Set Up the filmsREST Project

Guides you through the process of using the provided CICS Web services demonstration files to import the filmsREST project used in this tutorial.

Import the filmsREST project

  1. From the Eclipse main menu, click File > Import.
  2. Expand General, and select Existing Projects into Workspace; then click Next.
  3. Click Select root directory, then browse to the $COBDIR/demo/cics/cws/json/provider/rest/eclipse directory; then click Open.
  4. On the Projects list, ensure that filmsREST is checked.
  5. Under Options, check Copy projects into workspace; then click Finish.

    The Application Explorer view now shows the filmsREST project, which is created in a filmsREST subdirectory of your current Eclipse workspace, and is built automatically.

Add a loadlib project folder

  1. On the Application Explorer view, right-click the filmsREST project.
  2. On the context menu, select New > Folder > Folder.
  3. In the Folder name field, type loadlib, and then click Finish.
Parent topic: Tutorial: CICS Web Service Provider from JSON, RESTful
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