This topic describes how to import a Web services for CICS® single-service project into
a service flow project.
To import a Web services for CICS project:
- Before you import a Web services for CICS project, the Web services for CICS project should already be complete, with
a generated WSDL file describing the interface of the Web service
and COBOL files containing the Web service driver and runtime XML
conversion files.
- Create an outbound Web services project if you have not already
done so.
- Right-click the outbound Web services project.
- Select Import CICS Web Service.
- Select the WSDL file from the CICS Web
Service that you want to import.
- Click OK.
The importer performs the following actions in the outbound Web
services subproject:
- It creates an Operations folder and adds the selected WSDL file
to it. The operation in the WSDL file describes the invoke interface
to the Web service.
- It creates a message folder and creates a message file that contains
messages defining the input and output interface of the Web service.
- It creates a WSBind file.
- The COBOL source files for the Web services for CICS project remain where they were (are not
imported).
You can now create an Invoke outbound Web service node in the flow
editor by dragging the operation from the WSDL file to the flow editor
canvas.
The process and the results of importing a Web services for CICS project into a service flow
project are similar to but not the same as integrating a single-service
project into a service flow project (see
Integrating a single-service project into a service flow project). The following table shows
the main similarities and differences:.
| Point of comparison: |
Integrating a single-service project |
Importing a Web services for CICS project |
| Types of single-service projects you can perform
this operation on: |
All four types of single-service projects. |
Only a Web services for CICS project. |
| Type of service flow subproject to which the
single-service project can be added: |
- Web services for CICS:
- Outbound web service project
- Nonterminal subproject
- Other types of single- service projects:
- Outbound Web service project
|
Outbound Web service subproject. |
| Creation of subproject: |
Automatic |
Manual |
| Types of service flow project artifacts created: |
- WSBind file
- Operations file
- Message file
|
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