SOAP::Lite, Basic concepts: Method dispatch

When incoming requests are received, the SOAP::Lite server must determine which package and method is actually being invoked, and then load and execute that code. This is method dispatching. Unless explicitly specified otherwise it's based on namespace URI and the name of method element. Call for <ns:method xmlns:ns="http://namespaces.soaplite.com/My/Class"> will be dispatched to My::Class::method.

• Static dispatch: you specify module name or full method name:

    -> dispatch_to('My::Module');         # to give access to all methods
    -> dispatch_to('My::Module::method'); # to give access to one method

• Dynamic dispatch: you specify directory(ies) and then modules will be loaded on demand:

    -> dispatch_to('/use/local/soaplite/modules/');

  Caveat: access to @INC is disabled during require due to security reasons.

• Mixed dispatch: you specify both directory(ies) and your modules:

    -> dispatch_to('/use/local/soaplite/modules/', 
                   'My::Module', 'My::AnotherModule::method');