In this release you can compile COBOL applications to JVM byte code (.class files) so that they can be run on a JVM. There is support in the IDE to edit, compile and debug JVM COBOL applications. This release includes
Managed COBOL - COBOL with extensions to support the JVM framework plus OO syntax support.
Features include support for
- New managed COBOL syntax:
- The SYNC statement, which marks a statement block as a critical section by obtaining the mutual-exclusion lock for a given object, executing a block of statements, and then releasing the lock.
- Extension methods, enabling you to extend an existing class with new methods without the need to recompile the existing class
- Java style inner classes, which define a nested class within another class. These follow all the methods belonging to the containing class.
- The STATIC keyword, enabling you to mark methods and data as static.
- Enumerators, which represent a list of constant values. You can declare an enum type that defines the values and symbolic names for them, and refer to the values by name in your code.
- Seamless interoperation between JVM COBOL and native COBOL
- The ability to add Java projects to the classpath for COBOL JVM projects, and COBOL JVM projects to the classpath for Java projects
- Red Hat, AIX and SUSE platforms
