Object-oriented syntax, and Java 5 or Java 6 SDKs

The COBOL for Windows® Programming Guide, Version 7.5 states in the section entitled "Running OO applications" that the releases of Java™ that are supported for running object-oriented COBOL applications are the "IBM® 32-bit SDK for Windows, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 1.3.1 or later."

In Rational® Developer for System z® Version 7.6, however, COBOL applications that use object-oriented syntax for Java interoperability are supported with Java SDK 1.4.2 and above.

To run these existing applications using Java 5 or Java 6, customers can do these steps:

Recompile and relink the applications using the current version of COBOL for Windows.
Recompile the generated Java class that is associated with each object-oriented COBOL class using the javac command from Java 5 or Java 6.

The COBOL for Windows Programming Guide content will be replaced at a future release to indicate these changes.