
140 CICS Transaction Server from Start to Finish
Figure 4-7 Web service with COBOL service provider and Axis2
Refer to Chapter 7, “CICS tools” on page 241 for further discussions about
scalability on the two topologies.
4.4 CICS Transaction Gateway
The CICS Transaction Gateway (CICS TG) is a set of client and server software
components that allow a remote client application to invoke services in a CICS
region. The client application can be either a Java application or a non-Java
application using either C, C++, COBOL or COM interfaces (depending on the
platform used).
When a Java application is used, then the application can be any type of client ...