>This is just an initial concept question. >In general, what mechanism could; > >*;a batch job, most likely an Enterprise COBOL batch program,=20 >*;connect with a web service and request information from some=20 >application the web service connects with outside of the mainframe world >*;receive a response back from said application >or if no response, be able to deal with a 404=20 >(timeout, service not available, basically no response) type situation >*;and then go about it batch processing with the returned information > >We are at the pre-pre-concept of this and just looking for ideas.
You can use batch COBOL to invoke Java methods to do this (and take advantage of Java distributed access features) or use MQSeries to connect to a Web Service (and process the SOAP XML envelope directly in COBOL) or use WAS (Websphere Application Server) or use CICS services or IMS with COBOL/Java interoperability) or ... There are many IBM and non-IBM ways to do this. One possible starting point might be to see what you have already: Java programmers? COBOL programmers? MQ? WAS? CICS? IMS? DB2? Each subsystem seems to have implemented SOA and Web Services features, it is our major push here in IBM! IBM Enterprise COBOL has all of the pieces you need to do it in COBOL (interface to Java directly, XML parsing and generation, Unicode/UTF-8 character abilities) so don't assume you need a new programming language! Cheers, TomR >> COBOL is the Language of the Future! << ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
