With the EntireX Adapter you can offer an RPC server - for example a COBOL or Natural RPC server - as a REST resource. A typical starting point is an IDL file, which describes the interface to the RPC server. To create an IDL file, use an IDL extractor (COBOL | Natural) to extract it from the RPC server; creating a REST resource from this IDL file is described in the Integration Server Wrapper documentation (Step 4b: Create or Update a REST Resource). You will find the generated REST resource using the Service Development perspective of the Designer.
See Related Literature and scenarios described below for more information.
The following scenarios are currently supported:
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"I have a COBOL server program and want to call this from a REST client." Use the IDL Extractor for COBOL to create an IDL file, and use the Integration Server Wrapper to generate your REST resource from this file.  More info |
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"I have a REST API and want to call this from a COBOL application." Use the Integration Server to create a REST API descriptor, then the IDL Extractor for Integration Server to generate Integration Server connections and listeners. Then use the COBOL Wrapper to generate client interface objects and build a COBOL client application. More info |
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"I have a Natural server subprogram and want to call this from a REST client." Use the IDL Extractor for Natural to create an IDL file, and use the Integration Server Wrapper to generate your REST resource from this file. More info |
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"I have a REST API and want to call this from a Natural application." Use the Integration Server to create a REST API descriptor, then the IDL Extractor for Integration Server to generate Integration Server connections and listeners. Then use the Natural Wrapper to generate client interface objects and build a Natural client application. More info |
REST Developer's Guide in the webMethods Integration Server documentation
REST Developer's Guide in the webMethods Integration Server documentation