Instructions used in communications between computing device(s) and a shared adapter

A computer system comprising:

• at least one computing device;
• a set of one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions, collectively stored in the set of one or more computer-readable storage media, for causing the at least one computing device to perform computer operations including:
• executing an instruction within a computing environment to perform at least one operation on one or more controls of a queue to be used in communications between a control program executing within the computing environment and an adapter module of the computing environment, the executing the instruction including:
• obtaining an indication of the queue for which the at least one operation is to be performed on the one or more controls of the queue;
• performing the at least one operation on the one or more controls of the queue;
• and
• providing a result of executing the instruction.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• executing an instruction within a computing environment to perform at least one operation on one or more controls of a queue to be used in communications between a control program executing within the computing environment and an adapter module of the computing environment, the executing the instruction including:
• obtaining an indication of the queue for which the at least one operation is to be performed on the one or more controls of the queue;
• performing the at least one operation on the one or more controls of the queue;
• and
• providing a result of executing the instruction.

A computer program product comprising:

• a set of one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions, collectively stored in the set of one or more computer-readable storage media, for causing at least one computing device to perform computer operations including:
• executing an instruction within a computing environment to set one or more controls to be used in communications between a control program executing within the computing environment and an adapter module of the computing environment, the executing the instruction including:
• obtaining an indication of a queue for which the one or more controls are to be set;
• setting the one or more controls of the queue to values that are input to the instruction;
• and
• providing a result of executing the instruction.

A computer program product comprising:

• a set of one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions, collectively stored in the set of one or more computer-readable storage media, for causing at least one computing device to perform computer operations including:
• executing an instruction within a computing environment to extract contents of one or more controls to be used in communications between a control program executing within the computing environment and an adapter module of the computing environment, the executing the instruction including:
• obtaining an indication of a queue for which the contents of the one or more controls are to be extracted;
• extracting the contents of the one or more controls of the queue;
• and
• providing a result of executing the instruction.