This topic and its subtopics describe how to enable an IMS™ application
to run as a Web service in the IMS SOAP Gateway environment.
Overview of the IMS SOAP Gateway The IMS SOAP Gateway is a Web service solution
that integrates IMS assets
in a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) environment.
Overview of Creating a Service Provider From an IMS Multi-segment MPP Using the EST IMS SOAP Gateway Web Service Wizard
This topic demonstrates both the tool and runtime aspects
of enabling and IMS multi-segment MPP as a Web service. The
illustration provided shows: (1) how the language structures and multi-segment
message layout of the MPP are represented in a generated XML Schema,
and (2) how the XML to Language Structure converter transforms an
XML instance document into IMS multi-segment message.
Generating service interface files from the IMS application
Use the Enterprise Service Tools to generate the artifacts
that are needed to enable your existing IMS PL/I
application or COBOL application to run as a Web service in the IMS SOAP
Gateway environment.