Re: [WDSCI-L] (no subject)

["colin williams" <colin.williams@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,

to access your existing RPG business logic from jsp/servlets you do not need
to rewrite as java.

Simply call your RPG as JDBC stored procedures from servlet/javabean. We
have done this quite successfully from our web apps.

cheers
Colin.W


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From: "Mike Troxclaire" <mike_troxclaire@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> Thanks a lot for your concerns Joe. I really appreciate it. Well, one
thing
> I wanted to let you know is that we wont be starting everything from
> "scratch" if I am understanding correctly as to what you are pointing
> towards. Large part of our AS400 shop will still stay in RPG but we will
be
> using Java mostly on the intranet and internet side for the outside world.
I
> will be needing to take some/lots of applications in RPG and make Java
> versions of it so that I can make them work as servlets and JSP pages. May
> be I could easily convert them into Java beans and call those beans from
JSP
> pages. In order to do this I will be needing to understand RPG and may be
> write my own RPG modifications to suit my needs and that is why I want to
> learn RPG so desperately. Thanks again. Please let me know what you think,
> Joe. I am very open to any kind of suggestions.
>
> Mike.
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> > > From: Mike Troxclaire
> > >
> > > I need to understand RPG so that when those programs
> > > get converted into Java I need to understand the Logic behind those
> >RPG
> > > programs so as to make sure that no garbage is coming out into Java
> > > classes.
> >
> >Mike, please, please, PLEASE ask the powers that be in your company to
> >contact someone about this business decision.  I for one would be
> >perfectly happy to just chat with them about the reasons for staying
> >with RPG as opposed to rewriting everything in Java.
> >
> >Aaron's company is currently implementing a Java interface to their
> >business logic, as are other companies.  They are finding it far more
> >productive to leverage their existing code rather than trying to rewrite
> >the entire system from scratch.
> >
> >Please, let your bosses know there are alternatives!
> >
> >Joe
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