InputOutputMessage

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Use this element to define messages for REQUEST-RESPONSE operations if the input and output messages are of the same type.

Note: In the InputOutputMessage both request and response message definitions come from a single COBOL source. Because of this, the XsdSpecOut schema specification for the namespace will be ignored for theresponse schema.

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Attributes

Table 1 shows the attributes for InputOutputMessage.

Table 1. Attribute Specifications for InputOutputMessage
Fields	Description
Attribute: importFile Valid values: See Description Required?: Yes (unless the -s command line option is specified) Default value: See Description	Specifies the file name that contains the data definition to be used in creating the Web service operation message types. Note: Only COBOL data definitions are supported and are subject to the restrictions that are specified in the online help. The default value is: The name provided in the xsebatch command line parameter -s.
Attribute: nativeTypeName Valid values: See Description Required?: No Default value: See Description	Specifies the name of the data type that is to be imported from the importFile, such as DFHCOMMAREA for a CICS® COBOL application. An error message is generated on the console if a parse of the importFile does not identify the nativeTypeName as a valid data type. The default value is: For COBOL, the name of the first available level 01 data item name.

Example



   <InputOutputMessage name="PhoneBookMsg" importDirectory="." 
            importFile="Ex01z.cbl" nativeTypeName="input-msg">
       <RedefinesArray>
          <RedefineSelection redefine="input-msg.redParent.redefd" 
                   useRedefinition="input-msg.redParent.redefd2"/>
       </RedefinesArray>
       <ItemSelectionArray>
          <ItemSelection itemName="input-msg.redParent"/>
          <ItemSelection itemName="input-msg.in-extn"/>
          <ItemSelection itemName="input-msg.in-zip"/>
          <ItemSelection itemName="input-msg.in-ll"/>
       </ItemSelectionArray>
   </InputOutputMessage>