
44 Developing Web Services Using CICS, WMQ, and WMB
Figure 3-4 Outbound request processing
When the service requester issues the EXEC CICS INVOKE WEBSERVICE command,
CICS uses the information found in the wsbind file that is associated with the
specified WEBSERVICE definition to convert the language structure into an XML
document. CICS then invokes the message handlers specified in the pipeline
configuration file, and they convert the XML document into a SOAP message.
CICS sends the SOAP request message to the remote service provider via either
HTTP or WebSphere MQ.
When the SOAP response message is received, CICS passes it back through
the pipeline ...