Mapping and transforming application data and JSON
You can write application programs to transform application binary data into JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and vice versa. CICS® supports a number of high-level languages and provides a JSON assistant to map how the data is transformed during runtime processing. CICS uses the same technology for mapping application data to JSON messages, as part of the web services support.
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The advantage of using this approach to transform application data to and from JSON is that CICS goes beyond the capabilities that are offered by a JSON parser. CICS can interpret the JSON and perform record-based conversions of the application data. Therefore, it is easier and faster for you to create applications that work with JSON by using this approach.
The CICS JSON assistant is a supplied utility that helps you to create the required mapping artifacts to transform application binary data to JSON or to transform JSON to application binary data. The JSON assistant creates the artifacts in a bundle directory.