Re: How to protoype Java constants in RPG

[Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Upshall wrote:
> 
> I want to define a String constant in this case.  Doesn't that need to
> be some type of java object.  Right now I define 2 vars, one of type c
> and one of type o java String, I then use the String constructor to
> initialize the java var with the constant as the parm to the String
> constructor.
> 
> I am just wondering if there is a clean/more compact way of doing this.
> 

Robert, RPG doesn't have support for direct access of any Java
variables, constant or not.

The technique you're using requires you to define the string value "This
is the string" in both your Java and RPG code, right?  That seems error
prone.

You could add a getString1 method to your class that would return your
String constant.  Or, you could use direct JNI calls to get at the
constant.  The ILE RPG Programmer's Guide has an example near the end of
the "RPG and Java" section.