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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM Developer for z/OS
Categories Enterprise Service Tools
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 21, 2010

RELATED IDEAS

Using DFHWS2LS Variable?names?in?the?generated?PL/I?&?COBOL?code?is?unnecessary?added?a number?.

The?customer?is?not?quite?happy?with?the?way?DFHWS2LS?builds???????????
declarations?especially?with?the?result?if?WS2LS?is?re-run?after?any????
changes(adds)?to?the?WSDL?were?made.????????????????????????????????????
-???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
When?there?are?new?fields?added?with?a?'Type'?which?was?????????????????
already?used?for?other?elements,?WS2LS?builds?for?each?element??????????
a?subfield?according?the?type?definitions.?WS2LS?makes?these?subfields??
unique?by?adding?a?number.??????????????????????????????????????????????
After?a?re-run?it?may?happen?that?most?of?fields??were?changed??????????
which?means?that?there?is?huge?amount?of?rework?required.?


ISSUE 1
The following example shows that the numbering mechanism used for the generated data structures has some very serious consequences.

PROBLEM:
Variable names in the generated PL/I / COBOL code is unnecessary added a number where it is not necessary for unique identification of the fields.

CONSEQUENCES:

It is not possible to reuse the program code that is written to map from the generated PL/I or Cobol code to a corresponding PL/I or Cobol Com Area.
When ?small changes in the XML Schema are introduced (like inserting an element) then
Need for refactoring/rewriting greater parts of the mapping code can occur
Great risk of introducing errors in the mapping code can occur. Furthermore these errors are very hard to find.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Developer for System z

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Developer for System z

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 10, 2011

    RDz is functionally dependent on CICS to satisfy this request. At this time CICS does not have this item planned. We will work with CICS to bring the item into plan and address but cannot commit to deliver in the next 2 years at this time. Thanks.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 23, 2010

    This RFE's Headline was changed after submission to reflect the headline of an internal request we were already considering, but will now track here.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 21, 2010

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