ILSTATIC

Exposes the entry points of a COBOL program as static methods for compatibility with previous releases.

Restriction: This directive is supported for JVM COBOL, but not native COBOL.

Syntax:

>>-.----.---ILSTATIC----------><
   |    |        
   +-NO-+

Parameters:

None

Properties:

Default:	NOILSTATIC
IDE equivalent:	None. You can specify ILSTATIC as an additional Compiler directive under Project > Properties > COBOL

Comments:

When NOILSTATIC is specified, the compiled program is represented as a class with instance methods and instance data. The run-time system maintains a singleton instance of the program in a run unit. A program written in a non-COBOL .NET language can fetch this instance using the CobLoad method in the Interop class of the MicroFocus.COBOL.RuntimeServices assembly and can then invoke methods on the instance directly.

When ILSTATIC is specified, the compiled program is represented as a class with static methods and static data. A program written in a non-COBOL .NET language can call COBOL by invoking the static methods directly. ILSTATIC provides compatibility with a previous release of this product, and should be used only on COBOL programs that are called using static method calls from an existing program written in a non-COBOL .NET language.