To convert a business object to a COBOL record, the binary host data handler loops through the attributes of the top-level business object definition. It processes the attributes recursively, in the order in which they appear in the top-level business object, writing attribute values as the elements of the COBOL record.
The binary host data handler processes business objects into a COBOL record as follows:
Processing of data involves the additional transformations:
Data Type | Processing |
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ASCII/EDBDIC | As is |
Numeric (General) | As is |
Packed Decimal | Unpack the bytes |
DBCS | Decode using Cp930 |