The
Custom Rules API for COBOL Code Review and the COBOL Application Model
API are complementary. Some knowledge of both is required to implement
a user-written rule.
The Custom Rules API for COBOL Code Review
API provides the base class for user-written rules and includes useful
classes for manipulating the objects in the COBOL Application Model
(CAM).
The COBOL Application Model (CAM) API provides interfaces
for accessing the elements of a COBOL source code program when the
program is analyzed by the COBOL Code Review component.
Tip: The Javadoc information for this API includes
a guide to using the API. To find the guide, open the Javadoc information,
look at the first topic, which is titled "Package com.ibm.etools.cobol.application.model.cobol",
and read the "Description" section at the end of the topic.
For a guide to implementing the code analysis of a COBOL user-written
rule, see the related links.