Starting the Map an Existing Service Interface (meet-in-middle) wizard

This topic describes how to start the Map an Existing Service Interface (meet-in-middle) wizard to generate Web service files.

To start the wizard:

1. Select the mapping session files for the Web service that you want to create:

   Bidirectional Web service:

   If you want the meet-in-middle wizard to create a bidirectional Web service, then select an request mapping session file and an response mapping session file.

   Unidirectional Web service:

   If you want the meet-in-middle wizard to create a unidirectional Web service, then select just one mapping session file: either an request mapping session file or an response mapping session file.

2. Right-click anywhere in the view that contains the mapping files.

3. Select Generate Conversion Code. The Enterprise Service Tools Wizard Launchpad opens.

4. In the launchpad:

   1. In the Host runtime list, select a host runtime (see Using the Wizard Launchpad).
   2. In the Application mode list, select Service Provider or Service Requester.
      Note: Currently, the Service Requester option is available in the list only when the host runtime is IMS Enterprise Suite SOAP Gateway.
   3. The Development scenario field is already set to Map to an Existing Service Interface (meet-in-middle) and is disabled.
   4. The Conversion type field is already set to Compiled XML Conversion and is disabled.

5. Click Start.

6. If you selected only one mapping session file before starting the wizard launchpad, then the launchpad now opens a window with a message stating that selecting a single mapping session file causes the meet-in-middle wizard to create a unidirectional Web service (see Step 1):

   The current selection of a single mapping file generates only
   unidirectional conversion code.  To generate bidirectional
   conversion code, select both inbound and outbound mapping files.

The Map an Existing Service Interface (meet-in-middle) wizard opens.