Black Hill Software z/OS Utilities 1.6.1 API

This module provides functions useful for Java programs on z/OS.

Maven Dependency

Define the Black Hill Software repository and add the dependency to your POM:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>black-hill-software</id>
        <name>Black Hill Software Repository</name>
        <url>https://repository.blackhillsoftware.com/public</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>
        
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.blackhillsoftware.zutil</groupId>
        <artifactId>bhs-zutil</artifactId>
        <version>1.6.1</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

com.blackhillsoftware.zutil.io

This package provides:

• RecordReader and RecordWriter

  Wrappers for the IBM JZOS RecordReader and RecordWriter classes, implementing the Closeable interface so that RecordReader and RecordWriter can be used in a try-with-resources block.

• TextRecordReader and TextRecordWriter

  Classes for reading and writing EBCDIC text records in z/OS datasets.

  TextRecordReader extends RecordReader and provides methods:

  • TextRecordReader.readLine() - read a line (record) as a String
  • TextRecordReader.readAllLines() - read all lines from the dataset as a List of Strings

  TextRecordWriter extends RecordWriter and provides methods:

  • TextRecordWriter.writeLine(java.lang.String) - write a String to a dataset. Options can be set to control whether long lines wrap to the next record, or cause an exception.

com.blackhillsoftware.zutil.mvs

This package provides:

• CommandHandler

  Provides an implementation of the JZOS MvsCommandCallback interface to allow multiple command handling functions to be set up, from multiple classes.

Modules

Module	Description
com.blackhillsoftware.zutil