Unisys ClearPath® Application Integration Services For ClearPath® MCP and Microsoft® Windows® Applications

Product Information Sheet

Product Overview Leverage the ClearPath Forward High-Speed Interconnect When a distributed application using ClearPath Application The process of developing a distributed application Integration Services is deployed on a fabric-enabled ClearPath leveraging resources from multiple operating environments Forward® systems, it can take advantage of the high-speed presents a unique set of organizational and technical interconnect between the and ClearPath challenges. Examples range from skills availability for the MCP environments within the ClearPath Forward server. various operating environments to dealing with different data formats. Transparent Application Deployment Flexibility The Unisys ClearPath® Application Integration Services You have the flexibility to deploy distributed applications product is designed to make it easier for you to develop using ClearPath Application Integration Services on distributed applications. fabric-enabled ClearPath Forward systems, on other ClearPath systems as well as on Windows servers and PCs. Reduce the Cost of Developing Distributed Applications When the high-speed interconnect is not available, TCP/IP ClearPath Application Integration Services provides networking is used for the connection. that applications running in one operating environment can use to access resources such as files or applications General Features in another operating environment. For example, a Windows Services for Windows-Based Applications application can access COMS transactions or read ClearPath Application Integration Services provides APIs that ClearPath MCP files. Another example is to enable an enable Windows-based applications to access MCP-based ClearPath MCP application to call out external web service files, integrate MCP-based libraries, and initiate COMS in Windows. ClearPath Application Integration Services has transactions in the ClearPath MCP environment. been designed to reduce the amount of code developers have to design, write, and test. File Access File access application programming interfaces (APIs) Optimized for Specific Operating Environments enable applications running in the Microsoft .NET ClearPath Application Integration Services provides Unisys to create, access, and update files in the value-added capabilities that standards-based products such ClearPath MCP environment. as Client Access Services can’t provide. For example it enable a Windows application to access an MCP file’s attributes. • The Windows API enables applications running in Services for Java Applications the Microsoft .NET Framework to access MCP files ClearPath Application Integration Services provide APIs that in a manner that is similar to the way they access enable Java applications running on Microsoft Windows Windows files using the .NET System.IO API. to access ClearPath MCP-based files, use the Java Native • The MCP API enables applications running in the Interface (JNI) to integrate with MCP-based applications, login Microsoft .NET Framework to use record-oriented to a ClearPath MCP server, and call the MCP time function. access to MCP files. It supports fixed-length File Access and variable-length records and stream files. File access application programming interfaces (APIs) Applications can also access MCP file attributes. enable Java applications to create, access, and update Both APIs support various MCP-coded character sets. record-oriented files in the ClearPath MCP environment.

Application Integration Application Integration Application integration APIs enable applications running The Java Native Interface (JNI) enables integration of Java in the Microsoft .NET Framework to call libraries in the applications running on Microsoft Windows with ClearPath- ClearPath MCP environment. The APIs support libraries MCP-based applications. written in the COBOL85, ALGOL, and NEWP languages. • Java applications can call libraries running in the MCP Transaction Integration environment. Libraries written in ALGOL are supported. Transaction integration APIs enable Windows-based applications • ClearPath MCP-based applications can call Java to initiate transactions in the ClearPath MCP environment under applications. The MCP-based applications can the control of the COMS Transaction Server. be written in either COBOL85 or ALGOL.

MCP Security MCP Security AIS uses the MCP’s security modules to authenticate users MCP security APIs enable Java applications to have users and log them into a ClearPath MCP server. authenticated by the MCP’s security modules and to login to MCP Call Out Services a ClearPath MCP server. Call Out services enable ClearPath MCP application to MCP Time Function access a feature that’s typically provided in .NET, such as The MCP time function API enables Java applications to SOAP-based web services. By providing the .NET DLL as call the MCP time function to obtain various ClearPath MCP a “bridge,” the ClearPath call out services feature makes system times and system attributes. This is the same MCP it possible to use .NET capabilities right in your ClearPath time function that is available to ALGOL applications. MCP environment – with minimal specialized programming knowledge required. As a result, you’ll find it easier to retain core ClearPath Forward attributes as you take advantage of .NET capabilities and more readily available programming skills.

2 ClearPath Application Integration Services Editions Hardware/Firmware Unisys offers three editions of ClearPath Application One of the following: Integration Services to satisfy a variety of application • ClearPath Forward Libra or FS systems (fabric-enabled) development requirements. The following table summarizes • ClearPath MCP server with a network connection the features included in each edition. • ClearPath Series product running on JProcessor a computer with a network connection Enterprise Basic Migration Edition Edition Microsoft Windows Environment Edition Software Services for Windows-Based Applications • Microsoft Windows File Access Ÿ Ÿ • Microsoft .NET Framework (for Application Integration Ÿ Windows-based applications)

Transaction Integration Ÿ • Java Standard Edition (for Java applications)

MCP Security Ÿ Ÿ Hardware ClearPath Forward fabric or a computer with a network MCP Call Out Services Ÿ connection that is capable of running compatible versions of Services for Java Applications Microsoft Windows and the Microsoft .NET Framework or the Java Standard Edition. File Access Ÿ Ÿ Product Information Application Integration Ÿ Ÿ To gain detailed understanding of AIS ClearPath MCP MCP Security Ÿ Ÿ features and functionalities, refer to the ClearPath MCP Application Integration Services product user documentation MCP Time Function Ÿ Ÿ located under the Application Development category of the Unisys Product Support site: Configuration Requirements http://www.support.unisys.com/common/epa/ Consult the product compatibility matrices on DocumentationLibraries.aspx http://www.support.unisys.com for compatible versions of the products listed below. ClearPath MCP Environment Software

• ClearPath MCP operating environment

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