IBM Version 4 manual Cobol APIs, ILE CEE APIs

Development Manager feature does not need to be installed on your sy to use these APIs.

The Application Development Manager APIs are:

Ÿ Get Space Status

ŸRead Build Information

Ÿ Set Space Status

ŸWrite Build Information

The Get and Set Status APIs are used to query and initialize the space that is to contain the Application Development Manager information. Write and Read Build Information APIs are used to write or read information to and from the space.

COBOL APIs

These APIs let you control run units and error handling.

Integrated Language Environment

(ILE)

CEE

APIs

The

Integrated

Language Environment (ILE) architecture

on

the

OS/400

ope

system

provides

a

set

of

bindable APIs known as ILE

CEE

APIs. In

some

they provide additional function beyond that provided

by

a

specific

guage. For example, not all high-level languages (HLL) offer intrinsic me

manipulate dynamic

storage. In

these cases,

you can

supplement

an

HLL

by using appropriate ILE CEE APIs. If your HLL provides the same fu

particular

ILE CEE

API,

use

the HLL-specific one.

The

ILE

CEE

APIs

are useful

for mixed-language applications

because

t

HLL

independent. For

example,

if you use only condition

management

ILE

APIs with a mixed-language application, you will have uniform condition

semantics for that application. This uniformity can make

condition

manage

easier

than when

using

multiple

HLL-specific

condition handling

models.

The ILE CEE APIs provide a wide-range of functions including:

Activation group and control flow management

Storage management

Condition management

Message services

Source debugger

Date and time manipulation

Math functions

Call management

Operational descriptor access

Naming Conventions of			the	ILE CEE APIs
Most ILE CEE APIs are				available	to	any	HLL	that ILE	supports. Naming co
ventions	of	the	ILE	CEE APIs are as follows:
Ÿ Bindable		API	names	starting	with	CEE	are	intended	to be consistent
IBM	SAA	systems.

ŸBindable API names starting with CEE4 are specific to AS/400.

Chapter 8. Use of OS/400 8APIs-7