The SOAP for CICS feature enables existing or new CICS applications, written in any supported programming language, to communicate outside of the CICS environment using the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). The feature supports request and response SOAP requests. A user-written (or generated by Enterprise Services Tools) program known as a message adapter provides a mapping between XML and the CICS communication area (COMMAREA) used by an application program.
Generate a Web service description and runtime-specific XML message processing from a high level language structure. You can use this option when you expose an application program as a service provider.
Generated artifacts (Compiled XML Conversion)
Define mappings between high level language structures and WSDL, XML, or XSD files. You can use this option to generate XML message processing based on the mappings. You can use the XML to COBOL Mapping tool to define the mappings and create compiled converters which are then deployed to CICS. Selecting Map an Existing Service Interface takes you to a wizard where you select the source and target for the mapping. After you select the source and target of the mapping, the XML to COBOL Mapping Editor opens.
Generated artifacts (Compiled XML Conversion)