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watsonx Code Assistant for Z

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(Automatic) Test generation from COBOL code

e.g. generation of test cases out of COBOL code for full reliability
5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 1 Needs more information

Explainability of generated Java code

it's crucial to understand the rationale behind the generated Java code including but not restricting to the reference of Cobol code lines
5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Needs more information

Support of client specific coding guidelines

provide opportunity to incorporate client specific coding guidelines for instance use of project structures / folders
5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Planned for future release

Support self-implemented common services / library functions

e.g. abend handling, error information generation, commit handling, …
5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Planned for future release

Coherence in the transformation (re-use of same code / tables)

Coherence in the transformation (re-use of same code / tables) - code assistant should have a knowledge of already translated parts and should be able to reuse them when re-occuring
5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Future consideration

Support of Java datatypes required for financial applications, e.g BigDecimal

Support of Java datatypes required for financial applications, e.g BigDecimal BigDecimals are a crucial datatype when handling Finance data
5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Planned for future release

Support of SQL in Java for Z (SQLJ)

Support for static SQL in Java for z (SQLJ is standard by IBM). NB: Certain requirements prevent use of dynamic SQL (e.g. static build plans, trackable user authorisation)
5 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Planned for future release

An AI assistant to test COBOL code rewriting

For cases WCAT-I-1, WCAT-I-8, WCAT-I-11, WCAT-I-16, WCAT-I-17, it would be useful to have a tool for automating the generation of non-regression test cases, comparing the results of executing the original COBOL program and the transformed COBOL pr...
6 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 1 Future consideration

An AI assistant to transform generated COBOL into readable COBOL

Transform COBOL code generated by a tool such as Pacbase or RPP into code that a COBOL developer could have written.
6 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 0 Future consideration

Use an AI Assistant to rewrite obsolete COBOL applications

Cleanly rewrite old, more or less monolithic COBOL code to improve the maintainability of COBOL applications.
6 months ago in watsonx Code Assistant Ideas / watsonx Code Assistant for Z 1 Functionality already exists

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