The IMS Smalltalk classes correspond to the IMS Data Language/I (DL/I) calls that can be issued to the IMS database (IMS/DB), the IMS transaction manager (IMS/TM), or as part of the services supplied to both IMS/DB and IMS/TM. The reference section that follows lists the classes in alphabetical order. The methods for each class represent the IMS calls you can issue to IMS/DB, IMS/TM, or the IMS system services.
All of the methods in all of the classes in this document can be used in IMS/ESA applications. The following list contains those methods that can be tested from the workstation with Micro Focus Workbench:
For more information about how to write Smalltalk code to invoke these calls, see Accessing IMS services using Smalltalk.
For the syntax of any call or for the description of each call supported by VisualAge Smalltalk Server, see IMS/ESA Application Programming: DL/I Calls or IMS/ESA Application Programming: Data Communication.