CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS®, Version 5 Release 2 includes
some new API commands that you can use to create application programs
that use new CICS functions.
New API commands
added in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, Version 5 Release 2
- EXEC CICS VERIFY TOKEN
- Verify that a Kerberos token
is valid, as determined by an external security manager, and optionally
allow the caller to extract the RACF user ID that is associated with
the principal in the Kerberos token.
- EXEC CICS INVOKE APPLICATION
- Invoke an application
entry point program. EXEC CICS INVOKE APPLICATION allows
invocation of an application by naming an operation that corresponds
to one of its program entry points, without having to know the name
of the application entry point program and regardless of whether the
program is public or private.
New API commands added in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, Version 5 Release 1
- EXEC CICS FREEMAIN64
- Release storage that was
acquired by using a GETMAIN or GETMAIN64 request. This command is
for use only in non-Language Environment (LE) AMODE(64) assembler
language application programs.
- EXEC CICS GETMAIN64
- Get 24-bit, 31-bit, or 64-bit
storage. This command is for use only in non-Language Environment
(LE) AMODE(64) assembler language application programs.
- EXEC CICS GET64 CONTAINER
- Retrieve data from a
named channel container into 64-bit storage. This command is for use
only in non-Language Environment (LE) AMODE(64) assembler language
application programs. CICS business
transaction services (BTS) containers are not supported.
- EXEC CICS PUT64 CONTAINER
- Place data from 64-bit
storage in a named channel container. This command is for use only
in non-Language Environment (LE) AMODE(64) assembler language application
programs. CICS business transaction
services (BTS) containers are not supported.
New API commands added in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, Version 4 Release 2
- EXEC CICS CHANGE PHRASE
- Change the password or
password phrase recorded by an external security manager (ESM) for
a specified user ID.
- EXEC CICS VERIFY PHRASE
- Verify that a password
or password phrase matches the password or password phrase recorded
by an external security manager.
Last updated: Saturday, 15 June 2019