Step 2: Import an MFS source file

The MFS SOA wizard, which is integrated into the J2C wizards in IBM® Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere® Software, invokes the MFS SOA Importer to parse MFS source files and creates services for MFS-based IMS™ transactions.

About this task

Before you can build a service definition that is based on MFS source files, you must import the MFS source file into the J2C Java™ Bean project. You can import one or more MFS source files to be used by the J2C Java Bean wizard from the Configure Settings for Discovery Agent page.

This step begins where the previous task ends.

To import an MFS source file, on the Configure Settings for Discovery Configuration page,

Procedure

  1. Click Add and browse for the MFS source file.
    The Discovery Configuration page
  2. Select the folder where the MFS source file to import is located. Click Next. Optionally, you can make the following selections:
    • Click Browse to navigate to and select a device characteristics table from your local directory.
    • Select a host code page from the list. See Support for host code pages.
    • Select the MFS source file format.
      Tip: The format type must match the type of MFS file, which is either text or binary.
    • Select a text code page from the list. See Support for text code pages.
  3. Click Next.

Results

The MFS source file is imported into the J2C Java Bean project.

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