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[offshore]

I have a quesition about CICS and Java. Recently, there has been discussion about having java apps connect to our CICS region to complete the backend processing that use Cobol programs.

I've been reading through several different documents <CTG Administration, Integrating WASAD & CICS using JCA, Java Connectors fof CICS> about how to configure CICS to accept java connections. It seems the more I read, to more confused I become.

There seems to be several different connectors that can be used
1.]CICS Transaction Gateway, 2.]CTG API, 3.]CICS CCF, 4.]CICS Connector for CICS TS, adn 5.] J2EE Connectors.

The enviroment would be as follows: A Windows 2000 application server running WebSphere Application server communicating with a CICS TS 2.2 region running on z/OS 1.4

What is your recommendation on the best way to configure CICS to handle incoming java connections. I would prefer that the more I can configure on the mainframe the better. My first conclusion was that CTG was the way to go, but now I'm not sure what to use...

Thanks...

[kolusu]

offshore,

This Redbook might be helpful .

Java Connectors for CICS: Featuring the J2EE Connector Architecture

Hope this helps...

Cheers

Kolusu
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