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COBOL to Service Interface Data Type Matches

Describes which COBOL data types correspond to available Service Interface data types, including SOAP and JSON Web Services, and .NET and Java Interfaces.
Table 1. Comp Fields
COBOL Data Item Interface Field Default Type
Usage Digits Signed SOAP Web Service JSON Web Service Java Interface .NET Interface
comp fields other than comp-1 and comp-2 1-2 Yes byte Integer byte SByte
1-2 No unsignedByte Integer byte Byte
3-4 Yes short Integer short Int16
3-4 No unsignedShort Integer short UInt16
5-9 Yes int Integer int Int32
5-9 No unsignedInt Integer int UInt32
10-18 Yes long Integer long Int64
10-18 No unsignedLong Integer long UInt64
19+ integer Integer BigInteger Decimal
comp-1 float Number float Single
comp-2 double Number double Double
Table 2. Display and External Float Fields
COBOL Data Item Interface Field Default Type
Type Decimal Digits SOAP Web Service Java Interface .NET Interface
Display, External Float 0 integer BigInteger Decimal
>0 decimal BigDecimal Decimal
Table 3. Alphanumeric, Alphanumeric Edited, and Numeric Fields
COBOL Data Item Interface Field Default Type
Type SOAP Web Service JSON Web Service Java Interface .NET Interface
Alphanumeric string string string string
Alphanumeric Edited string string string string
Numeric number
Other numeric; usage display integer
Other non-numeric string
Table 4. Pointer and Index Fields
COBOL Data Item Interface Field Default Type
Type SOAP Web Service JSON Web Service Java Interface .NET Interface
Pointer, Index unsignedLong integer long string
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