CobolToJson Files

Cobol To Xml 0.93.1

This project will convert a Cobol Data File to/from a Json file. The project offers both a batch and java/JVM interface. This project grew out of the JRecord project.

Downloads

• CobolToJson_0.93.1.zip

Usage

 ../lib/Cobol2Json.bat     -cobol G:/Users/BruceTst01/RecordEditor_HSQL/CopyBook/Cobol/DTAR020.cbl ^
                           -fileOrganisation FixedWidth ^
                           -font cp037 ^
                       -input  G:/Users/BruceTst01/RecordEditor_HSQL/SampleFiles/DTAR020.bin   ^
                       -output out/DTAR020.bin.json

or in java

  Cobol2Json.newCobol2Json(Cbl2JsonCode.getFullName("cobol/amsPoDownload.cbl"))
              .setFileOrganization(Constants.IO_BIN_TEXT)
              .setSplitCopybook(CopybookLoader.SPLIT_01_LEVEL)
              .setTagFormat(IReformatFieldNames.RO_UNDERSCORE)

                 .setRecordSelection("PO-Record", Cobol2Json.newFieldSelection("Record-Type","H1"))
                 .setRecordSelection("Product-Record", Cobol2Json.newFieldSelection("Record-Type","D1"))
                 .setRecordSelection("Location-Record", Cobol2Json.newFieldSelection("Record-Type","S1"))

              .cobol2json("Ams_PODownload_20041231.txt",
                          "G:/Temp/amsPoDownload_records.json");

To Convert a json file to Cobol

  Cobol2Json.newCobol2Json(Cbl2JsonCode.getFullName("DTAR020.cbl"))
              .setFont("cp037")
              .setFileOrganization(Constants.IO_FIXED_LENGTH)
              .setSplitCopybook(CopybookLoader.SPLIT_NONE)

              .jsonArrayToCobolFile(
                        "G:/Temp/DTAR020_tst1_normal.json",
                        "G:/Temp/DTAR020_tst1_normal_json.bin");

Generating Code Gen Script / java program

The RecordEditor can generate CodeGen Script / programs from a Cobol Copybook and Sample file. The RecordEditor will analyse the fiule and try and determine the appropriate attributes.

See Wiki Description for more details.

Changes

Version 0.93.1

• Adding option for
  • Suppressing Cobol Fields / Groups
  • Selecting which redefine Field / Group to print
  • Formatting fields
• Adding option to write a JSON schema for the Generated json
• Adding option to write a a sample json file
• Add option to flatten the structure

Version 0.90.4

• Use JRecord 0.90.4 and latest cb2xml.
• Add option to convert Json to Cobol Data file or Cobol Byte array.

Version 0.81.5

• Moved from JRecord
• Includes the latest JRecord