If you are interested in using Java in a batch job step (as a web service client), there is an example of this in the JZOS Cookbook, available on alphaWorks:
http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/zosjavabatchtk Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:49 PM, George.William <william.geo...@ftb.ca.gov> wrote: > This is just an initial concept question. > In general, what mechanism could; > > * a batch job, most likely an Enterprise COBOL batch program, > * connect with a web service and request information from some > application the web service connects with outside of the mainframe world > * receive a response back from said application > or if no response, be able to deal with a 404 > (timeout, service not available, basically no response) type situation > * and then go about it batch processing with the returned information > > We are at the pre-pre-concept of this and just looking for ideas. > Thanks > Bill George > > ______________________________________________________________________ > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email from the State of California is for the > sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review or use, including disclosure > or distribution, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender and destroy all copies of this email. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html