handsoap 1.1.0

data/lib/handsoap/http/request.rb

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+module Handsoap
+  module Http
+
+    # Represents a HTTP Request.
+    class Request
+      attr_reader :url, :http_method, :headers, :body, :username, :password
+      attr_writer :body, :http_method
+      def initialize(url, http_method = :get)
+        @url = url
+        @http_method = http_method
+        @headers = {}
+        @body = nil
+        @username = nil
+        @password = nil
+      end
+      def set_auth(username, password)
+        @username = username
+        @password = password
+      end
+      def add_header(key, value)
+        if @headers[key].nil?
+          @headers[key] = []
+        end
+        @headers[key] << value
+      end
+      def set_header(key, value)
+        if value.nil?
+          @headers[key] = nil
+        else
+          @headers[key] = [value]
+        end
+      end
+      def inspect
+        "===============\n" +
+          "--- Request ---\n" +
+          "#{http_method.to_s.upcase} #{url}\n" +
+          (
+           if username && password
+             "Auth credentials: #{username}:#{password}\n"
+           else
+             ""
+           end
+           ) +
+          (
+           if headers.any?
+             "---\n" + headers.map { |key,values| values.map {|value| key + ": " + value + "\n" }.join("")  }.join("")
+           else
+             ""
+           end
+           ) +
+          (
+           if body
+             "---\n" + body
+           else
+             ""
+           end
+           )
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/handsoap/http/response.rb

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+require 'handsoap/http/part'
+
+module Handsoap
+  module Http
+
+    # Represents a HTTP Response.
+    class Response < Part
+      attr_reader :status
+      def initialize(status, headers, body, parts = nil)
+        @status = status.to_i
+        super(headers, body, parts)
+      end
+      def primary_part
+        # Strictly speaking, the main part doesn't need to be first, but until proven otherwise, we'll just assume that.
+        if multipart?
+          parts.first
+        else
+          self
+        end
+      end
+      private
+      def inspect_head
+        "--- Response ---\n" + "HTTP Status: #{status}\n"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/handsoap/parser.rb

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+require 'httpclient'
+require 'openssl'
+require 'nokogiri'
+
+module Handsoap
+  # Classes for parsing a WSDL.
+  #
+  # Used internally by the generator.
+  module Parser #:nodoc: all
+    class Interface
+      attr_accessor :name, :operations
+
+      def initialize(name, operations = [])
+        @name = name
+        @operations = operations || []
+      end
+    end
+
+    class Binding
+      attr_accessor :name, :protocol, :interface, :transport, :style, :encoding, :verb, :actions
+
+      def initialize(name, optional = {})
+        @name = name
+        @actions = optional[:actions] || []
+        @protocol = optional[:protocol]
+        @interface = optional[:interface]
+        @transport = optional[:transport]
+        @style = optional[:style]
+        @encoding = optional[:encoding]
+        @verb = optional[:verb]
+      end
+    end
+
+    class Endpoint
+      attr_accessor :name, :protocol, :binding, :url
+
+      def initialize(name, protocol, binding, url)
+        @name = name
+        @protocol = protocol
+        @binding = binding
+        @url = url
+      end
+    end
+
+    class Operation
+      attr_accessor :name, :input, :output
+
+      def initialize(name, optional = {})
+        @name = name
+        @input = optional[:input]
+        @output = optional[:output]
+      end
+    end
+
+    class Action
+      attr_accessor :name, :soap_action, :location
+
+      def initialize(name, optional = {})
+        @name = name
+        @soap_action = optional[:soap_action]
+        @location = optional[:location]
+      end
+    end
+
+    class Wsdl
+      attr_reader :url
+
+      def initialize(doc, url = "void://")
+        @doc = doc
+        @url = url
+      end
+
+      def self.read(url)
+        if url =~ /^http(s?):/
+          request = ::HTTPClient.new
+          request.ssl_config.verify_mode = ::OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
+          response = request.get(url)
+          xml_src = response.content
+        else
+          xml_src = Kernel.open(url).read
+        end
+        self.new(Nokogiri.XML(xml_src), url)
+      end
+
+      def ns
+        {
+          'wsdl1' => "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/",
+          'wsdl2' => "http://www.w3.org/ns/wsdl/",
+          'soap11' => "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/",
+          'soap12' => "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap12/",
+          'http' => "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/http/"
+        }
+      end
+      private :ns
+
+      def protocol_from_ns(node)
+        href = node.namespace.respond_to?(:href) ? node.namespace.href : @doc.namespaces["xmlns:#{node.namespace}"]
+        case href
+        when "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"
+          :soap11
+        when "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap12/"
+          :soap12
+        when "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/http/"
+          :http
+        else
+          raise "Unknown namespace '#{href}'"
+        end
+      end
+      private :protocol_from_ns
+
+      def is_wsdl2?(node)
+        href = node.namespace.respond_to?(:href) ? node.namespace.href : @doc.namespaces["xmlns:#{node.namespace}"]
+        case href
+        when "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+          false
+        when "http://www.w3.org/ns/wsdl/"
+          true
+        else
+          raise "Unknown namespace '#{href}'"
+        end
+      end
+      private :is_wsdl2?
+
+      def service
+        services = @doc.xpath("//wsdl1:service|//wsdl2:service", ns)
+        raise "Expected exactly 1 service in WSDL" if services.length != 1
+        services[0][:name]
+      end
+
+      def interface
+        all_interfaces = self.interfaces
+        if all_interfaces.length != 1
+          # There are more than one portType, so we take a pick
+          all_bindings = self.bindings
+          all_interfaces.each do |interface|
+            b = all_bindings.find {|binding| binding.name == interface.name }
+            if [:soap11, :soap12].include? b.protocol
+              return interface
+            end
+          end
+          raise "Can't find a suitable soap 1.1 or 1.2 interface/portType in WSDL"
+        end
+        all_interfaces.first
+      end
+
+      def target_ns
+        @doc.root[:targetNamespace] || raise("Attribute targetNamespace not defined")
+      end
+
+      def preferred_protocol
+        e = endpoints
+        if e.select { |endpoint| endpoint.protocol == :soap12 }.any?
+          :soap12
+        elsif e.select { |endpoint| endpoint.protocol == :soap11 }.any?
+          :soap11
+        else
+          raise "Can't find any soap 1.1 or soap 1.2 endpoints"
+        end
+      end
+
+      def interfaces
+        @doc.xpath("//wsdl1:portType|//wsdl2:interface", ns).map do |port_type|
+          operations = port_type.xpath("./wsdl1:operation|./wsdl2:operation", ns).map do |operation|
+            if is_wsdl2?(operation)
+              input_node = operation.xpath("./wsdl2:input", ns).first
+              input = input_node ? input_node[:element] : nil
+              output_node = operation.xpath("./wsdl2:output", ns).first
+              output = output_node ? output_node[:element] : nil
+            else
+              input_node = operation.xpath("./wsdl1:input", ns).first
+              input = input_node ? input_node[:message] : nil
+              output_node = operation.xpath("./wsdl1:output", ns).first
+              output = output_node ? output_node[:message] : nil
+            end
+            Operation.new(operation[:name], :input => input, :output => output)
+          end
+          Interface.new(port_type[:name], operations)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def endpoints
+        @doc.xpath("//wsdl1:service/wsdl1:port|//wsdl2:service/wsdl2:endpoint", ns).map do |port|
+          binding = port[:binding]
+          if is_wsdl2?(port)
+            location = port[:address]
+            protocol = :binding
+          else
+            address = port.xpath("./soap11:address|./soap12:address|./http:address", ns).first
+            location = address[:location]
+            protocol = protocol_from_ns(address)
+          end
+          Endpoint.new(port[:name], protocol, binding, location)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def bindings
+        @doc.xpath("//wsdl1:binding|//wsdl2:binding", ns).map do |binding|
+          raise "WSDL 2.0 not supported" if is_wsdl2?(binding)
+          soap_binding = binding.xpath("./soap11:binding|./soap12:binding|./http:binding", ns).first
+          protocol = protocol_from_ns(soap_binding)
+          actions = []
+          style = nil
+          encoding = nil
+          actions = binding.xpath("./wsdl1:operation", ns).map do |operation|
+            soap_operation = operation.xpath("./soap11:operation|./soap12:operation|./http:operation", ns).first
+            if soap_operation[:style]
+              raise "Mixed styles not supported" if style && style != soap_operation[:style]
+              style = soap_operation[:style]
+            end
+            xquery = []
+            ['soap11', 'soap12', 'http'].each do |version|
+              ['input', 'output'].each do |message_name|
+                ['header', 'body'].each do |part_name|
+                  xquery << "./wsdl1:#{message_name}/#{version}:#{part_name}"
+                end
+              end
+            end
+            operation.xpath(xquery.join('|'), ns).each do |thing|
+              raise "Mixed encodings not supported" if encoding && encoding != thing[:use]
+              encoding = thing[:use]
+            end
+            Action.new(
+                       operation[:name],
+                       :soap_action => soap_operation[:soapAction],
+                       :location => soap_operation[:location])
+          end
+          Binding.new(
+                      binding[:name],
+                      :protocol => protocol,
+                      :interface => binding[:type],
+                      :transport => soap_binding[:transport],
+                      :style => style,
+                      :encoding => encoding,
+                      :verb => soap_binding[:verb],
+                      :actions => actions)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/handsoap/service.rb

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+require 'time'
+require 'handsoap/xml_mason'
+require 'handsoap/xml_query_front'
+require 'handsoap/http'
+require 'handsoap/deferred'
+
+module Handsoap
+
+  def self.http_driver
+    @http_driver || (self.http_driver = :curb)
+  end
+
+  def self.http_driver=(driver)
+    @http_driver = driver
+    Handsoap::Http.drivers[driver].load!
+    return driver
+  end
+
+  def self.xml_query_driver
+    @xml_query_driver || (self.xml_query_driver = :nokogiri)
+  end
+
+  def self.xml_query_driver=(driver)
+    @xml_query_driver = Handsoap::XmlQueryFront.load_driver!(driver)
+  end
+
+  class Fault < StandardError
+    attr_reader :code, :reason, :details
+    def initialize(code, reason, details)
+      @code = code
+      @reason = reason
+      @details = details
+    end
+    def to_s
+      "Handsoap::Fault { :code => '#{@code}', :reason => '#{@reason}' }"
+    end
+    def self.from_xml(node, options = { :namespace => nil })
+      if not options[:namespace]
+        raise "Missing option :namespace"
+      end
+      ns = { 'env' => options[:namespace] }
+      fault_code = node.xpath('./env:Code/env:Value', ns).to_s
+      unless fault_code
+        fault_code = node.xpath('./faultcode', ns).to_s
+      end
+      reason = node.xpath('./env:Reason/env:Text[1]', ns).to_s
+      unless reason
+        reason = node.xpath('./faultstring', ns).to_s
+      end
+      details = node.xpath('./detail/*', ns)
+      self.new(fault_code, reason, details)
+    end
+  end
+
+  class HttpError < StandardError
+    attr_reader :response
+    def initialize(response)
+      @response = response
+      super()
+    end
+  end
+
+  class SoapResponse
+    attr_reader :document, :http_response
+    def initialize(document, http_response)
+      @document = document
+      @http_response = http_response
+    end
+    def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
+      if @document.respond_to?(method)
+        @document.__send__ method, *args, &block
+      else
+        super
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  class AsyncDispatch
+    attr_reader :action, :options, :request_block, :response_block
+    def request(action, options = { :soap_action => :auto }, &block)
+      @action = action
+      @options = options
+      @request_block = block
+    end
+    def response(&block)
+      @response_block = block
+    end
+  end
+
+  class Service
+    @@logger = nil
+    def self.logger=(io)
+      @@logger = io
+    end
+    # Sets the endpoint for the service.
+    # Arguments:
+    #   :uri                  => endpoint uri of the service. Required.
+    #   :version              => 1 | 2
+    #   :envelope_namespace   => Namespace of SOAP-envelope
+    #   :request_content_type => Content-Type of HTTP request.
+    # You must supply either :version or both :envelope_namspace and :request_content_type.
+    # :version is simply a shortcut for default values.
+    def self.endpoint(args = {})
+      @uri = args[:uri] || raise("Missing option :uri")
+      if args[:version]
+        soap_namespace = { 1 => 'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/', 2 => 'http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope' }
+        raise("Unknown protocol version '#{@protocol_version.inspect}'") if soap_namespace[args[:version]].nil?
+        @envelope_namespace = soap_namespace[args[:version]]
+        @request_content_type = args[:version] == 1 ? "text/xml" : "application/soap+xml"
+      end
+      @envelope_namespace = args[:envelope_namespace] unless args[:envelope_namespace].nil?
+      @request_content_type = args[:request_content_type] unless args[:request_content_type].nil?
+      if @envelope_namespace.nil? || @request_content_type.nil?
+        raise("Missing option :envelope_namespace, :request_content_type or :version")
+      end
+    end
+    def self.envelope_namespace
+      @envelope_namespace
+    end
+    def self.request_content_type
+      @request_content_type
+    end
+    def self.uri
+      @uri
+    end
+    @@instance = {}
+    def self.instance
+      @@instance[self.to_s] ||= self.new
+    end
+    def self.method_missing(method, *args, &block)
+      if instance.respond_to?(method)
+        instance.__send__ method, *args, &block
+      else
+        super
+      end
+    end
+    def envelope_namespace
+      self.class.envelope_namespace
+    end
+    def request_content_type
+      self.class.request_content_type
+    end
+    def uri
+      self.class.uri
+    end
+    # Creates an XML document and sends it over HTTP.
+    #
+    # +action+ is the QName of the rootnode of the envelope.
+    #
+    # +options+ currently takes one option +:soap_action+, which can be one of:
+    #
+    # :auto sends a SOAPAction http header, deduced from the action name. (This is the default)
+    #
+    # +String+ sends a SOAPAction http header.
+    #
+    # +nil+ sends no SOAPAction http header.
+    def invoke(action, options = { :soap_action => :auto }, &block) # :yields: Handsoap::XmlMason::Element
+      if action
+        if options.kind_of? String
+          options = { :soap_action => options }
+        end
+        if options[:soap_action] == :auto
+          options[:soap_action] = action.gsub(/^.+:/, "")
+        elsif options[:soap_action] == :none
+          options[:soap_action] = nil
+        end
+        doc = make_envelope do |body|
+          body.add action
+        end
+        if block_given?
+          yield doc.find(action)
+        end
+        # ready to dispatch
+        headers = {
+          "Content-Type" => "#{self.request_content_type};charset=UTF-8"
+        }
+        headers["SOAPAction"] = options[:soap_action] unless options[:soap_action].nil?
+        on_before_dispatch
+        request = make_http_request(self.uri, doc.to_s, headers)
+        driver = Handsoap::Http.drivers[Handsoap.http_driver].new
+        response = driver.send_http_request(request)
+        parse_http_response(response)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Async invocation
+    #
+    # Creates an XML document and sends it over HTTP.
+    #
+    # +user_block+ Block from userland
+    def async(user_block, &block) # :yields: Handsoap::AsyncDispatch
+      # Setup userland handlers
+      userland = Handsoap::Deferred.new
+      user_block.call(userland)
+      raise "Missing :callback" unless userland.has_callback?
+      raise "Missing :errback" unless userland.has_errback?
+      # Setup service level handlers
+      dispatcher = Handsoap::AsyncDispatch.new
+      yield dispatcher
+      raise "Missing :request_block" unless dispatcher.request_block
+      raise "Missing :response_block" unless dispatcher.response_block
+      # Done with the external configuration .. let's roll
+      action = dispatcher.action
+      options = dispatcher.options
+      if action #TODO: What if no action ?!?
+        if options.kind_of? String
+          options = { :soap_action => options }
+        end
+        if options[:soap_action] == :auto
+          options[:soap_action] = action.gsub(/^.+:/, "")
+        elsif options[:soap_action] == :none
+          options[:soap_action] = nil
+        end
+        doc = make_envelope do |body|
+          body.add action
+        end
+        dispatcher.request_block.call doc.find(action)
+        # ready to dispatch
+        headers = {
+          "Content-Type" => "#{self.request_content_type};charset=UTF-8"
+        }
+        headers["SOAPAction"] = options[:soap_action] unless options[:soap_action].nil?
+        on_before_dispatch
+        request = make_http_request(self.uri, doc.to_s, headers)
+        driver = Handsoap::Http.drivers[Handsoap.http_driver].new
+        if driver.respond_to? :send_http_request_async
+          deferred = driver.send_http_request_async(request)
+        else
+          # Fake async for sync-only drivers
+          deferred = Handsoap::Deferred.new
+          begin
+            deferred.trigger_callback driver.send_http_request(request)
+          rescue
+            deferred.trigger_errback $!
+          end
+        end
+        deferred.callback do |http_response|
+          begin
+            # Parse response
+            response_document = parse_http_response(http_response)
+            # Transform response
+            result = dispatcher.response_block.call(response_document)
+            # Yield to userland code
+            userland.trigger_callback(result)
+          rescue
+            userland.trigger_errback $!
+          end
+        end
+        # Pass driver level errors on
+        deferred.errback do |ex|
+          userland.trigger_errback(ex)
+        end
+      end
+      return nil
+    end
+
+    # Hook that is called when a new request document is created.
+    #
+    # You can override this to add namespaces and other elements that are common to all requests (Such as authentication).
+    def on_create_document(doc)
+    end
+    # Hook that is called before the message is dispatched.
+    #
+    # You can override this to provide filtering and logging.
+    def on_before_dispatch
+    end
+    # Hook that is called after the http_client is created.
+    #
+    # You can override this to customize the http_client
+    def on_after_create_http_request(http_request)
+    end
+    # Hook that is called when there is a response.
+    #
+    # You can override this to register common namespaces, useful for parsing the document.
+    def on_response_document(doc)
+    end
+    # Hook that is called if there is a HTTP level error.
+    #
+    # Default behaviour is to raise an error.
+    def on_http_error(response)
+      raise HttpError, response
+    end
+    # Hook that is called if the dispatch returns a +Fault+.
+    #
+    # Default behaviour is to raise the Fault, but you can override this to provide logging and more fine-grained handling faults.
+    #
+    # See also: parse_soap_fault
+    def on_fault(fault)
+      raise fault
+    end
+    # Hook that is called if the response does not contain a valid SOAP enevlope.
+    #
+    # Default behaviour is to raise an error
+    #
+    # Note that if your service has operations that are one-way, you shouldn't raise an error here.
+    # This is however a fairly exotic case, so that is why the default behaviour is to raise an error.
+    def on_missing_document(response)
+      raise "The response is not a valid SOAP envelope"
+    end
+
+    def debug(message = nil) #:nodoc:
+      if @@logger
+        if message
+          @@logger.puts(message)
+        end
+        if block_given?
+          yield @@logger
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def make_http_request(uri, post_body, headers)
+      request = Handsoap::Http::Request.new(uri, :post)
+      headers.each do |key, value|
+        request.add_header(key, value)
+      end
+      request.body = post_body
+      debug do |logger|
+        logger.puts request.inspect
+      end
+      on_after_create_http_request(request)
+      request
+    end
+
+    # Start the parsing pipe-line.
+    # There are various stages and hooks for each, so that you can override those in your service classes.
+    def parse_http_response(response)
+      debug do |logger|
+        logger.puts(response.inspect do |body|
+          Handsoap.pretty_format_envelope(body).chomp
+        end)
+      end
+      xml_document = parse_soap_response_document(response.primary_part.body)
+      soap_fault = parse_soap_fault(xml_document)
+      # Is the response a soap-fault?
+      unless soap_fault.nil?
+        return on_fault(soap_fault)
+      end
+      # Does the http-status indicate an error?
+      if response.status >= 400
+        return on_http_error(response)
+      end
+      # Does the response contain a valid xml-document?
+      if xml_document.nil?
+        return on_missing_document(response)
+      end
+      # Everything seems in order.
+      on_response_document(xml_document)
+      return SoapResponse.new(xml_document, response)
+    end
+
+    # Creates a standard SOAP envelope and yields the +Body+ element.
+    def make_envelope # :yields: Handsoap::XmlMason::Element
+      doc = XmlMason::Document.new do |doc|
+        doc.alias 'env', self.envelope_namespace
+        doc.add "env:Envelope" do |env|
+          env.add "*:Header"
+          env.add "*:Body"
+        end
+      end
+      self.class.fire_on_create_document doc # deprecated .. use instance method
+      on_create_document(doc)
+      if block_given?
+        yield doc.find("Body")
+      end
+      return doc
+    end
+
+    # String -> [XmlDocument | nil]
+    def parse_soap_response_document(http_body)
+      begin
+        Handsoap::XmlQueryFront.parse_string(http_body, Handsoap.xml_query_driver)
+      rescue Handsoap::XmlQueryFront::ParseError => ex
+        nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    # XmlDocument -> [Fault | nil]
+    def parse_soap_fault(document)
+      unless document.nil?
+        node = document.xpath('/env:Envelope/env:Body/descendant-or-self::env:Fault', { 'env' => self.envelope_namespace }).first
+        Fault.from_xml(node, :namespace => self.envelope_namespace) unless node.nil?
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.pretty_format_envelope(xml_string)
+    if /^<.*:Envelope/.match(xml_string)
+      begin
+        doc = Handsoap::XmlQueryFront.parse_string(xml_string, Handsoap.xml_query_driver)
+      rescue
+        return xml_string
+      end
+      return doc.to_xml
+      # return "\n\e[1;33m" + doc.to_s + "\e[0m"
+    end
+    return xml_string
+  end
+end
+
+# Legacy/BC code here. This shouldn't be used in new applications.
+module Handsoap
+  class Service
+    # Registers a simple method mapping without any arguments and no parsing of response.
+    #
+    # This is deprecated
+    def self.map_method(mapping)
+      if @mapping.nil?
+        @mapping = {}
+      end
+      @mapping.merge! mapping
+    end
+    def self.get_mapping(name)
+      @mapping[name] if @mapping
+    end
+    def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
+      action = self.class.get_mapping(method)
+      if action
+        invoke(action, *args, &block)
+      else
+        super
+      end
+    end
+    # Registers a block to call when a request document is created.
+    #
+    # This is deprecated, in favour of #on_create_document
+    def self.on_create_document(&block)
+      @create_document_callback = block
+    end
+    def self.fire_on_create_document(doc)
+      if @create_document_callback
+        @create_document_callback.call doc
+      end
+    end
+    private
+    # Helper to serialize a node into a ruby string
+    #
+    # *deprecated*. Use Handsoap::XmlQueryFront::XmlElement#to_s
+    def xml_to_str(node, xquery = nil)
+      n = xquery ? node.xpath(xquery, ns).first : node
+      return if n.nil?
+      n.to_s
+    end
+    alias_method :xml_to_s, :xml_to_str
+    # Helper to serialize a node into a ruby integer
+    #
+    # *deprecated*. Use Handsoap::XmlQueryFront::XmlElement#to_i
+    def xml_to_int(node, xquery = nil)
+      n = xquery ? node.xpath(xquery, ns).first : node
+      return if n.nil?
+      n.to_s.to_i
+    end
+    alias_method :xml_to_i, :xml_to_int
+    # Helper to serialize a node into a ruby float
+    #
+    # *deprecated*. Use Handsoap::XmlQueryFront::XmlElement#to_f
+    def xml_to_float(node, xquery = nil)
+      n = xquery ? node.xpath(xquery, ns).first : node
+      return if n.nil?
+      n.to_s.to_f
+    end
+    alias_method :xml_to_f, :xml_to_float
+    # Helper to serialize a node into a ruby boolean
+    #
+    # *deprecated*. Use Handsoap::XmlQueryFront::XmlElement#to_boolean
+    def xml_to_bool(node, xquery = nil)
+      n = xquery ? node.xpath(xquery, ns).first : node
+      return if n.nil?
+      n.to_s == "true"
+    end
+    # Helper to serialize a node into a ruby Time object
+    #
+    # *deprecated*. Use Handsoap::XmlQueryFront::XmlElement#to_date
+    def xml_to_date(node, xquery = nil)
+      n = xquery ? node.xpath(xquery, ns).first : node
+      return if n.nil?
+      Time.iso8601(n.to_s)
+    end
+  end
+end