Abstract

This information is an introduction to programming for the CICS® Transaction Gateway and the CICS Universal Client. It provides the information that you need to enable your user applications to interact with CICS server applications.

The CICS Universal Client and CICS Transaction Gateway provide secure, easy access to multiple CICS servers and support user applications developed in C++, C, COBOL and COM based programming languages.

In addition the CICS Transaction Gateway supports remote access to CICS servers from user applications developed in Java™. It also provides support for the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) allowing user applications to be deployed into WebSphere® Application Server.

This book starts by describing the application programming interfaces (APIs) in a way that is independent of programming languages. It then gives guidance on programming in the supported languages.