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IBM Java SDK for z/OS

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 ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS Delivered

All versions of Java need to support keyring names with valid special characters for a mainframe User ID in the user ID part of the keyring name

As far as I am concerned this is a bug fix (but case TS022081335 somehow does not consider it one so I'm covering the bases and doing what they instructed while questioning that position). ALL of our started tasks by policy must contain a # symbol...
4 months ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS Delivered

Allow to correlate JVM SMF Data to a Job and Step to allow analyse SMF 121 in large Batch environments

We need a way to understand which JOB a SMF121 record belongs to, to understand what caused an abnormal behaviour. Therefore a SMF30COR field could be part of the SMF121 record, we would still need to understand what Jobstep is the SMF121 Record f...
over 2 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS Delivered

Request for Java Hold data delivery method to align with current z/OS methodology.

Request to provide holddata that IBM z customers are accustomed to using without having to use a seperate methodology to access the required information.
about 4 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS Delivered

Javadoc for JZOS as JAR or ZIP

Make the javadoc for JZOS available in a method that can be imported into an IDE as a standard part of the Java order and install, such as a zip or JAR.
almost 10 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS Delivered

Detect correctly record format type configured for PDS by a query on the PDS name itself

Currently, zFile query on the record format type of a Partioned Dataset appears to (always) return FB, even when it is configured with Undefined record format (U). When the query is given a dataset member, then it returns correctly. (This issue ma...
over 1 year ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS Delivered

zFile for mvs dataset API to detect if it is archived

When querying an MVS dataset attributes using zFile, starting first with open the dataset or checking if it exists, it the dataset is archived/migrated, it would be automatically recalled. This behavior is matching with ISPF behavior. (I think whe...
over 1 year ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS Delivered

Java 11 IM packages for z/OS

Enable customers to maintain their Java versions using installation manager in the same way that they manage their Liberty versions. Enable customers to use JDK versions that are different from the system installed Java.
over 4 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS Delivered

Provide a Java 8 compiled JZOS jar via Maven central

Recently, a Java 11 compiled version of the JZOS jar has been added to maven central allowing build tools such as Maven and Gradle to add it as a dependency with less friction for projects and developers. Since this jar has been compiled with Java...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS Delivered

JZOS file/stream classes should implement Closeable for try with resources

JZOS file and stream classes, such as ZFile should implement Closeable to support try with resources.
over 5 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS Delivered

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