LegStar is set of development tools and execution runtimes aimed at integrating legacy COBOL applications with Java and SOA technologies.
| Service-enable a COBOL/CICS program | LegStar generates COBOL/CICS adapters for JAX-WS, JBoss ESB or Mule ESB. LegStar provides COBOL transformation capabilities and CICS execution runtime (Commarea or Containers), over Sockets, HTTP or WebSphere MQ. |
| Transform COBOL payloads | LegStar generates Transformers by parsing COBOL fragments, Java classes or XML Schema. At runtime, z/OS data (containing EBCDIC, COMP, etc.) is transformed to Java and/or XML. The LegStar Transformers are pure Java and can be used directly in your code. |
| Access java services from COBOL/CICS programs | LegStar generates Java proxies for JAX-WS, JBoss ESB or Mule ESB services. You get a Java execution runtime that allows your COBOL code to invoke remote services over HTTP. |
LegStar for JBoss ESB and LegStar for Mule ESB have their own web sites.