Transl ating Data wi th TMA TCP gatew ay
Translating Data with TMA TCP gateway
Due to the way TMA TCP gateway translates and converts data on the remote Oracle Tuxedo system, the CICS programmer does not need to do anything to prepare data that is destined for the remote Oracle Tuxedo system.
The key to this high degree of transparency is the TMA TCP gateway configuration. It is through this mechanism that environmental differences, such as naming conventions and data formats, are concealed from programmers and programs.
Although all data is converted and translated automatically by the remote TMA TCP gateway gateway, the rules implemented are outlined in the following subsections to assist the CICS programmer in understanding how the data is manipulated. It is important for the CICS programmer to remember that this information is written from the point of view of the Oracle Tuxedo environment.
When a client program on the remote Oracle Tuxedo system sends data to (or receives data from) a service routine on a different model of computer, TMA TCP gateway automatically translates data as required. Translation involves changing the representation of intrinsic data types by changing attributes such as word length and byte order.
The following subsections describe the basic rules that TMA TCP gateway follows when it translates data and provide detailed information about how TMA TCP gateway handles string and numeric data.
Oracle Tuxedo Terminology
The following terms are some commonly used Oracle Tuxedo terms for buffer types.
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