read

Reads a JSON stream or file and puts its content in the data item associated with the JSONStream object.

General format

void read ( Json-Source )

Syntax rules

1.	Json-Source can be either a Data Item or a Nonnumeric Literal.

General rules

1.	Json-Source refers to a regular disk file.

2.	When the read method is invoked, the whole content of Json-Source is read and the data item associated with the JSONStream object is updated.

 

NOTE - If the number of occurrences of a JSON field is not known at the time the program is written, specifying the DYNAMIC phrase of the OCCURS clause in the data item associated with the JSONStream object is recommended.

Code example

... configuration section. repository.      class jsonStream  as "com.iscobol.rts.JSONStream"     . ... working-storage section. ... 77 objJsonStream object reference jsonStream. ... procedure division. ... objJsonStream:>read("Sample.json") ...