Determines how group parameters passed BY VALUE to a method or parameterized section are exposed within
JVM COBOL programs.
Restriction: This directive is supported for
JVM COBOL, but not native COBOL.
Syntax:
>>---ILEXPOSEGROUP"option"---------><
Parameters:
The permissible values for
option are:
- STRING
- Groups are exposed as string objects.
- BYTEARRAY
- Groups are exposed as byte arrays.
Properties:
| Default:
|
ILEXPOSEGROUP"STRING"
|
| IDE equivalent:
|
None.
|
Comments:
Exposing groups as byte arrays can produce more performant code and avoid conversion errors if the group contains characters
that should not be handled as part of a string (such as binary numbers).