You can process XML input in a COBOL program by using the XML PARSE statement.
The XML PARSE statement is the COBOL language interface to the high-speed XML parser that is part of the COBOL run time.
Processing XML input involves passing control between the XML parser and a processing procedure in which you handle parser events.
Use the following COBOL facilities to process XML input:
related concepts
XML parser in COBOL
related tasks
Accessing XML documents
Parsing XML documents
Handling XML PARSE exceptions
Terminating XML parsing
related references
The encoding of XML documents
XML reference material
Extensible Markup Language (XML)