The root element of the XML document that describes the configuration of the CICS® pipeline for a Web service provider.
Use the <apphandler> when the terminal handler is one of the CICS-supplied SOAP message handlers, that is when the <terminal_handler> element contains a <cics_soap_1.1_handler> element or a <cics_soap_1.2_handler> element.
Message handlers can specify a different program at run time, so the name coded here is not always the program that is linked to. If you do not code an <apphandler> element, one of the message handlers must use the DFHWS-APPHANDLER container to specify the name of the program at run time.
<provider_pipeline>
<service>
...
</service>
<apphandler>DFHPITP</apphandler>
</provider_pipeline>