request.rb in savon-0.7.7

- old
+ new

@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@
     include Logger
 
     # Content-Types by SOAP version.
     ContentType = { 1 => "text/xml;charset=UTF-8", 2 => "application/soap+xml;charset=UTF-8" }
 
-    # Expects a SOAP +endpoint+ String. Also accepts an optional Hash
-    # of +options+ for specifying a proxy server.
+    # Expects a WSDL or SOAP +endpoint+ and accepts a custom +proxy+ address.
     def initialize(endpoint, options = {})
       @endpoint = URI endpoint
-      @proxy = options[:proxy] ? URI(options[:proxy]) : URI("")
+      @proxy = URI options[:proxy] || ""
+      headers["Accept-encoding"] = "gzip,deflate" if options[:gzip]
     end
 
     # Returns the endpoint URI.
     attr_reader :endpoint
 
@@ -133,5 +133,6 @@
       { "Content-Type" => ContentType[@soap.version], "SOAPAction" => @soap.action }
     end
 
   end
 end
+