Editing an Atom configuration file

You use the Atom configuration editor in CICS Explorer® to amend existing data or add additional data to Atom configuration files. You update or add information in the editor, save the changes, and the XML of the Atom configuration file is updated.

1. Double-click the Atom configuration file in the Project Explorer in CICS Explorer. By default, the file opens in the Atom configuration editor.
2. Enter the values for the additional attributes listed in the editor. Alternatively, you can edit the fields that have been populated by the Atom configuration wizard. The Atom wizard fields table describes the fields that are populated by the Atom configuration wizard. Table 1 describes the additional fields in the Atom configuration editor. Figure 1 shows the Atom configuration editor in CICS Explorer with all fields completed based on the XML elements in the filea.xml sample Atom configuration file.

   Table 1. Atom configuration editor fields

   Field	Description
   Root XML Element	The name of the top-level data structure in the XML binding. This optional attribute is only required if there is more than one set of conversions in the XML binding.
   Feed - Link URI	The complete path that a web client can use to retrieve the Atom feed. The beginning of the path must match the partial path stated in the URIMAP resource definition for the Atom feed. You can omit the scheme and host components of the URI, and specify only the path component. CICS adds the scheme and host components to the URI when it returns the Atom feed to the client, to comply with the Atom format specification.
   Window Size	The default number of entries that CICS returns in the Atom feed. If you leave this field blank, the default window size of 8 is used. The window size applies only when a web client makes a request using the feed link URI, or a navigation URI for a partial list of Atom entries.
   Entry - Link URI	A standard URI path that can be extended to apply to any Atom entry documents, and that enables a web client to retrieve these documents individually. The beginning of the path must match the partial path that you specified in the URIMAP resource definition for the Atom. The remainder of the standard path must be different from the complete path specified in the feed link URI. You can omit the scheme and host components of the URI, and specify only the path component. CICS adds the scheme and host components to the URI when it returns the Atom feed to the client, to comply with the Atom format specification.
   URI	The common partial path to the Atom feed. The wizard populates this field with the same value as thatentered in the Default URI field. The wizard then appends the value with /*. If you use the value entered by the wizard or enter a different URI, CICS creates the URIMAP resource definition dynamically. If you want to use a URIMAP resource that exists, you can clear this field, however, you must manage the URIMAP resource manually.
   Transaction ID	The name of an alias transaction for the Atom feed. If you do not specify a transaction ID, the default alias transaction ID for Atom feeds, CW2A, is used.
   User ID	A default user ID under which the alias transaction can be attached. When authentication is required for the connection, so that CICS requests an authenticated user ID directly from the client, the default user ID is not used. The authenticated user ID of the client is used instead, or if authentication fails, the request is rejected. If authentication is not required and you do not supply a default user ID, the CICS default user ID is used.

   

3. Click the Save icon to save your changes.
   The following code shows the XML elements generated by the Atom configuration editor with all fields completed based on the filea.xml sample Atom configuration file.

   <?xml version="1.0"?>
   <cics:atomservice xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" 
        xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app" 
        xmlns:cics="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/cics/atom/atomservice" 
        version="2" type="feed">
       <cics:feed window="6">
           <cics:resource name="FILEA" type="file">
               <cics:bind xmltransform="FILEAXML"/>
           </cics:resource>
   
       </cics:feed>
       <cics:urimap uri="http://www.example.com/cics/atom/f/filea/*"/>
       <atom:feed>
           <atom:title>Sample CICS file FILEA</atom:title>
           <atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.example.com/cics/atom/f/filea/feed"/>
           <atom:entry>
               <atom:title>FILEA item</atom:title>
               <atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.example.com/cics/atom/f/filea/entry/"/>
               <atom:content cics:resource="FILEA" cics:type="file"/>
           </atom:entry>
       </atom:feed>
   </cics:atomservice>