Many managed COBOL types have a strict correspondence with managed types in other languages, such as binary-long and float-short. For those that don't have a correspondence, there are alternatives.
The following table lists the correspondence between managed COBOL types and classes and types in other managed languages.
| Managed COBOL
|
.NET class
|
JVM type
|
C# type
|
Description
|
| Integer types:
|
| binary-char
|
System.SByte
|
byte
|
sbyte
|
An 8-bit signed integer
Not CLS-compliant
|
| binary-char unsigned
|
System.Byte
|
|
byte
|
An 8-bit unsigned integer
|
| binary-short
|
System.Int16
|
short
|
short
|
A 16-bit unsigned integer
Not CLS-compliant
|
| binary-short unsigned
|
System.UInt16
|
|
ushort
|
A 16-bit signed integer
|
| binary-long
|
System.Int32
|
int
|
int
|
A 32-bit signed integer
|
| binary-long unsigned
|
System.UInt32
|
|
uint
|
A 32-bit unsigned integer
Not CLS-compliant.
|
| binary-double
|
System.Int64
|
long
|
long
|
A 64-bit signed integer
|
| binary-double unsigned
|
System.UInt64
|
|
ulong
|
A 64-bit unsigned integer
Not CLS-compliant
|
| Floating point types:
|
| float-short
|
System.Single
|
float
|
float
|
A single-precision (32-bit) floating-point number
|
| float-long
|
System.Double
|
double
|
double
|
A double-precision (64-bit) floating-point number
|
| Logical Types:
|
| condition-value
|
System.Boolean
|
boolean
|
bool
|
A boolean value (true or false)
|
| Other types:
|
|
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|
System.Char
|
char
|
char
|
A unicode (16-bit) character
|
|
object reference
sys-Decimal *
|
System.Decimal
|
|
decimal
|
A 96-bit decimal value
|
|
object reference
sys-IntPtr *
|
System.IntPtr
|
|
|
A signed integer whose size depends on the underlying platform (a 32-bit value on a 32-bit platform and a 64-bit value on a 64-bit platform)
|
|
object reference
sys-UIntPtr *
|
System.UIntPtr
|
|
|
An unsigned integer whose size depends on the underlying platform (a 32- bit value on a 32-bit platform and a 64-bit value on a 64-bit platform)
Not CLS-compliant
|
| Class objects:
|
|
object reference
|
System.Object
|
java.lang.Object
|
object
|
The root of the object hierarchy
|
|
object reference
sys-String *
|
System.String
|
java.lang.String
|
string
|
An immutable, fixed-length string of Unicode characters
|
Where
sys-decimal, sys-IntPtr, sys-UIntPtr, sys-Object and sysString are names that you choose, and where the code defines these as follows:
repository .
class sys-decimal as "System.Decimal"
class sys-IntPtr as "System.IntPtr"
class sys-UIntPtr as "System.UIntPtr"
class sys-Object as "System.Object"
class sys-String as "System.String"
.
