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13.5.2 How the z/VSE host can act as the SOAP server
Figure 13-4 shows how SOAP can be used in a CICS environment, when the
z/VSE host acts as the SOAP server that provides SOAP services (in the z/VSE
environment, CICS User Transactions).
Figure 13-4 z/VSE acts as SOAP server
The steps in Figure 13-4 have the following meaning:
1. The SOAP client (for example, a platform using IBM WebSphere, Microsoft
.NET, Apache SOAP, or AXIS) sends a SOAP envelope (in XML format) to
the SOAP server running under CICS. The SOAP envelope is sent via the
CICS Web Support (CWS) component of the CICS Transaction Server.
2. CWS f