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Am I the only one who doesn't know what "consuming a webservice" means?
From a quick "google" of this term, I *think* but coulb be entirely wrong that either MQService or COBOL XML support (in Enterprise COBOL) *might* be your answer. However, without really understanding the question, I probably am totally off-base.
If you can describe ("in simple language") what you want to accomplish, I might be able to point you to the right place in IBM documentation.
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From a quick "google" of this term, I *think* but coulb be entirely wrong that either MQService or COBOL XML support (in Enterprise COBOL) *might* be your answer. However, without really understanding the question, I probably am totally off-base.
If you can describe ("in simple language") what you want to accomplish, I might be able to point you to the right place in IBM documentation.
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Oh... Ok. "Consuming a web service" is essentially acting as a client to a web based server.
You are right to guess that MQ or XML support would address the problem.
One way I have found to address this is to code a client via CICS/Java/WebSphere. I have not seen a COBOL example however.
Thanks for looking into this.
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You are right to guess that MQ or XML support would address the problem.
One way I have found to address this is to code a client via CICS/Java/WebSphere. I have not seen a COBOL example however.
Thanks for looking into this.
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OK, then I think you should start looking at
"5.0 Using XML and COBOL together"
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If it helps, within that section is the following informaiton,
"Before you can parse an XML document with an XML PARSE statement, you must make the document available to your program. The most likely method of acquiring the document is by retrieval from a WebSphere MQ message, a CICS transient queue or communication area, or an IMS message processing queue."
Does this sound like this is the area you are interest in?
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"5.0 Using XML and COBOL together"
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If it helps, within that section is the following informaiton,
"Before you can parse an XML document with an XML PARSE statement, you must make the document available to your program. The most likely method of acquiring the document is by retrieval from a WebSphere MQ message, a CICS transient queue or communication area, or an IMS message processing queue."
Does this sound like this is the area you are interest in?
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Yes. This is part of the solution.
The only other missing part, I guess, is where the application uses, say, an HTTP protocol to obtain the XML document, via SOAP for example.
That may involve accessing WebSphere APIs, I suppose.
Under "Accessing XML documents", I see a mention to "WebSphere MQ message, a CICS transient queue or communication area, or an IMS message processing queue".
However, I haven't found an actual HTTP protocol, used as an example.
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The only other missing part, I guess, is where the application uses, say, an HTTP protocol to obtain the XML document, via SOAP for example.
That may involve accessing WebSphere APIs, I suppose.
Under "Accessing XML documents", I see a mention to "WebSphere MQ message, a CICS transient queue or communication area, or an IMS message processing queue".
However, I haven't found an actual HTTP protocol, used as an example.
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Do you know if you will have MQSeries, CICS, or IMS?
For example, if you have "CICS available" - then I would look at some place like,
5.6.1 The stages of a Web-aware application
I probably (maybe?) could find similar information for MQSeries or IMS
Bill Klein
For example, if you have "CICS available" - then I would look at some place like,
5.6.1 The stages of a Web-aware application
I probably (maybe?) could find similar information for MQSeries or IMS
Bill Klein
I don't know if it helps or not, I even found an online COBOL / CICS example at:
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Also for what it's worth, see:
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Thank you so much, Bill! This is exactly the type of information I am looking for. I can now start to put together all the pieces for a discussion with the group involved.
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