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<title>Record Format Markup Language</title>
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<body id="rfmlmain"><a name="rfmlmain"><!-- --></a>
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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Record Format Markup Language</h1>
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<div><p>The Record Format Markup Language (RFML) is an XML extension for
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specifying record formats. </p>
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<div class="section"><p>The IBM<sup>®</sup> Toolbox
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for Java™ RFML
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component enables your Java applications to use RFML documents
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to specify and manipulate fields within certain kinds of records.</p>
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<p><span class="synph" id="rfmlmain__dds"><a name="rfmlmain__dds"><!-- --></a><span class="kwd"></span></span> RFML documents, called RFML source files, represent
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a useful subset of the data description specification (DDS) data types defined
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for physical and logical files on iSeries™ servers. You can use RFML documents
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to manage the information in the following:</p>
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<ul><li>File records</li>
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<li>Data queue entries</li>
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<li>User spaces</li>
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<li>Arbitrary data buffers</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> For more information about using DDS to describe data attributes,
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see the <a href="../rzahg/rzahgdds.htm">DDS
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Reference</a>.</div>
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<p>RFML closely resembles <a href="pcml.htm#pcml">Program
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Call Markup Language (PCML)</a>, another XML extension that is supported
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by IBM Toolbox
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for Java.
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RFML is neither a subset nor a superset of PCML, but rather a kind of sibling
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language that adds a few new elements and attributes and omits others.</p>
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<p>PCML
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provides an XML-oriented alternative to using the ProgramCall and ProgramParameter
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classes. Similarly, RFML provides a user-friendly, easily maintainable alternative
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to the Record, RecordFormat, and FieldDescription classes.</p>
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<p>For more
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information about RFML, see the following topics:</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rfmlrequire.htm">Requirements for using RFML</a></strong><br />
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The RFML component has the same workstation Java virtual
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machine requirements as the rest of the IBM Toolbox for Java.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rfmlcompare.htm">Example: Using RFML compared to using IBM Toolbox for Java Record classes</a></strong><br />
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This example illustrates the differences between using RFML and
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using the IBM Toolbox
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for Java Record
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classes. </li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rfmlrecformdoc.htm">RecordFormatDocument class</a></strong><br />
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The RecordFormatDocument class enables your Java programs
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to convert between RFML representations of data and Record and RecordFormat
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objects for use with other IBM Toolbox for Java components.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rfmlsyntax.htm">Record format documents and RFML syntax</a></strong><br />
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RFML documents, called RFML source files, contain tags that define the specification for a particular data format.</li>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzahhxmlmain.htm" title="IBM Toolbox for Java includes several Extensible Markup Language (XML) components, including an XML parser.">Extensible Markup Language components</a></div>
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<div class="linklistwithchild">
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<div class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rfmlrequire.htm">Requirements</a></strong><br />
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Read about the requirements for using RFML.</div>
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<div class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rfmlcompare.htm">RFML example</a></strong><br />
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See how using RFML in your application reduces the amount and sometimes
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the complexity of code that you must write. The example includes a sample
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RFML source file.</div>
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<div class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rfmlrecformdoc.htm">RecordFormatDocument class</a></strong><br />
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Read about how to use the RecordFormatDocument class with other Toolbox
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for Java classes
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to read and write data.</div>
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<div class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rfmlsyntax.htm">RFML documents and RFML syntax</a></strong><br />
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Learn about RFML documents, called RFML source files, and RFML syntax
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as defined in the RFML data type definition.</div>
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<p>RFML is only one way to use XML with your server. For more information
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about using XML with iSeries servers, see IBM Toolbox for Java XML extensions and <a href="../rzakl/rzaklmain.htm">Extensible Markup Language (XML)</a>.</p>
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