z/TPF Application Modernization using Standard and Open Middleware

Using a z/TPF application as a Web service SOAP consumer

z/TPF applications can act as web service consumers, allowing them to take part in service-oriented architectures (SOA). This chapter describes a sample consumer web service built and enabled on a z/TPF system.

This chapter contains the following topics:

•9.1, “Creating a consumer Web service” on page 150

•9.2, “Creating a SOAP message handler deployment descriptor” on page 150

•9.3, “Creating a consumer Web service deployment descriptor” on page 151

•9.4, “Creating or changing ...