The cb2xml package reads a Cobol-Copybook and converts it to either
- A java Item tree holding all the Cobol Details (Picture, position, length etc).
- An Xml file containing the Cobol Details (Picture, position, length etc).
The cb2xml package is supplied with Mainframe Cobol details. It is possible to support other Cobol dialects (via Java plugins), the JRecord project does this.
cb2xml converts Cobol:
000006 01 REC-FACTURE.
000011 03 FS1 PIC X.
000016 03 FS2.
000021 05 FS2A PIC 9.
05 RFS2B PIC X(8).
000026 05 FS2B REDEFINES RFS2B PIC 9(8).
000031 03 FS3.
000036 05 FS3A PIC 9.
000041 05 FS3B PIC X(10).
000046 03 FS4.
000051 05 FS4A PIC 99.
000056 05 FS4B PIC 99.
000061 05 FS4C PIC 99.
000066 03 FS5 PIC X(5).
000071 03 FS6 PIC X(20).
000076 03 FS7 PIC 9.
000081 03 FS8 PIC S9(9)V99 COMP-3.
000086 03 FS9 PIC S9(9)V99 COMP-3.
000091 03 FS10 PIC 9.
000096 03 FS11 PIC S9(9)V99 COMP-3.
000101 03 FS12 PIC S9(9)V99 COMP-3.
000106 03 FS13 PIC S9(9)V99 COMP-3.
000111 03 FS14-15 OCCURS 10.
000116 05 FS14 PIC 9.
000121 05 FS15 PIC S9(9)V99 COMP-3.
000126 05 FS16 PIC S9(9)V99 COMP-3.
000131 03 FS17 OCCURS 10 PIC S9(9)V99 COMP-3.
000136 03 FS18 PIC 9(6).
000141 03 FS19 PIC 9.
000241 03 FILLER PIC X. To xml:
copybook filename="FD8.COP.CLEAN">
<item display-length="428" level="01" name="REC-FACTURE" position="1" storage-length="428">
<item display-length="1" level="03" name="FS1" picture="X" position="1" storage-length="1"/>
<item display-length="9" level="03" name="FS2" position="2" storage-length="9">
<item display-length="1" level="05" name="FS2A" numeric="true" picture="9" position="2" storage-length="1"/>
<item display-length="8" level="05" name="RFS2B" picture="X(8)" position="3" redefined="true" storage-length="8"/>
<item display-length="8" level="05" name="FS2B" numeric="true" picture="9(8)" position="3" redefines="RFS2B" storage-length="8"/>
</item>
<item display-length="11" level="03" name="FS3" position="11" storage-length="11">
<item display-length="1" level="05" name="FS3A" numeric="true" picture="9" position="11" storage-length="1"/>
<item display-length="10" level="05" name="FS3B" picture="X(10)" position="12" storage-length="10"/>
</item>
<item display-length="6" level="03" name="FS4" position="22" storage-length="6">
<item display-length="2" level="05" name="FS4A" numeric="true" picture="99" position="22" storage-length="2"/>
<item display-length="2" level="05" name="FS4B" numeric="true" picture="99" position="24" storage-length="2"/>
<item display-length="2" level="05" name="FS4C" numeric="true" picture="99" position="26" storage-length="2"/>
</item>
<item display-length="5" level="03" name="FS5" picture="X(5)" position="28" storage-length="5"/>
<item display-length="20" level="03" name="FS6" picture="X(20)" position="33" storage-length="20"/>
<item display-length="1" level="03" name="FS7" numeric="true" picture="9" position="53" storage-length="1"/>
<item display-length="11" level="03" name="FS8" numeric="true" picture="S9(9)V99" position="54" scale="2" signed="true" storage-length="6" usage="computational-3"/>
<item display-length="11" level="03" name="FS9" numeric="true" picture="S9(9)V99" position="60" scale="2" signed="true" storage-length="6" usage="computational-3"/>
<item display-length="1" level="03" name="FS10" numeric="true" picture="9" position="66" storage-length="1"/>
<item display-length="11" level="03" name="FS11" numeric="true" picture="S9(9)V99" position="67" scale="2" signed="true" storage-length="6" usage="computational-3"/>
<item display-length="11" level="03" name="FS12" numeric="true" picture="S9(9)V99" position="73" scale="2" signed="true" storage-length="6" usage="computational-3"/>
<item display-length="11" level="03" name="FS13" numeric="true" picture="S9(9)V99" position="79" scale="2" signed="true" storage-length="6" usage="computational-3"/>
<item display-length="13" level="03" name="FS14-15" occurs="10" position="85" storage-length="13">
<item display-length="1" level="05" name="FS14" numeric="true" picture="9" position="85" storage-length="1"/>
<item display-length="11" level="05" name="FS15" numeric="true" picture="S9(9)V99" position="86" scale="2" signed="true" storage-length="6" usage="computational-3"/>
<item display-length="11" level="05" name="FS16" numeric="true" picture="S9(9)V99" position="92" scale="2" signed="true" storage-length="6" usage="computational-3"/>
</item>
<item display-length="11" level="03" name="FS17" numeric="true" occurs="10" picture="S9(9)V99" position="215" scale="2" signed="true" storage-length="6" usage="computational-3"/>
<item display-length="6" level="03" name="FS18" numeric="true" picture="9(6)" position="275" storage-length="6"/>
<item display-length="1" level="03" name="FS19" numeric="true" picture="9" position="281" storage-length="1"/>
</item>
</copybook>-
The examples dircectory holds examples of using cb2xml output in a variety of languages
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This stackoverflow answer how one person used cb2xml to convert Cobol files to a database
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JRecord uses cobol copybooks. The JRecord library supports reading/writing cobol files from java
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cobol2j uses an Xml transform to convert cb2xml xml to it own Xml format