COBOL Copybook Reader

This adapter reads a text document in COBOL Copybook format, parses it according to the rules defined in the ASCII descriptor file and outputs an XML document.

Non-XML characters will be replaced with the Unicode Replacement Character #xFFFD. The following Unicode characters are valid XML characters:

#x9
#xA
#xD
#x20 – #xD7FF
#xE000 – #xFFFD

Properties

Operation

Defines the operation executed by the function adapter

Possible values: Execute: Read text document in COBOL Copybook format

Parameters

Adapter

Main adapter class (do not change!)

Possible values: de.softproject.integration.adapter.CopyBookReader: Main class (Default)

DescFile

Name of the ASCII descriptor file specifying the data structure of the COBOL Copybook text document. The ASCII descriptor file should be located in the user directory of the X4 Repository (e.g. X4DB/1/Project/Descr.ad)

Possible values: Path and file name (e.g. /Project/Descr.ad)

Strict

Defines if the data stream from the preceding process action must be long enough to read the full structure

Possible values:

true: Full structure must be read
false: Data stream may have any length (Default)