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Workspace CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on May 28, 2019

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@CICSProgram Annotation in OSGi Java Applications

It is possible to annotate methods within a Java EE Application with '@CICSProgram'. Each such annotation causes a corresponding PROGRAM-resource to be created at the time the application is deployed within a CICS-Bundle. For OSGi Applications, however, this is not allowed. Instead there is a CICS-MainClass header in the Manifest to be set, that points to a main-method. One then has to manually define a PROGRAM-resource, that in turn points to the Java-class containing the main-method.
The way @CICSProgram works is much more convenient and flexible (because one does not neccessarily need a main-method) than the procedure one has to undergo to LINK to an OSGi application. @CICSProgram-annotation should be available for OSGi applications as well.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 17, 2022
    Support for this is provided in CICS TS 6.1 which is generally available from 17th June 2022.

    For more information see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cics-ts/6.1?topic=whats-new
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 5, 2022
    Support for the annotation for OSGI programs is provided in CICS TS 6.1 which is announced today April 5th and will GA June 17th 2022.
    See Announcement letter https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/897/ENUS222-092/index.html&request_locale=en
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 29, 2021

    This capability is available for early testing in CICS TS open beta https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGMCP_6.1.0/whats-new/intro.html#intro__osgi-cicsprogram
    And will be covered in more detail in the education https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/groups/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=5635&MessageKey=ec3182c9-b344-4f36-9baa-52c1718d9e94&CommunityKey=8bc7f42b-b4ba-4419-80d8-2fbf894a6649

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 29, 2021

    Watching the CICS Technical Exchange, I just learned that this will be part of CICS TS 5.6. Did I get that correctly?

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 25, 2019

    This is a candidate for a future release

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