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Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Transaction Processing
Product - CICS Transaction Server
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - WebSphere
Product family - Transaction Processing
Product - CICS Transaction Server
This requirement is satisfied by CICS TS 5.1 which is generally available December 14th 2012.
This RFE is satisfied by CICS TS 5.1 which was announced on October 3rd 2012 and has a planned GA of December 14th 2012.
This is something we plan to address, not only for the pure Java case but for the mixed language case as well. Even for the pure java case, the TCB is released when the Java program returns to CICS, so we need to be able to move the thread and drive end of task syncpoint on another TCB. The status of the RFE is being changed to Planned for Future release. Please note:
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If it is not possible to implement it for mixed language applications than it is better to imlemplement it for pure Java transaction than to change nothing.
It would be very usefull for mixed language ( Cobol + Java ) transactions because in the first years I expect a lot of mixed language transaction because not all services can be migrated to Java in one step. This will be a process which lasts some years.
Magnus, please can you confirm whether the solution is required for applications that are mixed language or for pure java applications..
So are the applications involved pure Java or are there mixed languages involved, for example Cobol and Java in the same transaction ? One of the reasons the DB2 thread is assigned to an L8 TCB is because if the DB2 thread has to be shared between Java JDBC and Cobol EXEC SQL then it has to be on an L8 because a threadsafe cobol application cannot run on a T8 as it has batch LE and not CICS LE.
For pure Java applications then we may be able to attach the thread to a T8. For mixed applications we may have to move the thread (not currently possible mid uow). If the cost of moving the thread is not cheap, then we won't save anything, we just replace the cost of a TCB switch with the cost of moving a thread between TCBs.