\chapter{The \module{SoapWriter} module --- serializing data}

The SoapWriter class is used to output SOAP messages.
Note that its output is encoded as UTF-8; when transporting SOAP over
HTTP it is therefore important to set the \code{charset} attribute
of the \code{Content-Type} header.

The \class{SoapWriter} class reserves some namespace prefixes:
\begin{tableii}{l|l}{}{Prefix}{URI}
\lineii{\code{SOAP-ENV}}{\code{http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}}
\lineii{\code{SOAP-ENC}}{\code{http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/}}
\lineii{\code{ZSI}}{\code{http://www.zolera.com/schemas/ZSI/}}
\lineii{\code{xsd}}{\code{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}}
\lineii{\code{xsi}}{\code{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance}}
\end{tableii}

\begin{classdesc}{SoapWriter}{out\optional{, **keywords}}
The \code{out} parameter is an object that has a \method{write()}
method for generating the output.

The following keyword arguments may be used:

\begin{tableiii}{l|c|p{30em}}{textrm}{Keyword}{Default}{Description}
\lineiii{\code{encoding}}{\code{SOAP-ENC} value}{If not \code{None}, then
use the specified value as the value for the SOAP \code{encodingStyle}
attribute.
\versionadded{1.2}}
\lineiii{\code{envelope}}{\code{1}}{Write the SOAP envelope elements.
\versionadded{1.2}}
\lineiii{\code{nsdict}}{\code{\{\}}}{Dictionary of namespaces to write
in the SOAP \code{Header}.}
\lineiii{\code{header}}{\code{None}}{A sequence of elements to output in
the SOAP \code{Header}.
It may also be a text string, in which case it is output as-is, and should
therefore be XML text.}
\end{tableiii}
\end{classdesc}

Creating a \class{SoapWriter} object with a \class{StringIO} object for
the \code{out} parameter and \code{envelope} set to false results in an
object that can be used for serializing objects into a string.

\begin{methoddesc}{serialize}{pyobj\optional{, typecode\optional{, root=None\optional{, **keywords}}}}
This method serializes the \code{pyobj} Python object as directed
by the \code{typecode} typecode object.
If \code{typecode} is omitted, then \code{pyobj} should be a Python
object instance of a class that has a \code{typecode} attribute.
It returns \code{self}, so that serializations can be chained together, or
so that the \method{close()} method can be invoked.
The \code{root} parameter may be used to explicitly indicate the root
(main element) of a SOAP encoding, or indicate that the item is not the
root.
If specified, it should have the numeric value of zero or one.
Any other keyword parameters are passed to the typecode's \code{serialize}
method.
\end{methoddesc}

\begin{methoddesc}{close}{\optional{trailer=None\optional{, nsdict=None}}}
Close off the SOAP message, finishing all the pending serializations.
If \code{trailer} is a string or list of elements, it is output after the
close-tag for the \code{Body}.
The \method{close()} method of the originally provided out object is NOT called.
(If it were, and the original \code{out} object were a \class{StringIO}
object, there would be no way to collect the data.)
This method will be invoked automatically if the object is deleted.
\end{methoddesc}

The following methods are primarily useful for those writing new typecodes.

\begin{methoddesc}{AddCallback}{func, arg}
Used by typecodes when serializing, allows them to add output after
the SOAP \code{Body} is written but before the SOAP \code{Envelope} is closed.
The function \method{func()}
will be called with the \class{SoapWriter} object and the specified \code{arg}
argument, which may be a tuple.
\end{methoddesc}

\begin{methoddesc}{Forget}{obj}
Forget that \code{obj} has been seen before.
This is useful when repeatedly serializing a mutable object.
\end{methoddesc}

\begin{methoddesc}{Known}{obj}
If \code{obj} has been seen before (based on its Python \code{id}),
return \code{1}.
Otherwise, remember \code{obj} and return \code{0}.
\end{methoddesc}

\begin{methoddesc}{ReservedNS}{prefix, uri}
Returns true if the specified namespace \code{prefix} and
\code{uri}
collide with those used by the implementation.
\end{methoddesc}

\begin{methoddesc}{write}{arg}
This is a convenience method that calls \method{self.out.write()}
on \code{arg}, with the addition that if \code{arg} is a sequence,
it iterates over the sequence, writing each item (that isn't \code{None})
in turn.
\end{methoddesc}

\begin{methoddesc}{writeNSDict}{nsdict}
Outputs \code{nsdict} as a namespace dictionary.
It is assumed that an XML start-element is pending on the output
stream.
\end{methoddesc}

