Application interfaces
This chapter considers the application interface issues that might impact the access technology choice. We first discuss the common interface types and message formats that are used to access CICS applications. Then for each of the strategic CICS integration technologies we review how each technology provides the client interface through a set of functions, including these:
•Transport and protocol adaptors
•Operation identification
•Message adapters
•Message exchange patterns
5.1 Application interface issues
An interface ...