannot tell anyone as it is a closely guarded secret. ;-)

I say mostly, as I want to generate a document that will have multiple request in it. Take the following code for example:

sub release {
    my ($args) = @_;
        # IIS web services expect / as a separator for uri and method.
    my $lite = SOAP::Lite->new()->on_action(sub { join '/', @_ } )
        ->proxy($args->{proxy}),
           SOAP::Header->name('Authentication' =>
                   SOAP::Header->value(
                         SOAP::Header->name('user')->value($zID),
                         SOAP::Header->name('password')->value($zPW)))
+;

        my $response = $lite->call(
           SOAP::Data->name('release')
           ->attr({ 'xmlns', $args->{xmlns}}),
                   SOAP::Data->name('request' => \SOAP::Data->value(
                   SOAP::Data->name('actionTime')->value($args->{actio
+nTime}),
                   SOAP::Data->name('id')->value($args->{id})->type('l
+ong'),
                   SOAP::Data->name('state')->value($args->{state})->t
+ype('string'),
                   SOAP::Data->name('result')->value($args->{result})-
+>type('string')
                   )),
            );
    return $response;
}
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This will generate the following XML document:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envel
+ope/" xmlns:ns="http://myid.somecompany.net/request/service/3">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:release>
         <ns:request>
            <ns:id>4161</ns:id>
            <ns:actionTime>2012-09-25T13:26:43.000Z</ns:actionTime>
            <ns:state>PLACED</ns:state>
            <ns:result>ACTION_TAKEN</ns:result>
         </ns:request>
      </ns:release>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
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My next task is to create an XML document that generated multiple "requests." For example, the following:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envel
+ope/" xmlns:ns="http://myid.somecompany.net/request/service/3">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <ns:release>
         <ns:request>
            <ns:id>4161</ns:id>
            <ns:actionTime>2012-09-25T13:26:43.000Z</ns:actionTime>
            <ns:state>PLACED</ns:state>
            <ns:result>ACTION_TAKEN</ns:result>
         </ns:request>
         <ns:request>
            <ns:id>4162</ns:id>
            <ns:actionTime>2012-09-25T13:26:44.000Z</ns:actionTime>
            <ns:state>PLACED</ns:state>
            <ns:result>ACTION_TAKEN</ns:result>
         </ns:request>
      </ns:release>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
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I know the magic has to happen in this section of the code:

        my $response = $lite->call(
           SOAP::Data->name('release')
           ->attr({ 'xmlns', $args->{xmlns}}),
                   SOAP::Data->name('request' => \SOAP::Data->value(
                   SOAP::Data->name('actionTime')->value($args->{actio
+nTime}),
                   SOAP::Data->name('id')->value($args->{id})->type('l
+ong'),
                   SOAP::Data->name('state')->value($args->{state})->t
+ype('string'),
                   SOAP::Data->name('result')->value($args->{result})-
+>type('string')
                   )),
            );
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but the question is how? a loop of some sort is, obviously, needed. But where to I put it? The variable that I am using to store the data is an array of hashes. In the above code, I am simply passing a single hash. However, I can always pass the array of hashes.

any help, suggestions, ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Frank

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