Bundle Manifest editor

The Bundle Manifest editor is used to edit CICS® bundle manifest files in CICS Explorer®. Each bundle contains a manifest file (cics.xml) that describes the contents of the bundle, for example what resources to create in the CICS region, and the location of the supporting artifacts.

The Bundle Manifest editor is an Eclipse-based graphical user interface that contains a Dependencies tab. This tab lists the CICS resources that are required by the bundle for the application to run successfully. These dependencies are declared as <import> elements in the manifest. You can add, remove, and modify the <import> elements by using the Dependencies tab. When you save any changes in the Bundle Manifest editor, any changes you have made in other editors are overwritten.

Each import in the bundle manifest has a resource type and a name. You can set the behavior on the import to determine whether CICS can enable the BUNDLE resource if the required import is not present in the CICS region. You can select one of three options:

The default behavior is that all imports are required.

Imports

The <import> element can contain the following CICS resource types: