README.txt

OVERVIEW:
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  "Suds" is a lightweight SOAP-based web service client for Python licensed
under LGPL (see the LICENSE.txt file included in the distribution).

  This is hopefully just a temporary fork of the original suds Python library
project created because the original project development seems to have stalled.
Should be reintegrated back into the original project if it ever gets revived
again.

  Forked project information:
    * Project site: https://bitbucket.org/jurko/suds
    * Epydocs documentation: needs to be built from sources
    * Official releases can be downloaded from:
        * PyPI - http://pypi.python.org/pypi/suds-jurko
        * BitBucket - https://bitbucket.org/jurko/suds/downloads

  Original suds Python library development project information:
    * Project site: https://fedorahosted.org/suds
    * Documentation: https://fedorahosted.org/suds/wiki/Documentation
    * Epydocs: http://jortel.fedorapeople.org/suds/doc

  For development notes see the HACKING.txt document included in the
distribution.


INSTALLATION:
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  Standard Python installation.

  Here are the basic instructions for 3 different installation methods:

  Using pip:
    * Have the 'pip' package installed.
    * Run 'pip install suds-jurko'.

  Using easy-install:
    * Have the 'distribute' package installed.
    * Run 'easy_install suds-jurko'.

  From sources:
    * Unpack the source package somewhere.
    * Run 'python setup.py install' from the source distribution's top level
      folder.


RELEASE NOTES:
=================================================

version 0.4.1 jurko 4 (2012-04-17)
    * Based on revision 712 from the original suds Python library development
      project's Subversion repository. Last officially packaged & released suds
      Python library version - 0.4.1.
    * Supported Python versions.
        * Basic sources prepared for Python 2.x.
        * For using Python 3 the sources first processed by the Python 2to3 tool
          during the setup procedure.
        * Tested with.
            * Python 2.7.1 on Windows XP, x64.
            * Python 3.2.2 on Windows XP, x64.
        * Intended to work with Python 2.4+.
    * Cleaned up how the distribution package maintainer name string is
      specified so it does not contain characters causing the setup procedure to
      fail when run using Python 3+ on systems using CP1250 or UTF-8 as their
      default code-page.
    * Internal cleanup - renamed bounded to single_occurrence and unbounded to
      multi_occurrence.
        * Original term unbounded meant that its object has more than one
          occurrence while its name inferred that 'it has no upper limit on its
          number of occurrences'.

version 0.4.1 jurko 3 (2011-12-26)
    * Based on revision 711 from the original suds Python library development
      project's Subversion repository. Last officially packaged & released suds
      Python library version - 0.4.1.
    * Supported Python versions.
        * Basic sources prepared for Python 2.x.
        * For using Python 3 the sources first processed by the Python 2to3 tool
          during the setup procedure.
        * Tested with.
            * Python 2.7.1 on Windows XP, x86.
            * Python 3.2.2 on Windows XP, x86.
        * Intended to work with Python 2.4+.
    * Operation parameter specification string no longer includes a trailing
      comma.
    * suds.xsd.xsbasic.Enumeration objects now list their value in their string
      representation.
    * 'suds.sudsobject.Metadata' __unicode__()/__str__()/__repr__() functions
      no longer raise an AttributeError when the object is not empty.
    * Fixed a bug with suds.xsd.sxbasic.TypedContent.resolve() returning an
      incorrect type when called twice on the same node referencing a builtin
      type with the parameter nobuiltin=True.
    * Added more test cases.

version 0.4.1 jurko 2 (2011-12-24)
    * Based on revision 711 from the original suds Python library development
      project's Subversion repository. Last officially packaged & released suds
      Python library version - 0.4.1.
    * Supported Python versions.
        * Basic sources prepared for Python 2.x.
        * For using Python 3 the sources first processed by the Python 2to3 tool
          during the setup procedure.
        * Tested with.
            * Python 2.7.1 on Windows XP, x86.
            * Python 3.2.2 on Windows XP, x86.
        * Intended to work with Python 2.4+.
    * Fixed a bug causing converting a suds.client.Client object to a string to
      fail & raise an IndexError exception.
        * Changed the way suds.client.Client to-string conversion outputs build
          info. This fixes a bug in the original '0.4.1 jurko 1' forked project
          release causing printing out a suds.client.Client object to raise an
          exception due to the code in question making some undocumented
          assumptions on how the build information string should be formatted.

version 0.4.1 jurko 1 (2011-12-24)
    * Based on revision 711 from the original suds Python library development
      project's Subversion repository. Last officially packaged & released suds
      Python library version - 0.4.1.
    * Supported Python versions.
        * Basic sources prepared for Python 2.x.
        * For using Python 3 the sources first processed by the Python 2to3 tool
          during the setup procedure.
        * Tested with.
            * Python 2.7.1 on Windows XP, x86.
            * Python 3.2.2 on Windows XP, x86.
        * Intended to work with Python 2.4+.
    * Added Python 3 support.
        * Based on patches integrated from a Mercurial patch queue maintained by
          Bernhard Leiner at
          'https://bitbucket.org/bernh/suds-python-3-patches'.
            * Last collected patch series commit:
              '96ffba978d5c74df28846b4273252cf1f94f7c78'.
        * Original sources compatible with Python 2. Automated conversion to
          Python 3 sources during setup.
    * Made suds work with operations taking choice parameters.
        * Based on a patch by michaelgruenewald & bennetb01 attached to ticket
          #342 on the original suds project issue tracker
          ('http://fedorahosted.org/suds/ticket/342'). Comments listed related
          to that ticket seem to indicate that there may be additional problems
          with this patch but so far we have not encountered any.
    * Fixed the DateTimeTest.testOverflow test to work correctly in all
      timezones.
        * This test would fail if run directly when run on a computer with a
          positive timezone time adjustment while it would not fail when run
          together with all the other tests in this module since some other test
          would leave behind a nonpositive timezone adjustment setting. Now the
          test explicitly sets its own timezone time adjustment to a negative
          value.
        * Fixes a bug referenced in the original suds project issue tracker as
          ticket #422 ('http://fedorahosted.org/suds/ticket/422').
    * Corrected accessing suds.xsd.sxbase.SchemaObject subitems by index.
        * Fixes a bug referenced in the original suds project issue tracker as
          ticket #420 ('http://fedorahosted.org/suds/ticket/420').
    * Internal code & project data cleanup.
        * Extracted version information into a separate module.
        * Added missing release notes for the original suds Python library
          project.
        * Ported unit tests to the pytest testing framework.
        * Cleaned up project tests.
            * Separated standalone tests from those requiring an external web
              service.
            * Added additional unit tests.
        * Added development related documentation - HACKING.txt.
        * Setup procedure cleaned up a bit.
    * Known defects.
        * Converting a suds.client.Client object to a string fails & raises an
          IndexError exception.


ORIGINAL SUDS LIBRARY RELEASE NOTES:
=================================================

version 0.4.1 (2010-10-15)
  * <undocumented>

version 0.4 (2010-09-08)
  * Fix spelling errors in spec description.
  * Fix source0 URL warning.
  * Updated caching to not cache intermediate wsdls.
  * Added DocumentCache which caches verified XML documents as text. User can
    choose.
  * Added cachingpolicy option to allow user to specify whether to cache XML
    documents or the WSDL object.
  * Provided for repeating values in reply for message parts consistent with way
    handled in nested objects.
  * Added charset=utf-8 to stock content-type http header.
  * Added <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> to outgoing SOAP messages.
  * Detection of faults in successful (http=200) replies and raise WebFault.
    Search for <soapenv:Fault/>.
  * Add plugins facility.
  * Fixed Tickets: #251, #313, #314, #334.

version 0.3.9 (2009-12-17)
  * Bumped python requires to 2.4.
  * Replaced stream-based caching in the transport package with document-based
    caching.
  * Caches pickled Document objects instead of XML text. 2x Faster!
  * No more SAX parsing exceptions on damaged or incomplete cached files.
  * Cached WSDL objects. Entire Definitions object including contained Schema
    object cached via pickle.
  * Copy of soap encoding schema packaged with suds.
  * Refactor Transports to use ProxyHandler instead of
    urllib2.Request.set_proxy().
  * Added WSSE enhancements <Timestamp/> and <Expires/> support. See: Timestamp
    token.
  * Fixed Tickets: #256, #291, #294, #295, #296.

version 0.3.8 (2009-12-09)
  * Includeds Windows NTLM Transport.
  * Add missing self.messages in Client.clone().
  * Changed default behavior for WSDL PartElement to be optional.
  * Add support for services/ports defined without <address/> element in WSDL.
  * Fix sax.attribute.Element.attrib() to find by name only when ns is not
    specified; renamed to Element.getAttribute().
  * Update HttpTransport to pass timeout parameter to urllib2 open() methods
    when supported by urllib2.
  * Add null class to pass explicit NULL values for parameters and optional
    elements.
  * Soap encoded array (soap-enc:Array) enhancement for rpc/encoded. Arrays
    passed as python arrays - works like document/literal now. No more using the
    factory to create the Array. Automatically includes arrayType attribute.
    E.g. soap-enc:arrayType="Array[2]".
  * Reintroduced ability to pass complex (objects) using python dict instead of
    suds object via factory.
  * Fixed tickets: #84, #261, #262, #263, #265, #266, #278, #280, #282.

version 0.3.7 (2009-10-16)
  * Better soap header support
  * Added new transport HttpAuthenticated for active (not passive) basic
    authentication.
  * New options (prefixes, timeout, retxml).
  * WSDL processing enhancements.
  * Expanded builtin XSD type support.
  * Fixed <xs:include/>.
  * Better XML date/datetime conversion.
  * Client.clone() method added for lightweight copy of client object.
  * XSD processing fixes/enhancements.
  * Better <simpleType/> by <xs:restriction/> support.
  * Performance enhancements.
  * Fixed tickets: #65, #232, #233, #235, #241, #242, #244, #247, #254, #254,
    #256, #257, #258.

version 0.3.6 (2009-04-31)
  * Change hard coded /tmp/suds to tempfile.gettempdir() and create suds/ on
    demand.
  * Fix return type for Any.get_attribute().
  * Update http caching to ignore file:// urls.
  * Better logging of messages when only the reply is injected.
  * Fix XInteger and XFloat types to translate returned arrays properly.
  * Fix xs:import schema with same namespace.
  * Update parser to not load external references and add Import.bind() for
    XMLSchema.xsd location.
  * Add schema doctor - used to patch XSDs at runtime. (See Option.doctor)
  * Fix deprecation warnings in python 2.6.
  * Add behavior for @default defined on <element/>.
  * Change @xsi:type value to always be qualified for doc/literal (reverts 0.3.5
    change).
  * Add Option.xstq option to control when @xsi:type is qualified.
  * Fixed Tickets: #64, #129, #205, #206, #217, #221, #222, #224, #225, #228,
    #229, #230.

version 0.3.5 (2009-04-16)
  * Adds http caching. Default is (1) day. Does not apply to method invocation.
    See: documentation for details.
  * Removed checking fedora version check in spec since no longer building <
    fc9.
  * Updated makefile to roll tarball with tar.sh.
  * Moved bare/wrapped determination to wsdl for document/literal.
  * Refactored Transport into a package (provides better logging of http
    headers).
  * Fixed Tickets: #207, #209, #210, #212, #214, #215.

version 0.3.4 (2009-02-24)
  * Static (automatic) Import.bind('http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/'),
    users no longer need to do this.
  * Basic ws-security with {{{UsernameToken}}} and clear-text password only.
  * Add support for ''sparse'' soap headers via passing dictionary.
  * Add support for arbitrary user defined soap headers.
  * Fixes service operations with multiple soap header entries.
  * Schema loading and dereferencing algorithm enhancements.
  * Nested soap multirefs fixed.
  * Better (true) support for elementFormDefault="unqualified" provides more
    accurate namespaing.
  * WSDL part types no longer default to WSDL targetNamespace.
  * Fixed Tickets: #4, #6, #21, #32, #62, #66, #71, #72, #114, #155, #201.

version 0.3.3 (2008-11-31)
  * No longer installs (tests) package.
  * Implements API-3 proposal (https://fedorahosted.org/suds/wiki/Api3Proposal).
    - Pluggable transport.
    - Keyword method arguments.
    - Basic http authentication in default transport.
  * Add namespace prefix normalization in soap message.
  * Better soap message pruning of empty nodes.
  * Fixed Tickets: #51 - #60.

version 0.3.2 (2008-11-07)
  * SOAP {{{MultiRef}}} support ''(1st pass added r300)''.
  * Add support for new schema tags:
     * <xs:include/>
     * <xs:simpleContent/>
     * <xs:group/>
     * <xs:attributeGroup/>
  * Added support for new xs <--> python type conversions:
     * xs:int
     * xs:long
     * xs:float
     * xs:double
  * Revise marshaller and binding to further sharpen the namespacing of nodes
    produced.
  * Infinite recursion fixed in ''xsd'' package dereference() during schema
    loading.
  * Add support for <wsdl:import/> of schema files into the wsdl root
    <definitions/>.
  * Fix double encoding of (&).
  * Add Client API:
    * setheaders() - same as keyword but works for all invocations.
    * addprefix() - mapping of namespace prefixes.
    * setlocation() - Override the location in the wsdl; same as keyword except
      for all calls.
    * setproxy() - same as proxy keyword but for all invocations.
  * Add proper namespace prefix for soap headers.
  * Fixed Tickets: #5, #12, #34, #37, #40, #44, #45, #46, #48, #49, #50, #51.

version 0.3.1 (2008-10-01)
 * Quick follow up to the 0.3 release that made working multi-port service
   definitions harder then necessary.  After consideration (and a good night
   sleep), it seemed obvious that a few changes would make this much easier:
     1) filter out the non-soap bindings - they were causing the real trouble;
     2) since most servers are happy with any of the soap bindings (soap 1.1 and
        1.2), ambigious references to methods when invoking then without the
        port qualification will work just fine in almost every case.  So, why
        not just allow suds to select the port.  Let's not make the user do it
        when it's not necessary.  In most cases, users on 0.2.9 and earlier will
        not have to update their code when moving to 0.3.1 as they might have in
        0.3.

version 0.3 (2008-09-30)
  * Extends the support for multi-port services introduced in 0.2.9.  This
    addition, provides for multiple services to define the *same* method and
    suds will handle it properly.  See section 'SERVICES WITH MULTIPLE PORTS:'.
  * Add support for multi-document document/literal soap binding style. See
    section 'MULTI-DOCUMENT Document/Literal:'.
  * Add support for (xs:group, xs:attributeGroup) tags.
  * Add Client.last_sent() and Client.last_received().

version 0.2.9 (2008-09-09)
  * Support for multiple ports within a service.
  * Attribute references <xs:attribute ref=""/>.
  * Make XML special character encoder in sax package - pluggable.

version 0.2.8 (2008-08-28)
  * Update document/literal binding to always send the document root referenced
    by the <part/>. After yet another review of the space and user input, seems
    like the referenced element is ALWAYS the document root.
  * Add support for 'binding' schemaLocations to namespace-uri. This is for
    imports that don's specify a schemaLocation and still expect the schema to
    be downloaded.  E.g. Axis references
    'http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/' without a schemaLocation.  So,
    by doing this:
       >
       > from suds.xsd.sxbasic import Import
       > Import.bind('http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/')
       >
    The schema is bound to a schemaLocation and it is downloaded.
  * Basic unmarshaller doesn't need a /schema/. Should have been removed during
    refactoring but was missed.
  * Update client to pass kwargs to send() and add /location/ kwarg for
    overriding the service location in the wsdl.
  * Update marshaller to NOT emit XML for object attributes that represent
    elements and/or attributes that are *both* optional and value=None.
    * Update factory (builder) to include all attributes.
    * Add optional() method to SchemaObject.
  * Update wsdl to override namespace in operation if specified.
  * Fix schema loading issue - build all schemas before processing imports.
  * Update packaging in preparation of submission to fedora.

version 0.2.7 (2008-08-11)
  * Add detection/support for document/literal - wrapped and unwrapped.
  * Update document/literal {wrapped} to set document root (under <body/>) to be
    the wrapper element (w/ proper namespace).
  * Add support for <sequence/>, <all/> and <choice/> having maxOccurs and have
    the. This causes the unmarshaller to set values for elements contained in an
    unbounded collection as a list.
  * Update client.factory (builder) to omit children of <choice/> since the
    'user' really needs to decide which children to include.
  * Update flattening algorithm to prevent re-flattening of types from imported
    schemas.
  * Adjustments to flattening/merging algorithms.

version 0.2.6 (2008-08-05)
  * Fix ENUMs broken during xsd package overhaul.
  * Fix type as defined in ticket #24.
  * Fix duplicate param names in method signatures as reported in ticket #30.
  * Suds licensed as LGPL.
  * Remove logging setup in suds.__init__() as suggested by patch in ticket #31.
    Users will now need to configure the logger.
  * Add support for Client.Factory.create() alt: syntax for fully qualifying the
    type to be built as: {namespace}name. E.g.
      > client.factory.create('{http://blabla.com/ns}Person')

version 0.2.5 (2008-08-01)
  * Overhauled the (XSD) package.  This new (merging) approach is simpler and
    should be more reliable and maintainable.  Also, should provide better
    performance since the merged schema performes lookups via dictionary lookup.
    This overhaul should fix current TypeNotFound and <xs:extension/> problems,
    I hope :-).
  * Fixed dateTime printing bug.
  * Added infinite recursion prevention in builder.Builder for xsd types that
    contain themselves.

version 0.2.4 (2008-07-28)
  * Added support for WSDL imports: <wsdl:import/>.
  * Added support for xsd<->python type conversions (thanks: Nathan Van Gheem)
    for:
     * xs:date
     * xs:time
     * xs:dateTime
  * Fixed:
     * Bug: Schema <import/> with schemaLocation specified.
     * Bug: Namespaces specified in service description not valid until client/
       proxy is printed.

version 0.2.3 (2008-07-23)
  * Optimizations.

version 0.2.2 (2008-07-08)
  * Update exceptions to be more /standard/ python by using
    Exception.__init__() to set Exception.message as suggested by Ticket #14;
    update bindings to raise WebFault passing (p).
  * Add capability in bindings to handle multiple root nodes in the returned
    values; returned as a composite object unlike when lists are returned.
  * Fix soapAction to be enclosed by quotes.
  * Add support for <xs:all/>.
  * Fix unbounded() method in SchemaObject.
  * Refactored schema into new (xsd) package.  Files just getting too big. Added
    execute() to Query and retrofitted suds to execute() query instead of using
    Schema.find() directly. Also, moved hokey start() methods from schema, as
    well as, query incrementation.
  * Add inject keyword used to inject outbound soap messages and/or inbound
    reply messages.
    Refactor SoapClient and
       1) rename send() to invoke()
       2) split message sending from invoke() and place in send();
    Add TestClient which allows for invocation kwargs to have inject={'msg=, and
    reply='} for message and reply injection.
  * Add Namespace class to sax for better management of namespace behavior;
    retrofix suds to import and use Namespace.
  * Change the default namespace used to resolve referenced types (having
    attributes @base="",@type="") so that when no prefix is specified: uses XML
    (node) namespace instead of the targetNamespace.
  * Apply fix as defined by davidglick@onenw.org in ticket #13.
  * Update service definition to print to display service methods as
    ' my_method(xs:int arg0, Person arg1) ' instead of
    ' my_method(arg0{xs:int}, arg1{Person}) ' which is more like traditional
    method signatures.
  * Add xsd/python type converstion to unmarshaller (XBoolean only); refactor
    unmarshaller to use Content class which makes APIs cleaner, adds symmetry
    between marshaller(s) and unmarshaller(s), provides good mechanism for
    schema-property based type conversions.
  * Refactor marshaller with Appenders; add nobuiltin flag to resolve() to
    support fix for returned_type() and returnes_collection() in bindings.
  * Add support for (202,204) http codes.
  * Add XBoolean and mappings; add findattr() to TreeResolver in preparation for
    type conversions.
  * Updated schema and schema property loading (deep recursion stopped); Changed
    Imported schemas so then no longer copy imported schemas, rather the import
    proxies find requests; Add ServiceDefinition class which provides better
    service inspection; also provides namespace mapping and show types; schema
    property api simplified; support for xs:any and xs:anyType added; Some
    schema lookup problems fixed; Binding classes refactored slightly; A lot of
    debug logging added (might have to comment some out for performance - some
    of the args are expensive).
  * Add sudsobject.Property; a property is a special Object that contains a
    (value) attributeand is returned by the Builder (factory) for schema-types
    without children such as: <element/> and <simpleType/>; Builder, Marshallers
    and Resolvers updated to handle Properties; Resolver, Schema also updated to
    handle attribute lookups (this was missing).
  * Add groundwork for user defined soap headers.
  * Fix elementFormDefault per ticket #7
  * Remove unused kwargs from bindings; cache bindings in wsdl; retrofit legacy
    ServiceProxy to delegate to {new} Client API; remove keyword nil_supported
    in favor of natural handling by 'nillable' attribute on <element/> within
    schemas.
  * Add support for <element/> attribute flags (nillable and form).
  * Add the Proxy (2nd generation API) class.
  * Add accessor/conversion functions to that user don't need to access __x__
    attributes. Also add todict() and get_items() for easy conversion to
    dictionary and iteration.
  * Search top-level elements for @ref before looking deeper.
  * Add derived() to SchemaObject.  This is needed to ensure that all derived
    types (wsdl classes) are qualified by xsi:type without specifying the
    xsi:type for all custom types as did in earlier releases of suds.  Update
    the literal marshaller to only add the xsi:type when the type needs to be
    specified.
  * Change ns promotion in sax to prevent ns promoted to parent when parent has
    the prefix.
  * Changed binding returned_type() to return the (unresolved) Element.
  * In order to support the new features and fix reported bugs, I'm in the
    process of refactoring and hopefully evolving the components in Suds that
    provide the input/output translations:
      * Builder (translates: XSD objects => python objects)
      * Marshaller (translates: python objects => XML/SOAP)
      * Unmarshaller (translates: XML/SOAP => python objects)

    This evolution will provide better symmetry between these components as
    follows:

    The Builder and Unmarshaller will produce python (subclass of
    sudsobject.Object) objects with:
      * __metadata__.__type__ = XSD type (SchemaObject)
      * subclass name (__class__.__name__) = schema-type name.

    and

    The Marshaller(s), while consuming python objects produced by the Builder or
    Unmarshaller, will leverage this standard information to produce the
    appropriate output (XML/SOAP).

    The 0.2.1 code behaves *mostly* like this but ... not quite. Also, the
    implementations have some redundancy.

    While doing this, it made sense to factor out the common schema-type
    "lookup" functionality used by the Builder, Marshallers and Unmarshaller
    classes into a hierarchy of "Resolver" classes.  This reduces the complexity
    and redundancy of the Builder, Marshallers and Unmarshaller classes and
    allows for better modularity.  Once this refactoring was complete, the
    difference between the literal/encoded Marshallers became very small.  Given
    that the amount of code in the bindings.literal and bindings.encoded
    packages was small (and getting smaller) and in the interest of keeping the
    Suds code base compact, I moved all of the marshalling classes to the
    bindings.marshaller module. All of the bindings.XX sub-packages will be
    removed.

    The net effect:

    All of the Suds major components:
      * client (old: service proxy)
      * wsdl
        * schema (xsd package)
        * resolvers
      * output (marshalling)
      * builder
      * input (unmarshalling)

    Now have better:
      * modularity
      * symmetry with regard to Object metadata.
      * code re-use (< 1% code duplication --- i hope)
      * looser coupling

    and better provide for the following features/bug-fix:
      * Proper level of XML element qualification based on
        <schema elementFormDefault=""/> attribute.  This will ensure that when
        elementFormDefault="qualified", Suds will include the proper namespace
        on root elements for both literal and encoded bindings.  In order for
        this to work properly, the literal marshaller (like the encoded
        marshaller) needed to be schema-type aware.  Had i added the same
        schema-type lookup as the encoded marshaller instead of the refactoring
        described above, the two classes would have been almost a complete
        duplicate of each other :-(
  * The builder and unmarshaller used the schema.Schema.find() to resolve
    schema-types.  They constructed a path as "person.name.first" to resolve
    types in proper context.  Since the Schema.find() was stateless, it resolved
    the intermediate path elements on every call.  The new resolver classes are
    stateful and resolve child types *much* more efficiently.
  * Prevent name collisions in sudsobject.Object like the items() method.  I've
    moved all methods (including class methods) to a Factory class that is
    included in the Object class as a class attr (__factory__).  Now that *all*
    attributes have python built-in naming, we should not have any more name
    collisions.  This of course assumes that no wsdl/schema entity names will
    have a name with the python built-in naming convention but I have to draw
    the line somewhere. :-)

version 0.2.1 (2008-05-08)
  * Update the schema.py SchemaProperty loading sequence so that the schema is
    loaded in 3 steps:
      1) Build the raw tree.
      2) Resolve dependencies such as @ref and @base.
      3) Promote grandchildren as needed to flatten (denormalize) the tree.
    The wsdl was also changed to only load the schema once and store it.  The
    schema collection was changed to load schemas in 2 steps:
      1) Create all raw schema objects.
      2) Load schemas.
    This ensures that local <import/>'d schemas can be found when referenced out
    of order. The sax.py Element interface changed: attribute() replaced by
    get() and set(). Also, __getitem__ and __setitem__ can be used to access
    attribute values. Epydocs updated for sax.py.  And ... last <element ref=/>
    now supported properly.
  * Fix logging by: NOT setting to info in suds.__init__.logger(); set handler
    on root logger only; moved logger (log) from classes to modules and use
    __name__ for logger name. NOTE: This means that to enable soap message
    logging one should use:
          >
          > logger('suds.serviceproxy').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
          >
    instead of:
          >
          > logger('serviceproxy').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
          >
  * Add support for (xsd) schema <attribute/> nodes which primarily affects
    objects returned by the Builder.
  * Update serviceproxy.py:set_proxies() to log DEBUG instead of INFO.
  * Enhance schema __str__ to show both the raw xml and the model (mostly for
    debugging).

version 0.2 (2008-04-28)
  * Contains the first cut at the rpc/encoded soap style.
  * Replaced Property class with suds.sudsobject.Object.  The Property class was
    developed a long time ago with a slightly different purpose.  The suds
    Object is a simpler (more straight forward) approach that requires less code
    and works better in the debugger.
  * The Binding (and the encoding) is selected on a per-method basis which is
    more consistent with the wsdl. In <= 0.1.7, the binding was selected when
    the ServiceProxy was constructed and used for all service methods.  The
    binding was stored as self.binding.  Since the WSDL provides for a separate
    binding style and encoding for each operation, Suds needed to be change to
    work the same way.
  * The (nil_supported) and (faults) flag(s) passed into the service proxy using
    **kwargs.  In addition to these flags, a (http_proxy) flag has been added
    and is passed to the urllib2.Request object.  The following args are
    supported:
      * faults = Raise faults raised by server (default:True), else return tuple
        from service method invocation as (http code, object).
      * nil_supported = The bindings will set the xsi:nil="true" on nodes that
        have a value=None when this flag is True (default:True).  Otherwise, an
        empty node <x/> is sent.
      * proxy = An http proxy to be specified on requests (default:{}). The
        proxy is defined as {protocol:proxy,}
  * Http proxy supported (see above).
  * ServiceProxy refactored to delegate to a SoapClient.  Since the service
    proxy exposes web services via getattr(), any attribute (including methods)
    provided by the ServiceProxy class hides WS operations defined by the wsdl.
    So, by moving everything to the SoapClient, wsdl operations are no longer
    hidden without having to use *hoky* names for attributes and methods in the
    service proxy.  Instead, the service proxy has __client__ and __factory__
    attributes (which really should be at low risk for name collision).  For now
    the get_instance() and get_enum() methods have not been moved to preserve
    backward compatibility.  Although, the prefered API change would to replace:
      > service = ServiceProxy('myurl')
      > person = service.get_instance('person')
    with something like:
      > service = ServiceProxy('myurl')
      > person = service.__factory__.get_instance('person')
    After a few releases giving time for users to switch the new API, the
    get_instance() and get_enum() methods may be removed with a notice in big
    letters.
  * Fixed problem where a wsdl doesn't define a <schema/> section and Suds can't
    resolve the prefixes for the http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema namespace to
    detect builtin types such as (xs:string).

version 0.1.7 (2008-04-08)
  * Added Binding.nil_supported to controls how property values (out) = None and
    empty tag (in) are processed.
    * service.binding.nil_supported = True -- means that property values = None
      are marshalled (out) as <x xsi:nil=true/> and <x/> is unmarshalled as ''
      and <x xsi:nil/> is unmarshalled as None.
    * service.binding.nil_supported = False -- means that property values = None
      are marshalled (out) as <x/> and <x/> *and* <x xsi:nil=true/> is
      unmarshalled as None. The xsi:nil is really ignored.
    * THE DEFAULT IS (TRUE)
  * Sax handler updated to handle multiple character() callbacks when the sax
    parser "chunks" the text. When the node.text is None, the node.text is set
    to the characters.  Else, the characters are appended. Thanks -
    'andrea.spinelli@imteam.it'.
  * Replaced special (text) attribute with __text__ to allow for natural
    elements named "text".
  * Add unicode support by:
    * Add __unicode__ to all classes with __str__.
    * Replace all str() calls with unicode().
    * __str__() returns UTF-8 encoded result of __unicode__.
  * XML output encoded as UTF-8 which matches the HTTP header and supports
    unicode.
  * SchemaCollection changed to provide the builtin() and custom() methods.  To
    support this, findPrefixes() was added to the Element in sax.py.  This is a
    better approach anyway since the wsdl and schemas may have many prefixes to
    'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'.  Tested with both doc/lit and rpc/lit
    bindings.
  * Refactored bindings packages from document & rpc to literal & encoded.
  * Contains the completion of *full* namespace support as follows:
    * Namespace prefixes are no longer stripped from attribute values that
      reference types defined in the wsdl.
    * Schema's imported using <import/> should properly handle namespace and
      prefix mapping and re-mapping as needed.
    * All types are resolved, using fully qualified (w/ namespaces) lookups.
    * Schema.get_type() supports paths with and without ns prefixes.  When no
      prefix is specified the type is matched using the schema's target
      namespace.
  * Property maintains attribute names (keys) in the order added. This also
    means that get_item() and get_names() return ordered values. Although, I
    suspect ordering really needs to be done in the marshaller using the order
    specified in the wsdl/schema.
  * Major refactoring of the schema.py. The primary goals is preparation for
    type lookups that are fully qualified by namespace.  Once completed, the
    prefixes on attribute values will no longer be stripped (purged). Change
    summary:
      1) SchemaProperty overlay classes created at __init__ instead of
         on-demand.
      2) schema imports performed by new Import class instead of by Schema.
      3) Schema loads top level properties using a factory.
      4) All SchemaProperty /children/ lists are sorted by __cmp__ in
         SchemaProperty derived classes.  This ensures that types with the same
         name are resolved in the following order (Import, Complex, Simple,
         Element).
      5) All /children/ SchemaProperty lists are constructed at __init__ instead
         of on-demand.
      6) The SchemaGroup created and WSDL class updated.  This works better then
         having the wsdl aggregate the <schema/> nodes which severs linkage to
         the wsdl parent element that have namespace prefix mapping.
      7) <import/> element handles properly in that both namespace remapping and
         prefix re-mapping of the imported schema's targetNamespace and
         associated prefix mapping - is performed. E.g. SCHMEA-A has prefix
         (tns) mapped as xmlns:tns=http://nsA and has
         targetNamespace='http://nsA'. SCHEMA-B is importing schema A and has
         prefix (abc) mapped as xmlns:abc='http://nsABC'. SCHEMA-B imports A as
         <import namespace=http://nsB xxx
         schemaLocation=http://nsA/schema-a.xsd>. So, since SCHEMA-B will be
         referencing elements of SCHEMA-A with prefix (abc) such as
         abc:something, SCHEMA-A's targetNamespace must be updated as
         'http://nsABC' and all elements with type=tns:something must be updated
         to be type=abc:something so they can be resolved.
  * Fixes unmarshalling problem where nodes are added to property as (text,
    value).  This as introduced when the bindings were refactored.
  * Fixed various Property print problems.

  Notes:
    Thanks to Jesper Noehr of Coniuro for the majority of the rpc/literal
    binding and for lots of collaboration on #suds.

version 0.1.6 (2008-03-06)
  * Provides proper handling of wsdls that contain schema sections containing
    xsd schema imports: <import namespace="" schemaLocation=""?>.  The
    referenced schemas are imported when a schemaLocation is specified.
  * Raises exceptions for http status codes not already handled.

version 0.1.5 (2008-02-21)
  * Provides better logging in the modules get logger by hierarchal names.
  * Refactored as needed to truely support other bindings.
  * Add sax module which replaces ElementTree.  This is faster, simpler and
    handles namespaces (prefixes) properly.

version 0.1.4 (2007-12-21)
  * Provides for service method parameters to be None.
  * Add proper handling of method params that are lists of property objects.

version 0.1.3 (2007-12-19)
  * Fixes problem where nodes marked as a collection (maxOccurs > 1) not
    creating property objects with value=[] when mapped-in with < 2 values by
    the DocumentReader.  Caused by missing the
    bindings.Document.ReplyHint.stripns() (which uses DocumentReader.stripns())
    conversion to DocumentReader.stripn() now returning a tuple (ns,tag) as of
    0.1.2.

version 0.1.2 (2007-12-18)
  * This release contains an update to property adds:
    - Metadata support.
    - Overrides: __getitem__, __setitem__, __contains__.
    - Changes property(reader|writer) to use the property.metadata to handle
      namespaces for XML documents.
    - Fixes setup.py requires.

version 0.1.1 (2007-12-17)
  * This release marks the first release in fedora hosted.