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Creating the J2C bean

Next we create the J2C bean:

Select File Æ New Æ Other Æ J2C Æ J2C Bean, and click Next.

Select the resource adapter CICS Æ ECIResourceAdapter (IBM: 7.1.0.2), and click Next (Figure | 0-5).

Figure 20-5 Selection of the resource adapter

This action imports the file:

<RAD_Install>/ResourceAdapters/cics15/cicseci7102.rar

In the Connector Import dialog:

Connector file: <RAD_HOME>\ResourceAdapters\cics15\cicseci7102.rar

Connector project: cicseci7102

Target Server: WebSphere Application Server 7.0

Click Next.

In Connection Properties (Figure | 0-6):

Clear Managed Connection.

Select Non-Managed Connection.

Enter the connection details provided by your CICS administrator, typically: Connection URL, Server name, Port number, User name, Password

Click Next.

Figure 20-6 Connection Properties

In the J2C Java Bean Output Properties dialog, enter:

Project Name: Taderc99

Package name: sample.cics

Interface name: Customer

Implementation Name: CustomerImpl (automatically filled)

Click Next.

In the Java Methods dialog, click Add to open the Java Method dialog.

In the Java Method dialog (Figure | 0-7):

Name: getCustomer

Input type: Click Browse and type cust to locate the CustomerInfo class in the sample.cics.data package. The value becomes:

/Taderc99/src/sample/cics/data/CustomerInfo.java

Select Use the input type for output.

Click Finish.

Figure 20-7 Adding a new Java Method to a J2C Java Bean

Back in the Java Methods dialog (Figure | 0-8), you can see that the method getCustomer is listed. In the InteractionSpec properties, specify the Function name as taderc99 (this must match the name of the CICS program).

Figure 20-8 InteractionSpec properties

Click Next and Finish.

This action generates a Customer interface and a CustomerImpl class into the Taderc99 project. In addition the cicseci7102 project is created, containing a plug-in (j2c_plugin.xml) and a CICS resource adapter XML file (ra.xml).

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