We expect that COBOL low-value(X'00') should be converted to xsi:nil="true" attribute on an XML element by XML Converter.

We'd like to request you to implement new function of COBOL XML converter generated by RDz V7.6.1.
We expect that XML converter will set the XML attribute xsi:nil="true" and not set any data, if the following conditions meet.

(1)The conversion direction is COBOL data field to XML element.
(2)The source COBOL data field is character type ( PIC X, PIC G, PIC N ).
(3)The target XML element has xsi:nillable="true" attribute.
(4)The COBOL data field is filled with 0x00 (low-value) at conversion.

Here is our expected conversion examples.

Example 1
X'00000000' for a PIC X(4) would be converted to <ns:.... xmlns:xsi=.... xsi:nil="true"/> for an XML element.

Example 2
X'00000000' for a PIC G(2) or PIC N(2) would be converted to <ns:.... xmlns:xsi=.... xsi:nil="true"/> for an XML element.

Example 3
X'0000000E' for a PIC X(4) would be converted to spaces, because the source value contains illegal character (0X0E) in XML 1.0, and it's not filled with low-value.

Example 4
X'0000000E' for a PIC G(2) or PIC N(2) would be converted to spaces, because the source value contains illegal character (0X000E) in XML 1.0, and it's not filled with low-value.

Example 5
The character "ABCD" for a PIC X(4) would be converted to <xxxx>ABCD</xxxx> just as same as current XML converter function.

The conversion would be done from EBCDIC to UTF-8. This request is related to PMR :61624.6x8.760 and STSC inquiry number:61624/61649/61823