COBOL data item mapping to Java structures

COBOL data items map to different Java™ structures depending on the level of the data item and the level at which it is defined.

Group items and data items
Group items in a COBOL copybook map to Java classes. Data items map to different Java structures, depending on the level of the data item and the level at which they are defined.
Top-level data items
The COBOL importer handles top-level data items differently to lower-level data items.

Parent topic: Guidelines for COBOL XOM generation