RE: Running in EBCDIC or ASCII

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

So what is the value of osName in the J2EE environment?

Gary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:java400-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lim Hock-Chai
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 2:21 PM
> To: java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Running in EBCDIC or ASCII
>
> I'm encountering a strange problem here.  Below is a <clip> of my code
> in a java class:
>
> <clip>
>    String str;
>    String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
>    if (osName.equals("OS/400")) {
>      str = bao.toString("Cp037");
>    }
>    else
>    {
>      str = bao.toString();
>    }
> </clip>
>
>
> For some reasons, if this class is instantiate from RPG program, it
> works correctly (Str variable will contain readable context).  But if
> this class is instantiate from a EJB application, that is running on an
> iseries, the str variable will contain non-readable text.  It is
> obviously caused by bao is in EBCDIC format when running in RPG but it
> is in ASCII format when running from EJB.
>
> Any idea how I can resolve this issue?
>
> Below is the complete code of the class:
> package com.arch.boss.util;
>
> import java.io.InputStream;
> import java.io.OutputStream;
> import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
> import java.util.List;
> import java.util.Arrays;
> import com.arch.boss.log.Log;
>
> class StreamGobbler extends Thread
> {
>     InputStream is = null;
>     ByteArrayOutputStream bao = null;
>     List<String> listString = null;
>
>     StreamGobbler(InputStream is, OutputStream os)
>     {
>         this.is = is;
>         this.bao = (ByteArrayOutputStream) os;
>     }
>
>     StreamGobbler(InputStream is, List<String> listString)
>     {
>         this.is = is;
>         this.bao = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
>         this.listString = listString;
>     }
>
>     public void run()
>     {
>         try {
>
>         	// read the inputStream and place the result in the
> outputStream
> 		    int result = is.read();
> 		    while(result != -1) {
> 		    	byte b = (byte)result;
> 		    	bao.write(b);
> 		    	result = is.read();
> 		    }
>
> 		    is.close();
>
> 		    // if caller wants it in List String format, convert
>
> 		    // the bytearray into stream
> 		    if (listString != null) {
> 			    String str;
> 			    String osName =
> System.getProperty("os.name");
> 			    if (osName.equals("OS/400")) {
> 	                Log.category.debug( "StreamGobbler(Before): " +
> bao.toString());
> 			    	str = bao.toString("Cp037");
> 	                Log.category.debug( "StreamGobbler(After): " +
> bao.toString());
> 			    }
> 			    else
> 			    {
> 	                Log.category.debug( "StreamGobbler: " +
> bao.toString());
> 			    	str = bao.toString();
> 			    }
>
> listString.addAll(Arrays.asList(str.split("\n")));
> 		    }
>
> 		}
> 		catch (Exception ex) {
>             Log.category.debug("Error Occured When attempting to get ssh
> Key --", ex);
>         }
>     }
> }
> --