build up of soap parsing in golang

soap1.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/xml"
	"fmt"
)

var payload = `
<ns:workItem>
	<typ:correspondenceCount>10</typ:correspondenceCount>
</ns:workItem>
`

type workItem struct {
	CorrespondenceCount int `xml:"correspondenceCount"`
}

func main() {
	var witem workItem

	err := xml.Unmarshal([]byte(payload), &witem)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err.Error())
		return
	}

	fmt.Printf("%v\n", witem)
}

soap2.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/xml"
	"fmt"
)

var payload = `
<ns:create>
<ns:workItem>
	<typ:correspondenceCount>10</typ:correspondenceCount>
</ns:workItem>
</ns:create>
`

type create struct {
	WorkItem workItem `xml:"workItem"`
}

type workItem struct {
	CorrespondenceCount int `xml:"correspondenceCount"`
}

func main() {
	var createRequest create

	err := xml.Unmarshal([]byte(payload), &createRequest)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err.Error())
		return
	}

	fmt.Printf("%v\n", createRequest.WorkItem)
}

soap3.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/xml"
	"fmt"
)

var payload = `
<soapenv:Body>
<ns:create>
<ns:workItem>
	<typ:correspondenceCount>10</typ:correspondenceCount>
</ns:workItem>
</ns:create>
</soapenv:Body>
`

type createBody struct {
	Create create `xml:"create"`
}

type create struct {
	WorkItem workItem `xml:"workItem"`
}

type workItem struct {
	CorrespondenceCount int `xml:"correspondenceCount"`
}

func main() {
	var createBody createBody

	err := xml.Unmarshal([]byte(payload), &createBody)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err.Error())
		return
	}

	fmt.Printf("%v\n", createBody.Create.WorkItem)
}

soap4.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/xml"
	"fmt"
)

var payload = `
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns="http://xmlns.fmr.com/systems/dev/xtrac/2004/06/" xmlns:ser="http://xmlns.fmr.com/common/headers/2005/12/ServiceProcessingDirectives" xmlns:ser1="http://xmlns.fmr.com/common/headers/2005/12/ServiceCallContext" xmlns:typ="http://xmlns.fmr.com/systems/dev/xtrac/2004/06/types">
<soapenv:Body>
<ns:create>
<ns:workItem>
	<typ:correspondenceCount>10</typ:correspondenceCount>
</ns:workItem>
</ns:create>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
`

type createEnvelope struct {
	CreateBody createBody `xml:"Body"`
}

type createBody struct {
	Create create `xml:"create"`
}

type create struct {
	WorkItem workItem `xml:"workItem"`
}

type workItem struct {
	CorrespondenceCount int `xml:"correspondenceCount"`
}

func main() {
	var createEnv createEnvelope

	err := xml.Unmarshal([]byte(payload), &createEnv)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err.Error())
		return
	}

	fmt.Printf("%v\n", createEnv.CreateBody.Create.WorkItem)
}

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