A CICS® bundle is
a collection of resources, artifacts, references, and a manifest file
that you can deploy into a CICS region
to represent all or part of an application.
About this task
You can create a CICS bundle
project using the supplied wizard. A bundle project can include resources
that are dynamically created when the bundle is deployed in CICS.
The bundle can also contain dependencies, such as system resources
for the application. CICS does not dynamically create these system
resources but can check that they are present in the CICS region.
Procedure
- On the Eclipse menu bar click File > New > Other to
open the New Project wizard.
- Expand the CICS Resources folder
and click CICS Bundle Project.
- In the Project name field, enter
a name for the project.
- Click Use default location to use
the default file location to create the bundle. You can also deselect
this option and specify another file location.
- In the Bundle properties area, specify
an ID and version number. The version number default value is 1.0.0,
and the default ID is the same as the project name.
- Click Finish to create the project
in the Project Explorer.
Results
The bundle project is created. The project has a META-INF
folder, which contains the cics.xml manifest
file.
What to do next
Add
dependencies and resources to the bundle project
for your application. You can do these actions by using the CICS Bundle
manifest editor.
Note: When you have created and deployed your bundle
using CICS Explorer®,
you must ensure proper management of the bundle source. The bundle
cannot be reconstructed from the exported data in zFS, and a failure
of your workstation might cause the data to be lost. Ensure that your
bundle project is checked into a source code management system. When
you use a source code management system that integrates with Eclipse,
you can check projects in and out while you are working in the CICS Explorer.