Tutorial: EJB Service Interface

Walks you through the process of defining an Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) service interface using the Interface Mapping Toolkit (IMTK), deploying it to an enterprise server instance, and generating and running a client to access it.
Restriction: This topic applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.
Restriction: This topic applies to Windows environments (local development) only.
In this tutorial, we take you through the following tasks:
  • Review the code in the COBOL demonstration application to become familiar with how it works
  • Create a project for the COBOL program service interface
  • Define a Java/EJB service interface to access the COBOL application
  • Deploy the service interface to the enterprise server as an EJB
  • Generate and deploy a JSP client to access the service
  • Deploy the resource adapter to JBoss
  • Run the JSP client, accessing the service
If you are not familiar with the concept and implementation of a service interface, take some time to review the introductory information and other relevant topics for the IMTK before beginning the tutorial.

Complete this tutorial by following the instructions in the following topics in the order listed here. The bottom of each topic provides Next topic and Previous topic navigational links to help you proceed through the tutorial in its proper sequence:

  1. Prerequisites
    Describes the setup requirements and third-party software required to complete the tutorial.
  2. Demonstration Application
    Describes the BookDemo application used in this tutorial.
  3. Create a Project
    Walks you through the process of creating a Visual COBOL project for the BookDemo application and its service interface.
  4. Create a Service Interface
    Walks you through the process of creating a service interface for the BookDemo application.
  5. Define Service Interface Operations
    Walks you through the process of defining service interface details for the BookDemo application.
  6. Configure ESDEMO
    Walks you through the process of creating a deployment folder and configuring ESDEMO to use it.
  7. Deploy a Service Interface
    Walks you through the steps required to associate an enterprise server instance with your project, build the project, set deployment properties, deploy the service interface, and verify the deployment results.
  8. Generate and Deploy a JSP Client
    Walks you through the process of generating a JSP client for the ProgramEJB service interface, and deploying it to your JBoss application server.
  9. Deploy the Resource Adapter to JBoss
    Walks you through the steps required to deploy the Micro Focus resource adapter to JBoss.
  10. Run the JSP Client
    Walks you through the process of running the generated JSP client to access the new service.
Parent topic: Tutorials: Interface Mapping Toolkit