Program Configuration Section

The Configuration Section can be specified only in the Environment Division of the outermost program of a COBOL source program.

You should not specify the Configuration Section in a program that is contained within another program. The entries specified in the Configuration Section of a program apply to any program contained within that program.

X Class Configuration Section

X Specify the Configuration Section only in the Environment Division of
X the outermost program of a class definition.

X Entries in a class Configuration Section apply to the entire class
X definition, including all methods introduced by that class.

X Method Configuration Section

X The Configuration Section is not valid for method definitions.

    ___ Format--Programs  and Classes  _____________________________________ 
   |                                                                        |
   | >>__CONFIGURATION SECTION.__ ___________________________ ____________> |
   |                             |_source-computer-paragraph_|              |
   |                                                                        |
   | >__ ___________________________ __ _________________________ ________> |
   |    |_object-computer-paragraph_|  |_special-names-paragraph_|          |
   |                                                                        |
   | >__ ________________________ _______________________________________>< |
   |    |_ repository-paragraph _|                                          |
   |                                                                        |
   |________________________________________________________________________|

• Relate IBM-defined environment-names to user-defined mnemonic names

• Specify the collating sequence

• Specify a currency sign value, and the currency symbol used in the PICTURE clause to represent the currency sign value

• Exchange the functions of the comma and the period in PICTURE clauses and numeric literals

• Relate alphabet-names to character sets or collating sequences

• Specify symbolic-characters

• Relate class names to sets of characters

• X Relate object-oriented class names to the class names in the SOM
  X interface repository

Subtopics:

• 4.1.1 SOURCE-COMPUTER Paragraph
• 4.1.2 OBJECT-COMPUTER Paragraph
• 4.1.3 SPECIAL-NAMES Paragraph
• 4.1.4 ALPHABET Clause
• 4.1.5 SYMBOLIC CHARACTERS Clause
• 4.1.6 CLASS Clause
• 4.1.7 CURRENCY SIGN Clause
• 4.1.8 REPOSITORY Paragraph

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