Multithreading facilities

In addition to the asynchronous handling of input and output requests, VTAM® also provides the following facilities as aids to handling sessions in a multithread program:
  • A special field that is used to associate a unique storage area with each session
  • The ability to schedule the sending of a request
  • The ability to receive input from any session except those sessions that are specifically precluded.

These facilities are discussed in more detail in the following sections.