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Workspace IBM Rational Business Developer
Categories EGL Language
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 3, 2010

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Map EGL BasicRecords to java byte arrays when calling ExternalType functions.

Provide a way to pass EGL structured records to java when calling External Type functions.
EGL BasicRecords should be mapped to java byte arrays (or java.nio.ByteBuffer instances wrapping them)

JavaLib.invoke supports passing basicRecords as parameters (and maps them to java byte arrays).
We need the same kind of support when calling External Type functions.
We need to pass EGL records as parameters to java methods as wel as return them to EGL from java.
Preferably , EGL BasicRecords should be passed to java by reference

The main reasons we want to use external types instead of javaLib.invoke().
- External Types give much cleaner EGL code
- Accessing Java through ExternalTypes is a lot faster
- JavaLib.invoke is actually maintained for compatibility only (or, as the EGL help on Java access functions put it: 'The Java? access functions are EGL system functions that you use to access local Java objects and classes through your Java code. Specifically, these functions access the public methods, constructors, and fields of the local code. These are older functions that EGL maintains for compatibility with earlier versions. For new code, use the more powerful ExternalType syntax'

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 - Business Developer

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

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 28, 2011

    This feature is now available in fix pack 8.0.1.2

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 22, 2011

    This enhancement is now in plan for delivery in a V8 fix pack.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 9, 2010

    We agree with this requirement. It will be considered as a candidate for our next release of RBD.

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