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IBM Java SDK for z/OS

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Provide artifact store for IBM Java libraries

IBM Semeru for Z ships with a number of Z specific libraries that can be used to interface with traditional Z subsystems like RACF, or that have useful utilities like the JZOS library. The problem is that, when developing an application to run on ...
7 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Future consideration

shared classes to support .jrt and nested jars

I am using zowe - and it takes a long time to start. (as well as z/osmf) I can see from the shared classes output and the output of -verbose:classes that most files are not found in the shared classes cache. These classes come from nested jars... ...
9 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Support of GCM mode for IBMJCECCA with a key from CKDS

On z/OS we do file encryption with a JAVA framework that must use the IBMJCECCA provider to use a CKDS key. The cipher.update function is not supported in this mode, but it is supported in CBC mode. It is indispensable for encrypting large files F...
5 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Update Post-APPLY ++SHELLSCR to allow use of System Symbols for SYMLINK creatio

The Post-APPLY ++SHELLSCR that are delivered with the z/OS Java FMIDs and every PTF that creates the SYMLINKs for /usr/lpp/java/current... should be updated... It was appropiate back in time when there was only one Java version available: Java 8. ...
11 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Discover the fd of a Java Socket (for C operations), or introduce Java API for such C operation on the Java Socket.

Socket fd is a visible as a holder reference to a socket. In some scenario with Java socket that some operation or check could not be done at Java level/API. For example, our product's requirement to check if the socket (connection) is under an AT...
6 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

ZFile API - include switching user security profile in a thread with a userID provided in the API call

MVS dataset could be configured with a access profile. For a user connection to our server, the functionality to access on dataset and USS file is performed with the connection's user security using pthread_security_np(applid) (dedicated thread or...
6 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

zFile API write-lock on VSAM at record level for high concurrent VSAM write access to different records

Our product (zExplorer server on z/OS) is using VSAM for book-keeping our metadata of dataset ENQ. The VSAM needs to support high level of concurrent of write (and read) access from different users, servers from different sysplex VMs, to different...
6 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add support for HWIREST to JZOS

BCPii is an important z/OS specific API that currently supports several languages but NOT Java. Having this support within JZOS would make java applications relying on HWI communications (such as monitoring applications or system automation tasks)...
over 3 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Handle Abend SB37 by a Java exception instead of ending the JVM !

If an Abend SB37 occurs due to a lack of storage when trying to extend a MVS data set, the JVM is ended wothout a chance for the program to handle the situation.It would be far better to simlpy throw an exception. So Abend handling should be chang...
8 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Enhance IBM JZOS API to throw an exception when a Java application tries to read a corrupted VSAM dataset

As part of an application conversion from Assembler to Java, we've found an issue related to error handling where the JZOS API does not handle well. In our case it is related to accessing a corrupt VSAM file, and we've seen the same outcome when r...
9 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

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