NonStop SOAP 4.1 User's Manual

Message Receiver
User Functions
(MRUFs)
These are a set functions that can be used to customize the Pathway message receiver process
flow.
N
NonStop Process A process running on a NonStop server.
NonStop SOAP
configuration file
An XML document that defines the environment variables used by a SOAP server at runtime.
O
Open System
Services (OSS)
An open system environment available for interactive or programmatic use with the NonStop™
operating system. Processes that run in the OSS environment use the OSS application program
interface; interactive users of the OSS environment use the OSS shell for their command interpreter.
Operation Context Operation context is the runtime representation of an operation; it is the direct map to the operation
that is being invoked by a given message.
OSS environment See Open System Services (OSS).
OSS pathname The string of characters that uniquely identifies a file within its file system in the OSS environment.
A pathname can be either absolute or relative.
P
PATHCOM (1) The command interface to the PATHMON process, through which users enter commands to
configure and manage Pathway applications when Pathway/XM is not used. (2) The process
that provides and supports the PATHCOM interface. In a Pathway/XM environment, PATHCOM
processes are used internally only, to interpret management commands directed to individual
PATHMON processes. You configure a Pathway/XM environment by using PXMCFG and start
up, maintain, and shut down that environment by using PXMCOM.
PATHMON The central controlling process for a NonStop TS/MP application.
PATHMON
environment
The set of servers, server classes, TCPs, terminals, SCREEN COBOL programs, and tell messages
that run together under the control of one PATHMON process.
PATHMON process (1) In a Pathway environment without Pathway/XM, the central controlling process for the
environment. The PATHMON process maintains configuration-related data; grants links to server
classes in response to requests from TCPs and LINKMON processes; and performs all process
control (starting, monitoring, restarting, and stopping) of server processes and TCPs. (2) In a
Pathway/XM environment, a process that monitors and manages a set of requester and server
objects such as TCPs, TERM objects, and server classes (SERVER objects). A Pathway/XM
environment can include multiple PATHMON processes, and all are configured and managed
centrally through the SuperCTL file.
pathname See OSS pathname
Pathway The former name of NonStop TS/MP, a product providing transaction services for persistent,
scalable, transaction-processing applications.
Pathway
application
A set of programs that perform online transaction processing tasks in the Guardian environment
on NonStop™ systems , using interfaces defined by Compaq software. A Pathway application
can include SCREEN COBOL requesters, Pathsend requesters, and Pathway servers. It can also
include GDSX front-end processes and clients that use RSC/MP.
Pathway
environment
A run-time environment consisting of transaction-processing products provided by HP for the
Guardian operating environment on NonStop™ systems . This term is often shortened to “Pathway
environment.” Depending on the needs of your application, your Pathway environment could
include NonStop™ TS/MP, the run-time portions of Pathway/iTS (the TCP and the SCREEN
COBOL run-time environment), and processes from related products, such as NonStop™ TM/MP,
GDSX, and RSC/MP.
Pathway server. A server process or program in the Pathway transaction processing environment.
Payload The payload is the actual content in the message that is sent to an application.
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