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Composite Module Testing

Composite support lets you test all CA InterTest for CICS functions when you test composite modules. A composite module consists of separately compiled modules link-edited in one load module. These modules may be written in different languages and compiled at different times. Composite support lets you test and debug a called subroutine as if it were a separate program, and with full symbolic support.

For example, suppose an Assembler program has several subroutines, some written in Assembler, some written in COBOL. You can test and debug any of the subroutines just as if it were a main program by setting breakpoints, setting monitoring options, displaying the source listing, and displaying and modifying main and auxiliary storage.

Note: The following screens are for example purposes only.

Composite module monitoring is initiated by specifying the COMPOSITE command in the Source Listing Display before monitoring (PF5) is activated for the program.

CA InterTest for CICS Release 9.1.00 - PROTSYM FILE SOURCE LISTING DISPLAY 
 COMMAND ===> COMPOSITE
 Program= ASMPROG  Option # =     Stmt #       Displacement=        Margin= 01 
 
 ----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                 EXTERNAL SYMBOL DICTIONARY 
    SYMBOL   TYPE  ID  ADDR  LENGTH  LD ID FLAGS 
              PC 0001 000000 000000         00 
  _ ASMPROG   SD 0002 000000 002C32         00 
  _ DFHEAI0   ER 0003 
  _ DFHEI1    ER 0004 
  
      LOC  OBJECT CODE    ADDR1 ADDR2  STMT       SOURCE STATEMENT 
                                00000     1 R0       EQU  0 
                                00001     2 R1       EQU  1 
                                00002     3 R2       EQU  2 
                                00003     4 R3       EQU  3 
                                00004     5 R4       EQU  4 
                                00005     6 R5       EQU  5 
                                00006     7 R6       EQU  6

When you specify the COMPOSITE command, CA InterTest for CICS displays the link-edit information for the main program and its subroutines. Monitor-names are specified for the programs you want to test separately. You can change this information online.

            CA InterTest MONITORING COMMAND BUILDER - COMPOSITE SUPPORT       23
                     Define composite support for ASMPROG                       
                                                                                
   Link-name  Monitor-name  Offset  Length  Language            Comments        
                                                                                
 _ ASMPROG	 ASMPROG         28     66C  ASSEMBLER                      
 _ COBOLSUB	 COBOLSUB       698     448  COBOL                          
 _ ASMSUB	 ASMSUB        1640     16C  ASSEMBLER
 
 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 Add, remove, or change monitor names as needed, and press PF5                  
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 PF1 Help       2            3 End        4 Return     5 Process    6           
 PF7 Backward   8 Forward    9           10           11           12          

Press PF5 to set composite support.