To create a CICS RESTful Web Service provider from JSON using the top-down method

  1. In Visual Studio, create or open a Mainframe Subsystem project that contains a JSON schema file that describes a CICS application.
  2. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the JSON schema file; then select Generate Web Service from the context menu.
  3. On the Generate Web Service dialog box, optionally check one or more specific Operation(s) from the drop-down list.
  4. Select the Service radio button.
  5. Optionally, provide an alternative service name in the Service Name field.
  6. Check CICS.
  7. In the Program group Name field, optionally provide an alternative program name for the generated skeleton CICS COBOL program.
    Note: The program name must be eight characters or fewer to comply with CICS naming rules.
  8. Optionally, provide an Inline array size limit to generate separate structures for container-based mappings in the generated service. For more information, see Handling Variable Arrays in WSDL and JSON - CICS COBOL.
  9. Optionally, specify an alternative Default string length and/or Default array size for the service.
    Note: All generated CICS applications use the EBCDIC character set, 32-bit mode, and the Channel type. These are set automatically.
  10. Optionally provide an alternative container name in the Container name field.
  11. Click OK.

    Enterprise Developer generates and adds a skeleton CICS program and a service interface (.svi) file to the current project in a folder with the same name as the specified program name.

  12. Right-click the .svi file; then select Generate WSBIND from the context menu.

    Enterprise Developer generates a .wsbind file and adds it to the current project in a folder with the same name as the specified program name.

Tip: For a description of each field and control on the Generate Web Service dialog box, see the Generate Web Service dialog box reference topic.