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Two wizards used in the meet-in-middle development scenario

Two wizards are used in meet-in-middle development scenario: (a) the Create Mappings wizard; and (b) the Map an Existing Service Interface (meet-in-middle) wizard.
This topic contains the following subtopics:

Overview of the two wizards

These two wizards have already been mentioned in the step-by-step description of the meet-in-middle development scenario (see Steps to follow in the meet-in-middle development scenario).

In Steps 1 and 2 of the meet-in-middle development scenario, you run the CreateMappings wizard twice, with different inputs, to generate the following files:
  • An request mapping session file.
  • An response mapping session file.

In Steps 3 and 4 you use the mapping editor to set up mappings in each mapping session file.

In Step 5, you run the Map an Existing Service Interface (meet-in-middle) wizard. This wizard takes the request and response mapping session files as input and generates source files and control files for a Web service.

Availability of the two wizards

The CreateMappings wizard and the Map an Existing Service Interface (meet-in-middle) wizard are available in only one of the three contexts described previously (see Contexts for starting the single-service wizards).

That context is a project other than an Enterprise Service Tools single-service project that contains the proper source files, such as a Workstation COBOL or PL/I project in the z/OS® Projects perspective.

The following table summarizes this information:
Wizard: View: Type of project:
Create Mappings wizard Any view in which the project is displayed.
  • A project other than an Enterprise Service Tools single-service project that contains the proper source files.
  • For example, a Workstation COBOL or PL/I project in the z/OS Projects perspective.
Map an Existing Service Interface (meet-in-middle) wizard Any view in which the project is displayed.

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