Handling of Numeric-Edited and External Floating-Point Items

Numeric-edited and external floating-point items in COBOL are numeric items that are represented as formatted text, which is formed according to the PICTURE clause editing rules. You can select the processing type to apply using @parseNumeric annotation.

  • When @parseNumeric is used, the connector represents the item as a JSON number and converts to and from the underlying edited representation. Your flow uses algebraic values that are independent of specific editing applied by COBOL. During parsing, irregularities of the edited data cause an error.
  • If @parseNumeric is not specified, the data is represented as JSON string. During parsing, the connector does not perform any editing-related validation.