RE: Passing a data structure as a byte array

["Gary L Peskin" <garyp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe --

I'm not sure you need to use zoned decimal.  The xxA in the prototype just
tells RPG that this should be passed as a byte array.  I think that once the
compiler sees that the actual argument is a data structure, it will just
pass that as a byte array.  I haven't tried this so I could be wrong but it
might be worth a shot.

Please let us know.

Thanks,
Gary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 8:39 AM
> To: 'Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400'
> Subject: RE: Passing a data structure as a byte array
> 
> > From: Gary L Peskin
> > 
> > Can't you just define the prototype using xxA or where xx is the
> length of
> > the data structure?
> > 
> > I think the compiler will handle the conversion for you.
> 
> I'm not 100% sure about this, Gary, but I'll look into it.  
> The issue arose because I thought I might need to pass 
> unconverted data, but as it turns out, through the judicious 
> use of zoned decimal fields I can probably send the whole 
> data structure as a string as you suggest.
> 
> Joe