IMS MFS SOA support

IMS™ Message Format Service service-oriented architecture (MFS SOA) support is the next generation of MFS services support, and is introduced in IBM® Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere® Software. Using MFS SOA support, you can reuse existing MFS-based IMS business logic as web services, web pages, or Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) components, or integrate your MFS applications in business processes.

MFS SOA support uses the IMS TM resource adapter on both z/OS® or distributed platforms to communicate with IMS Connect and IMS.

MFS SOA support is available with the IMS TM resource adapter. The development component that lets you create your applications in an integrated development environment (IDE) is packaged with several IBM IDEs, such as IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software and IBM Integration Designer. The runtime component must be deployed on IBM WebSphere Application Server (z/OS or distributed), or IBM Process Server for business process applications.