1. EGL iSeries Web Service
Websphere
Java
Web Service
Wrapper
Java400
Service
catcher
Service
Requester
SOAP Message
COBOL
Service

2. EGL iSeries Web Service Client
WSDL
Binding Pgm
JNI
(bytes)
COBOL
Program
Apache Axis
SOAP Message
Service
Provider
EGL Java Runtime
COBOL
Web Service
Proxy
Binding program has info on how the binding is implemented
Proxy seralizes the data toBytes
And then invokes the service whereever it is.
COBOL
Runtime
toBytes

3. Services Implementation
For external web service consumption, data types in WSDL must be able to be mapped to EGL data types
Cannot handle Union, Choice, .Net-specific types, etc
Using Apache Axis to interface with web application server
V6 Service Binding Library migrated to EGL
For external web services, data types in WSDL must be able to be mapped to EGL data types