isCOBOL EIS : Web Service option : The Service Bridge facility : Customizing bridge programs through tagged areas
Customizing bridge programs through tagged areas
The SOAP and REST bridge program source files include tagged areas.
A tagged area is a block of code included between a start comment and an end comment, e.g.
*>start {iscobol}accept-http
 
   set request-method to comm-area:>getMethod()
   if request-method = "POST"
      comm-area:>acceptEx(request-varin)
   else
     comm-area:>accept(PAR-invar)
   end-if
 
*>end {iscobol}accept-http
Once the bridge program source file has been created, only the code inside tagged areas is regenerated by the Compiler.
If you need to add custom code to a bridge program, edit the bridge program source file and write your code outside of tagged areas, so before a start comment or after an end comment, e.g.
*>start {iscobol}accept-http
 
   set request-method to comm-area:>getMethod()
   if request-method = "POST"
      comm-area:>acceptEx(request-varin)
   else
     comm-area:>accept(PAR-invar)
   end-if
 
*>end {iscobol}accept-http
< < your code here > >
*>start {iscobol}http-to-linkage
    move  PAR-in to intPAR;;