Micro Focus XDBC includes the
vortex.jar file, which enables a Java client application to connect to your COBOL database. The general Java-specific steps and requirements
involved in connecting to your COBOL database include the following:
- A Java source file that uses the
DriverManager.getConnection method to initiate a COBOL database connection
- String URL within the Java source file that includes the appropriate connection syntax
- Java source file compiled using Java 1.5 or later
- The path of
vortex.jar specified in the CLASSPATH of the Java application you wish to run