What's new in Rational Business Developer V9.6

Fix/Refresh pack Updates
- Version 9.6.1
- Version 9.6.0.1
What's new in Version 9.6

Updates in Version 9.6.1 :

The following new and enhanced features were introduced in Rational® Business Developer V9.6.1:

SOAP Web Service Authentication - Basic

RBD now supports basic authentication of CICS and Java SOAP services, using the UsernameToken policy.
Authentication is enabled in the SOAP service by setting the UsernameToken policy for service deployment. For more information, see Adding a SOAP service binding to the deployment descriptor.
Rich UI /Java Clients:
- Default username and password can be specified in the service binding. For more information, see Adding web-service deployment entries in the EGL deployment descriptor.
- Username and password are transmitted as plain text in the generated SOAP request headers.
- New serviceLib function setSOAPAuthentication() is available for Java clients to override the credentials provided in the deployment descriptor. For more information, see setSOAPAuthentication().
CICS:
- RBD has introduced the user authentication at CICS to authorize the SOAP requester before providing access to the CICS SOAP Service.
  In SOAP Client request, Requester must provide the User Id and Password details in SOAP Header. For more information, see Special considerations for accessing the SOAP authentication CICS Service.
Debug/RUI Preview:
- SOAP authentication is not supported.

Setting Preference for EGL functions not to utilize the 'return’ statement when the function’s return type is ‘void’

RBD will now support the missing return function that Java flags and vice versa, enhancing EGL to operate by Java. Select the appropriate option in Rational Business Developer to enable this functionality, as it ensures backward compatibility. Otherwise, the default setting will be used. For more information, see Setting Preference for EGL functions not to utilize the 'return’ statement when the function’s return type is ‘void’

DB2 bulk read performance improvement on IBM i

Performance improvement has been made for rowSetSize internal processing. Array variables will store the record and will make limited calls to improve performance.

SOAP Header Enhancements

EGL Records used as SOAP Headers no longer require an explicitly defined namespace.

What's new in Rational Business Developer Version 9.6 :

The following new capabilities are introduced in Rational Business Developer V9.6:

New OS Version Support

z/OS 2.3 Support :
Now you can install Rational Business Developer on z/OS 2.3. For more details on changes in IBM z/OS V2R3.0, refer to IBM z/OS V2.3 documentation.
IBM i 7.3 Support :
Rational Business Developer V9.6 supports IBM i 7.3. For more details on IBM i 7.3, refer to IBM i 7.3 documentation.

New Supported Software

The following Software versions are now supported by Rational Business Developer, starting from V9.6 :

Websphere Application Server 9.0
Tomcat versions 8.5 and 9.0
CICS Transaction Gateway for z/OS 9.2
CICS Transaction Server for z/OS 5.5

Language Enhancements

JSON Generate and JSON Parse support in COBOLGen :
These are two new functions supported in this change, complying to COBOL version 6.2. The upgraded version of COBOL V6.2 should be used for these two new functions. For detailed information on the usage of JSON PARSE and JSON GENERATE, see the new Cheat Sheet 'JSON Generation and Parsing', which has been included in RBD version 9.6 Product Help.
REST service invocation via CICS :
EGL CICS applications can now invoke REST services. Detailed steps can be found in the new Cheat Sheet 'Create a REST Service Client for CICS', which has been included in RBD version 9.6 Product Help. Following are a few points to be noted :
- Only stateless invocations are supported.
- Request and response data are limited to 32KB.
- The following serviceLib function is supported: setHttpBasicAuthentication(). You must specify a service variable defined with the @BindService annotation. For more information, see setHTTPBasicAuthentication()
- The PTF for Rational COBOL Runtime For zSeries is required when using setHttpBasicAuthentication() with REST service variables.
SOAP 1.2 support :
EGL Services can now be invoked using SOAP 1.2 messages. This can be set as the default SOAP version in the EGL Service preferences page. For more information, see Setting preferences for service generation.
Support for Japanese new era in Java generation :
Rational Business Developer version 9.6 supports the Japanese new era for date format.

Rich UI enhancements

Responsive Design Support :
RBD 9.6 supports Bootstrap 4 and Ionic 4 frameworks. New EGL widgets have been added to support responsive design. For more information, see Responsive Design Support in RBD
Rich UI Password Text Field placeholder :
RBD v9.6 supports a new widget 'DojoPasswordTextField' to provide a unified look and feel, for password fields in Dojo widgets.
Rich UI widget projects update :
By default, the following Rich UI system projects are in use:
- For EGL widgets that are not based on Dojo: com.ibm.egl.rui_4.3.6
- For EGL Dojo widgets: com.ibm.egl.rui.dojo.widgets_2.4.0
- For EGL Dojo samples: com.ibm.egl.rui.dojo.samples_2.4.0
- For the local Dojo runtime access: com.ibm.egl.rui.dojo.runtime.local_1.15.0
Mobile projects update :
- By default, the dojo mobile widgets in use are updated to 1.5.1
- EGL Cordova library and tools are updated to 6.5.0

IDE Enhancements

Ant task 'egl.export' :
'egl.export' is supported to run in non-UI headless environment such as linux bash.
Redundant parts warning message :
When an EGL program is opened in the EGL editor, it displays a redundant parts warning message.
New INCLUDE Statement in Build Scripts for z/OS Builds :
- This new functionality allows a new script to be included in the current script by INCLUDE MEMBER Statement.
- An included member can contain other INCLUDE statements. However, the nesting level cannot exceed 5.
- An INCLUDE statement must follow a complete pseudo-JCL statement, and the included member must contain complete pseudo-JCL statements. That means a statement cannot be split across scripts.
Chromium render engine support :
Added a new render engine chromium for RBD visual editor for RUI to support designing and running web component and other modern RUI application inside visual editor. For more information on the render engines and limitations, see Setting preferences for Rich UI appearance.

Fixes for APARs

Some Internal defects and APAR Fixes have also been added as part of Rational Business Developer V9.6.

What's new in Rational Business Developer V9.6

Table of Contents

Updates in Version 9.6.1 :

Updates in Version 9.6.0.1 :

What's new in Rational Business Developer Version 9.6 :