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BEA Tuxedo Clients
A BEA Tuxedo client is a software module that collects a user request and forwards it to a server that offers the requested service. Almost any software module can become a BEA Tuxedo client by calling the ATMI client initialization routine and "joining" the BEA Tuxedo application. The client can then exchange information with the server.
The client calls the ATMI termination routine to "leave" the application and notify the BEA Tuxedo system that it (the client) no longer needs to be tracked. Consequently, BEA Tuxedo application resources are made available for other operations.
The operation of a basic client process can be summarized by the pseudo-code shown in the following listing.
Pseudo-code for a Client
START PROGRAM
enroll as a client of the BEA TUXEDO application
place initial client identification in data structure
perform until end
get user input
place user input in DATA-REC
send service request
receive reply
pass reply to the user
end perform
leave application
END PROGRAM
Most of the actions described in the above listing are implemented with ATMI calls. Others-placing the user input in DATA-REC and passing the reply to the user-are implemented with COBOL routines.
A client may send and receive any number of service requests before leaving the application. The client may send these requests as a series of request/response calls or, if it is important to carry state information from one call to the next, by establishing a connection to a conversational server. In both cases, the logic in the client program is similar, but different ATMI calls are required for these two approaches.
Before you can execute a client, you must run the buildclient -C command to compile it and link it with the BEA Tuxedo ATMI and required libraries. Refer to Writing Clients for information on the buildclient command.
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