Deploying a CICS non-OSGi Java application

The Java™ applications are included in a CICS® bundle and can be deployed directly to a z/OS® UNIX System Services (z/OS UNIX) file system from CICS Explorer®. The exported bundle includes the application JAR files that are used by CICS.
Note: If you are using a version of CICS TS earlier than CICS TS V4.2 you can still deploy non-OSGi Java applications using CICS Explorer.

About this task

This task outlines the steps to deploy a non-OSGi Java application. The process is the same as for an OSGi application; the only difference is that CICS uses the application JAR file instead of the bundle.

Note: If you are not authorized to deploy the bundle directly to a z/OS file system, you can export the bundle as a compressed file. See the related links for more information.

Procedure

  1. Convert the Java application to a plug-in project. See the topic Converting an existing Java project to a plug-in project for more information.
  2. Add the plug-in project to a CICS bundle. See the topic Adding a project to a CICS bundle project for more information.
  3. Deploy the bundle project to a z/OS Unix file system. See the topic Deploying a CICS(r) bundle for more information.

Results

The Java application is exported to z/OS UNIX. The exported bundle includes the application JAR files.