Tutorial: CICS Web Service Requester from WSDL, Top-down Method

Walks you through the steps required to create a new CICS Web service requester (client) application from an existing WSDL file. The resulting Web service uses the SOAP protocol.

In this tutorial, you use the top-down method to create a Web service requester that runs the provider Web service you created in the previous tutorial.

Prerequisite

Before attempting to complete this tutorial, you must first complete Tutorial: CICS Web Service Provider from WSDL, Top-down Method, as this tutorial picks up where it left off, and uses the CWSDEMO enterprise server region created in that tutorial.

Sequence

To complete this tutorial, progress through these topics in the order presented here. The bottom of each topic provides Next topic and Previous topic navigational links to help you proceed in the proper sequence:

  1. Generate InvokeReverse Requester Components
    Provides step-by-step instructions to generate all components of the InvokeReverse CICS Web service requester.
  2. Add Operation Logic to invkRev.cbl
    Provides instructions for adding logic to the generated invkRev.cbl skeleton program that provides a URI port specification and a means of sending the specification to the enterprise server region.
  3. Build the invkRevCICSClientApp Project
    Walks you through the process of building the invkRevCICSClientApp project and moving its output file.
  4. Update the CWSDEMO Enterprise Server Region
    Guides you through the process of configuring CWSDEMO resources, and installing and verifying those resources.
  5. Test the InvokeReverse WebService Requester
    Walks you through the process of testing the InvokeReverse Web service requester using the Rumba+ Desktop TN3270 emulator.
Parent topic: Tutorials: CICS Web Services
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Tutorials: CICS Web Services