The following new function has been added:
- Support for an integrated translator. Some compilers can now interpret
CICS commands and translate them without the need for a separate translation
step, see The integrated CICS translator.
Changes have been made to titles and headings throughout the book, to make
them more meaningful, particularly when the book is explored online in the
CICS Information Center. Links and cross references have been improved.
- Part 1, Writing CICS applications, has been expanded to include an introduction
to basic CICS concepts and an application development roadmap. See CICS programming roadmap.
- Part 2 in the previous edition, Object Oriented programming in CICS, has
been removed. For guidance on developing application programs using the Java
language, see the Java™ Applications in CICS® component of the CICS Information Center, and
for guidance on using the CICS OO classes, see CICS C++ OO Class Libraries.
- A new part 2 has been introduced, to bring together all information needed
to translate and compile CICS applications. Chapters describing the installation
of CICS programs and maps have been moved here from the CICS System Definition Guide.
- Part 3, Application design, now separates general application design concepts,
see Application design, from application design for performance, see Design for performance.
- BMS has been restructured into separate chapters, to form a new Part 6.
- The previous Appendix 1, mapping EXEC CICS commands to obsolete CICS macros
has been removed.
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