Troubleshooting
Problem
Using the J2C->CICS/IMS Java Data Binding to generate the Java data binding bean from a COBOL copy book with the generation style of "Preserve case of names" results in a com.ibm.adapter.framework.BaseException. The same issue occurs if you are using the J2C->J2C bean wizard with the generation style of "Preserve case of names."
Symptom
A com.ibm.adapter.framework.BaseException is thrown with the following message: Error encountered while creating XML schema file DFHCOMMAREA.xsd
Cause
The name of a field in the COBOL copy book begins with a numeric number, for example, 99MY_CUSTOMER
This is a snippet of the cobol copy book
05 CUSTOMER-TYPE PIC X(2).
88 99MY-CUSTOMER VALUE '99'.
When "preserve case of names" is used, the field name is preserved and used directly in the Java data binding bean code generation. A Java field is generated with the name 99MY-CUSTOMER, which is not valid Java syntax, so the field name is not acceptable.
This is working as designed.
Diagnosing The Problem
When you go through the J2C->CICS/IMS Data binding wizard, using the Generation Style - Preserve case of names, you will seen an error dialog.
In the workspace log, you will see similar stack trace where the failure will list the field that has an issue which is 99MY-CUSTOMER
at com.ibm.etools.ctc.cobol2xsd.util.PropertyName.getPropertyNameList(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.etools.ctc.cobol2xsd.typesimport.CobolElementVisitor.visitCOBOLComposedType(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.etools.ctc.cobol2xsd.typesimport.CobolElementVisitor.visitCOBOLElement(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.etools.ctc.cobol2xsd.typesimport.CobolElementVisitor.visit(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.etools.ctc.cobol2xsd.typesimport.CobolElementVisitor.acceptItemVisitor(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.etools.ctc.cobol2xsd.typesimport.CobolTypes2XSDCommand.visitTypes(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.etools.ctc.cobol2xsd.typesimport.CobolTypes2XSDCommand.importTypes(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.adapter.typesimport.impl.TypesImportCommand.createResource(Unknown Source)
... 56 more
!SUBENTRY 1 com.ibm.record.writer 4 4 2013-05-08 16:22:06.094
!MESSAGE Error encountered while creating XML schema file DFHCOMMAREA.xsd.
!STACK 1
com.ibm.adapter.framework.BaseException: 99MY-CUSTOMER
at com.ibm.etools.ctc.cobol2xsd.util.PropertyName.getPropertyNameList(Unknown Source)
Resolving The Problem
There are two ways to work around the issue:
- You can use another Generation style e.g. "Default"
- Or you can correct the field in the copy book to begin with non-numeric character,
for example, MY-CUSTOMER99.
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Document Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
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swg21636798