Object Creation

The syntax of a standard Java object creation statement is:

[ObjectType] ObjectName = new classname [(parameters)];

The equivalent COBOL syntax is:

SET ObjectName TO logical-class-name:>new [(parameters)]

Where:

•	ObjectName is the name of the instance created by the “new” method. In Java programs, the ObjectName is implicitly defined, while COBOL programs must define it in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION as follows:

77 ObjectName OBJECT REFERENCE logical-class-name.

•	logical-class-name is the logical name specified in the REPOSITORY paragraph.

For example, the statement in Java:

BufferedReader bf = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(uc.getInputStream()));

is translated to COBOL as:

CONFIGURATION SECTION. REPOSITORY.    class jBufferedReader  as "java.io.BufferedReader".   WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77  bf   object reference jBufferedReader.   PROCEDURE DIVISION. set bf to      jBufferedReader:>new(jInputStreamReader:>new(uc:>getInputStream())).