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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS Connect
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 25, 2023

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Update LS2JS code to allow for a string of type json

Update the LS2JS conversion app to include a String type of "json" that would allow for the passing of a JSON payload without transformation and without the addition of quotes.

"type":"string", "format":"json"

for example the outbound z/OS Connect API Requestor COBOL application could create a json structure internally and place that into a string variable.  That json string defined as format "json" could then be passed thru z/OS Connect without the addition of quotes unlike normal strings.  Take the json text and write it into the output stream with no additional characters added.

For example a program could be written to use BAQCSTUB to pass a message with a common header but a variable json "body" variable.  This is not currently possible as all json fields must be pre-defined.  The COBOL program could string together different messages using logic and containers then pass that json as the body of the generic json variable.

This would allow for the use of z/OS Connect to control urimaps and security but add the flexibility of adjusting the contents of json messages as can be done in other languages.

"body": 

{ "type": "String",

"format": "json"

}

Idea priority Medium
  • Admin
    Demelza Farrer
    Reply
    |     Jun 8, 2023

    This requirement has been evaluated. Looking at current plans, it is not likely that
    this would be implemented in future zOS Connect releases, so correspondingly
    this requirement is being rejected. You have an opportunity to resubmit in twelve
    months time if you wish it to be considered then.

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