ls2js command

Exposes a CICS application program as a Web service by generating one or more JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) schema files and a Web service bind (WSBIND) file.

Important: Before attempting to run a CICS Web Service on Enterprise Server, review the information in the Configuration Requirements for CICS Web Services topic.

Syntax:

ls2js {json-schema=json-filename|
       json-schema-request=request-filename
       json-schema-response=response-filename}
       pgmint={channel|commarea}
       pgmname=program-name
       reqmem=request-copy-file
       uri=address
       wsbind=bind-file
      [bundle=folder-name]
      [ccsid=ccsid]
      [contid=container-name]
      [data-truncation={enabled|disabled}] 
      [datetime={unused|packed15}]
      [logfile=logfile]
      [operation-name=operation-name]
      [pdsmem=pds-prefix]
      [respmem=response-copy-file]
      [jsontransfrm=transform-filename]
      [synconreturn={yes|no}]

ls2js -help

Parameters:

json-schema=json-filename

The fully qualified name of the JSON schema file. linkable interfaces only.

json-schema-request=request-filename

The fully qualified name of the JSON schema file that contains the input data area. Must be used with json-schema-response=response-filename. For Request-Response services only.

json-schema-response=response-filename

The fully qualified name of the JSON schema file that contains the output data area. Must be used with json-schema-request=request-filename. For Request-Response services only.

pgmint={channel|commarea}

channel: Pass data via a channel container.
commarea: Pass data via a commarea.

pgmname=program-name

The name of the target application program to expose as a Web service.

reqmem=request-copy-file

The fully qualified name of the copybook file containing the high-level language structure for the Web service request.

uri=address

The relative or absolute URI to be used by a client to access the Web service.

wsbind=bind-file

The fully qualified name of the Web service bind file.

bundle=folder-name

The path to and name of the bundle directory and archive file (.zip or .jar). Linkable interface only.

ccsid=ccsid

The CCSID used at runtime to encode character data into the application data structure.

contid=container-name

The name of the container that holds the top-level data structure used to represent a JSON message. When not specified, this defaults to DFHWS-DATA.

data-truncation={enabled|disabled}

enabled: Variable-length data is tolerated in a fixed-length field structure.
disabled: Variable-length data is not tolerated in a fixed-length field structure.

logfile=logfile

The fully qualified name of a logfile to contain output information generated by the ls2js command. When not specified, no logfile is generated.

pdsmem=pds-prefix

For linkable interface only, the prefix to use for the copybook containing the generated data structure.

respmem=response-copy-file

The fully qualified name of the copybook file containing the high-level language structure for the Web service response.

synconreturn={yes|no}

yes: The remote service can issue a sync point.
no: The remote service cannot issue a sync point.

-help

Displays information about ls2js parameters.