Event processing (EP) adapter set specification

An EP adapter set specification is an XML definition that contains multiple EP adapter names. By using an EP adapter set, you can format and emit events to multiple EP adapters.

You create an EP adapter set in a CICS® bundle project using the CICS EP adapter set configuration editor. EP adapter sets are included in bundles; bundles are the units for deploying, enabling, and disabling CICS EP adapter sets. For more information about bundles, see BUNDLE resources.

An EP adapter set specification defines the names of adapters to be used, is defined by using the EP adapter set configuration editor, and is saved by the editor in a CICS bundle project as an XML EP adapter set file that has the suffix .epadapterset.

You can easily share EP adapter sets between event bindings, resulting in only one EPADAPTERSET resource to manage.

You can deploy the CICS bundle project to a CICS system. You can define, install, enable, disable, and uninstall a deployed CICS bundle in a CICS system. In addition, you can enable and disable individual deployed EPADAPTERSET resources.

To deploy to a CICS system, an EP adapter set specification must conform to the EP adapter set schema file installed with CICS in /usr/lpp/cicsts/cicsts52/schemas/eventprocessing/ :

• CicsEPAdapterSet.xsd

For more information about schemas, see Schema versions.