RES is a pure Java based Open Source Cobol to Java translator. It creates maintainable Java code for a subset of VS Cobol syntax. It has been developed with JDK, JTB and Javacc.

Features

  • VS Cobol II and additions parsed.
  • Translated Java code can be run directly or refactored on IDE easily.
  • Options to put Cobol statements in comments in Java.
  • Essential EXEC SQL support.
  • And more coming...

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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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  • Does this tool support converting COBOL copybooks too to Java. I tried executing this tool on some of the copybooks (.CPY files) present in cobol folder and it seems to be expecting Identification division in copybook too? Any workaround for this? C:\RES>java -jar RES.jar cobol\KP005.CPY RES Cobol 2 Java alpha1.9(08/05/2010) - COPYRIGHT 2009 C:\RES\cobol\KP005.CPY Parsing Cobol started for: C:\RES\cobol\KP005.CPY com.res.cobol.parser.ParseException: Encountered " "move" "MOVE "" at line 0, column 12. Was expecting one of: <EOF> "identification" ... at com.res.cobol.parser.CobolParser.generateParseException(CobolParser.java:51349) at com.res.cobol.parser.CobolParser.jj_consume_token(CobolParser.java:51170) at com.res.cobol.parser.CobolParser.CompilationUnit(CobolParser.java:2968) at com.res.cobol.Main.parse(Main.java:205) at com.res.cobol.Main.execute(Main.java:148) at com.res.cobol.Main.main(Main.java:73) java.lang.NullPointerException at com.res.cobol.Main.translate(Main.java:228) at com.res.cobol.Main.execute(Main.java:152) at com.res.cobol.Main.main(Main.java:73) Done in 0s. C:\RES>java -jar RES.jar cobol\MONEYP.CPY RES Cobol 2 Java alpha1.9(08/05/2010) - COPYRIGHT 2009 C:\RES\cobol\MONEYP.CPY Parsing Cobol started for: C:\RES\cobol\MONEYP.CPY com.res.cobol.parser.ParseException: Encountered " <COBOL_WORD> "005000-MONEY "" at line 23, column 8. Was expecting one of: <EOF> "identification" ... at com.res.cobol.parser.CobolParser.generateParseException(CobolParser.java:51349) at com.res.cobol.parser.CobolParser.jj_consume_token(CobolParser.java:51170) at com.res.cobol.parser.CobolParser.CompilationUnit(CobolParser.java:2968) at com.res.cobol.Main.parse(Main.java:205) at com.res.cobol.Main.execute(Main.java:148) at com.res.cobol.Main.main(Main.java:73) java.lang.NullPointerException at com.res.cobol.Main.translate(Main.java:228) at com.res.cobol.Main.execute(Main.java:152) at com.res.cobol.Main.main(Main.java:73) Done in 0s.
  • Dear Author: I have a question: COBOL Fragment: 01 SECLINK-TABLE-POINTER PIC S9(8) COMP VALUE +0. 01 SECLINK-TABLE-PTR REDEFINES SECLINK-TABLE-POINTER USAGE IS POINTER. 01 SECLINK-BR-TABLE-POINTER PIC S9(8) COMP VALUE +0. 01 SECLINK-BR-TABLE-PTR REDEFINES SECLINK-BR-TABLE-POINTER USAGE IS POINTER. 01 SECLINK-RR-TABLE-POINTER PIC S9(8) COMP VALUE +0. 01 SECLINK-RR-TABLE-PTR REDEFINES SECLINK-RR-TABLE-POINTER USAGE IS POINTER. RES Exception: SECLINK-BR-TABLE-POINTER java.util.EmptyStackException at java.util.Stack.peek(Unknown Source) at java.util.Stack.pop(Unknown Source) at com.res.java.translation.engine.CalculateSymbolLength.calculateElemen tLength(CalculateSymbolLength.java:397) at com.res.java.translation.engine.CalculateSymbolLength.visit01Element( CalculateSymbolLength.java:184) at com.res.java.translation.symbol.SymbolTable.visit(SymbolTable.java:36 0) at com.res.java.translation.symbol.SymbolTable.visit(SymbolTable.java:38 6) at com.res.java.translation.engine.CalculateSymbolLength.calculateGroupL ength(CalculateSymbolLength.java:265) at com.res.java.translation.engine.CalculateSymbolLength.visitInnerGroup (CalculateSymbolLength.java:214) at com.res.java.translation.symbol.SymbolTable.visit(SymbolTable.java:36 9) at com.res.java.translation.engine.CobolFillTable.visit(CobolFillTable.j ava:426) at com.res.cobol.syntaxtree.ProcedureDivision.accept(ProcedureDivision.j ava:39) at com.res.cobol.visitor.DepthFirstVisitor.visit(DepthFirstVisitor.java: 30) at com.res.cobol.syntaxtree.NodeOptional.accept(NodeOptional.java:27) at com.res.java.translation.engine.CobolFillTable.visit(CobolFillTable.j ava:142) at com.res.cobol.syntaxtree.ProgramUnit.accept(ProgramUnit.java:35) at com.res.cobol.visitor.DepthFirstVisitor.visit(DepthFirstVisitor.java: 35) at com.res.cobol.syntaxtree.NodeSequence.accept(NodeSequence.java:32) at com.res.cobol.visitor.DepthFirstVisitor.visit(DepthFirstVisitor.java: 25) at com.res.cobol.syntaxtree.NodeListOptional.accept(NodeListOptional.jav a:32) at com.res.cobol.visitor.DepthFirstVisitor.visit(DepthFirstVisitor.java: 603) at com.res.java.translation.engine.CobolFillTable.visit(CobolFillTable.j ava:77) at com.res.cobol.syntaxtree.CompilationUnit.accept(CompilationUnit.java: 34) at com.res.cobol.Main.translate(Main.java:228) at com.res.cobol.Main.execute(Main.java:152) at com.res.cobol.Main.main(Main.java:73) Can the RES surport COBOL POINTER in fact, i am familiar with Java and not familiar with COBOL. I donot know COBOL code wrong or RES code wrong. Best Regards kenny fang YFang@insigmaus.com
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Windows

Intended Audience

Information Technology, Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop, Other Audience

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

COBOL, Java

Related Categories

COBOL Compilers, COBOL Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Software, COBOL Cross Compilers, Java Compilers, Java Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Software, Java Cross Compilers

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2009-08-07