> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How do __you__ read non-DB non-XML files in Java? <snip> > > I believe that the OP gave a misleading subject; what he > needs to know is > not how to read the file but rather how to access the data once he has > read them. That is, he wants to access individual fields in a record > defined by, e.g., an HLA mapping macro, a PL/I structure. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
I'm the OP. And you are absolutely correct. So the question really is: "Once I've read a record in Java, how do I access individual fields?" So far, the best that I've seen is the Alphaworks code which can read COBOL ADATA and create Java code to access the fields. I was hoping for something "simpler", more akin to how C (struct) or COBOL (data description entries) or HLASM (DSECT) would do it. Java just doesn't seem to have anything like this. Another person mentioned "marshalling" or "serialization" which might be another approach. I need to read up on them. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
