Developing an application for use with the IMS TM resource adapter

To interact with IMS Transaction Manager (IMS TM) through the IMS TM resource adapter, you can develop your application by using a Rational® or WebSphere® integrated development environment (IDE), or by coding your application outside of an IDE by using the Java™ EE Connector Architecture Common Client Interface (CCI).

An application uses the IMS TM resource adapter to run an IMS transaction in IMS Transaction Manager. The IMS TM resource adapter also supports other types of interactions with IMS TM, such as executing the IMS commands that are supported by IMS OTMA. Consider the type of interaction with IMS TM when you develop your application. In addition, the IMS TM resource adapter implements the Java EE Connector Architecture Common Client Interface (CCI) API, an application programming interface that you can use in your applications to communicate with an Enterprise Information System (EIS), IMS TM in this case, through the IMS TM resource adapter.

Recommendation: When you develop your application by using an IDE, you can use the provided wizards and file importers to generate a Java EE application that will run on WebSphere Application Server. When you use an IDE to generate your code, you do not need to write the quality of service (QOS) code or the CCI code that is needed by your Java application. Instead, you can concentrate on writing code to implement your business logic and function.