z/OS Assembler - 1.0

Compatibility:

What's new? Release Notes

ID: com.castsoftware.asmzos

Description

The extension provides support for applications written using z/OS Assembler Languages. Furthermore, extension dependencies to com.castsoftware.sqlanalyzer ensure links between z/OS Assembler and SQL objects.

Download and installation instructions

The extension will be automatically downloaded and installed when any of the file types listed below are delivered in the source code. It can be managed through the Application → Extensions interface.

Supported file types

Code type	Supported file extension	Required?
Assembler	`*.asm`	✅
Assembler Macros	`.asmacro`, `.mlc`	✅

Transactions

Transaction support is derived from metamodel concepts used to build CAST Imaging Blueprint and structural transaction flows. Entry Points start transactions; Exit Points include both output/boundary concepts and Data Entities manipulated by transactions.

Role	Support	Breakdown
Entry Point		No direct concept type details
Exit Point		Run Service Procedure Unresolved Storage Data Query Data Entities SQL Table - Unresolved

Data version: 1.0.0-funcrel

ISO 5055 Structural Rules

Quality support is based on ISO 5055 structural rules available for the selected extension version.

Reliability	Maintainability	Security	Performance Efficiency

Data version: 1.0.0-funcrel

What results can you expect?

Objects

Type	Object Name	Comment
	ZOS Assembler Program	Standard Program declaration
	ZOS Assembler Call to Generic Program	Created when a call to a program is not resolved or an external program
	ZOS Assembler Macro	Standard Macro declaration
	ZOS Assembler SQL Query	An object is created when we encounter EXEC SQL statement
	Missing Schema	Parent of the missing tables and procedures, attached to the Assembler ZOS Project.
	Missing Table	A table or a view selected/updated/deleted/inserted in an Assembler ZOS Query missing from the DDL file.
	Missing Procedure	A procedure or a function called in an Assembler ZOS Query missing from the DDL file.

Links

Links between Assembler Program objects and call to Program objects which can be linked to other Assembler Program objects or external Program objects or other languages Program objects like COBOL, PL/I, C, etc.:

The above result are produced based on the following code snippet ( CALLPROC statement) present in file SCLM501C.asm:

        ...
               CALLPROC CALLIOSS      CALL CALLIOSS FOR ALL OTHB08438A  00384000         ...
        ...

Links between Assembler Program objects and SQL Query objects:

The above result are produced based on the following code snippet ( EXEC SQL statement) present in file SCLM501C.asm:

        ...
         EXEC SQL                                                      X        
               SELECT                                                  X        
               ORDR_ID,                                                X        
               COUNT(*)                                                X        
               INTO                                                    X        
               :DL51C001,                                              X        
               :DL51CF02                                               X        
               FROM LM_ELEC_PAYMNT_PLCY                                X        
               WHERE (                                                 X        
               ORDR_ID            = :DL51C001                          X        
                     )                                                 X        
               GROUP BY                                                X        
               ORDR_ID                                                          
         QDBXX5RE
         ...