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    Add an isNumeric() test to record classes

    There currently is no straightformat way for generated record classes to check whether a byte pattern contains valid numeric data (in the sense of the COBOL "IS NUMERIC" test). However, this is often needed: Since COBOL does not really have the no...
    about 6 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Future consideration

    Support for facelets

    Facelets are the official view technology for JSF 2.0. Facelets are already supported in the "sibling product" Rational Application Developer 8, but the newest JSF standard supported in Rational Business Developer is JSF 1.2.
    over 13 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 2 Not under consideration

    Addition of Mainframe Character Set (CP1027) in JDK 11

    IBM Java 6 which comes along with WebSphere 7 is having support for character set: CP1027. But In Java 8 or 11 this character set support is not there. When Java 11 is used to connect Mainframe zOS DB2, sometimes its failing with the following exc...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

    Enable multiple EGL default target system build descriptors

    In the EGL file Properties, in the group EGL Default Build Descriptors, allow multiple build descriptors in the settings Target system build descriptors, when selecting Specify default build descriptor values for this resource.
    over 7 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 4 Not under consideration

    Fix IBM JRE class redinition/retransformation

    internal JTC Requirement (94991): The requirement is to 'Allow unloading ofall redefined classes except for the original (will be intermixed in theRAM/ROM segments with other classes) and the current'.Development team has agreed to analyse the fea...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

    Display called programs in debug

    A window/view to display all called programs, functions during a debug session including programs loaded from eglar files.The function should be interactive, i.e. show progress as the debug session is running.The requested option is implementing t...
    over 12 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 3 Not under consideration

    Enhance JVM Keystore resiliency if bad certificate encountered

    Today, a JVM that utilizes SSL will earmark a keystore/keyring as invalid if any certificate within the keystore/keyring is missing a private key, regardless of it other certificates are valid and the problematic certificate is not even used withi...
    over 9 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 2 Future consideration

    As a EGL RUI designer I want to resize forms by mouse drag

    In order to increase usability of EGL RUI designer it is desirable to be able to change the size of fields and forms on the canvas by dragging eh edge of the field with the mouse. Currently, field size can only be controlled via field properties.
    about 15 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 6 Not under consideration

    Connecting to PostgreSQL-database

    Currently, RBD only supports database connections to DB2, Derby, Informix, Oracle and SQL Server. Other database providers (which also have JDBC-drivers) are not supported. We want to be able to connect to a PostgreSQL-database.
    over 6 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 1 Not under consideration

    Remove synchronized from java.security.SecureRandom.nextBytes(byte[] bytes) to improve performance.

    java.security.SecureRandom.nextBytes(byte[] bytes) is synchronized in IBM JDK 1.8.0 version which is causing performance issue as causing other threads to wait for the lock. Oracle and OpenJDK has removed synchronized from java.security.SecureRand...
    over 7 years ago in IBM Java SDK for z/OS 1 Future consideration

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