LegStar cobcgen generates cobol source with data descriptions. Such source can then be used as regular cobol copybooks in a cobol program.
The cobol data descriptions are derived from JAXB annotated classes such as the ones produced by COBOL Binding Generator.
The cobol data description have the same morphology as the JAXB class properties. This means that order and depth are driven by the JAXB annotated properties.
Cobcgen is typically used when host programs need to consume remote web services or pure java objects (POJOs). In this use-case, Cobcgen will generate the cobol copybooks needed to describe the request and response parameters.
Cobcgen is an ant task which takes as input a set of annotated JAXB classes.
For instructions on how to install follow this link.
