USERdata object

z/TPFCS often stores the data elements in a collection in USERdata objects. USERdata objects are embedded in other objects that z/TPFCS uses in its internal representation of the collection.

A USERdata object only inherits from the OBJECT class. This means that it only contains a standard object header followed immediately by the actual user data, which is the data element itself.
Figure 1. USERdata object