I'm pleased to announce that the first release of Jbi4Cics is available at http://jbi4cics.sourceforge.net/
Jbi4Cics is a JBI compliant Binding Component. It allows to map a CICS ECI service as an internal JBI endpoint. This is simply done by deploying into a JBI ESB a service unit containing the CICS ECI service's copy cobol, no coding is required. Having an internal JBI endpoint opens a wide spectrum of possibilities because the endpoint can partecipate to the message streams and the orchestrations that take place inside the ESB. For example the endpoint could be externally exposed as a SOAP/HTTP Webservice. This release provide the following features: support for string, binary packed decimal and zoned decimal support for nested copy structures and fixed length occurs support for synchronous CICS ECI calls. I'm really interested in any kind of feedback so please don't esitate to post any comments To servicemix crew: I'd be honored if Jbi4Cics could be mentioned in the third party components section. Thanks Raffaele
