ISO/IEC JTC = 1/SC22

Programming languages, their environments = and system software interfaces

Secretariat: U.S.A. = (ANSI)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 = N3909

TITLE:

Summary of Voting on SC 22 N 3873, = Registration and Approval Letter Ballot for ISO/IEC PDTR 24717, Information technology-Programming languages, their environment and system software interfaces-COBOL collection classes

DATE ASSIGNED:

2005-06-07

SOURCE:

SC 22 Secretariat =

BACKWARD POINTER: =

N/A

DOCUMENT TYPE:

Summary of Voting =

PROJECT NUMBER: =

STATUS:

The results of this ballot are forwarded to = SC 22/WG 4 for review, production of a disposition of comments report, and = preparation of the DTR text

ACTION IDENTIFIER: =

ACT

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SC 22 N3873

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Sally = Seitz

ANSI

25 West 43rd = Street

New York, NY 10036

Telephone: (212) 642-4918 =

Fax: &n= bsp; (212) 840-2298

Email: sseitz@ansi.org =

_____end of cover page, beginning of PDTR registration summary______________

SUMMARY OF VOTING = ON

Letter Ballot Reference No: SC22 = N3873

Circulated by: = JTC 1/SC22

Circulation Date: 2005-02-28

Closing Date: &= nbsp; 2005-05-28

SUBJECT: Summary of Voting on SC 22 N = 3873, Registration and Approval Letter Ballot for ISO/IEC PDTR 24717, Information technology-Programming languages, their environment and system software interfaces-COBOL collection classes

The following responses have been received = on the subject of registration:

"P" Members supporting = registration without comments

12 (China, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, = Japan, Italy, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Romania, Russian Federation, = United States, United Kingdom)

P" Members supporting registration with comments &nbs= p;

"P" Members not supporting = registration

"P" Members abstaining &n= bsp;

3(Denmark, France, Switzerland

"P" Members not voting =

6 (Belgium, Canada, = Egypt, DPR of Korea, Slovenia, = Ukraine,)=

__end of registration summary, beginning of = approval summary_____

SUMMARY OF VOTING = ON

Letter Ballot Reference No: SC22 = N3873

Circulated by: &nb= sp; JTC 1/SC22

Circulation Date: 2005-02-28

Closing Date: &= nbsp; 2005-05-28

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The following responses have been received = on the subject of approval:

"P" Members supporting approval = without comments

11 (China, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, = Japan, Italy, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Romania, Russian Federation, United = Kingdom)

P" Members supporting approval with comments &nbs= p;

1(United = States)

"P" Members not supporting = approval

"P" Members abstaining &n= bsp;

3(Denmark, France, Switzerland)

"P" Members not voting <= /o:p>

6 (Belgium, Canada, = Egypt, DPR of Korea, Slovenia, = Ukraine,)=

National Body = Comments

US<= /b>

General = Comments

1)          &nbs= p;       There are no methods to = set the values that are returned by the Exception class methods. These = need to be defined.

2)          &nbs= p;       Add a class diagram to the = TR.

3)          &nbs= p;       Add parameterized classes = as an additional interface definition.

This feature will provide the ability to have typed collections which = will allow for compile time conformance checking. Compile time checking = allows for increased runtime efficiency and reliability.

An example of a parameterized version of the Ordered Collection = interface is displayed below.

Interface-id. OrderedCollectionParamInterface

       Inherits = CollectionParamIf

       Using = paramClass.

Environment division.

Configuration section.

Repository.

Interface = CollectionParamIf

expands CollectionParamInterface using paramClass

Interface = OrderedCollectionExceptionInterface.

*>

Procedure = division.

Method-id. = AddAfter.

Data = division.

Linkage = section.

01 inObject usage = object reference paramClass.

Procedure division = using by value inObject

       raising = OrderedCollectionExceptionInterface.

End method = AddAfter.

*>

Method-id. = AddBefore.

Data = division.

Linkage = section.

01 inObject usage = object reference paramClass.

Procedure division = using by value inObject

       raising = OrderedCollectionExceptionInterface.

End method = AddBefore.

*>

Method-id. = AddFirst.

Data = division.

Linkage = section.

01 inObject usage = object reference paramClass.

Procedure division = using by value inObject

       raising = OrderedCollectionExceptionInterface.

End method = AddFirst.

*>

Method-id. = AddLast.

Data = division.

Linkage = section.

01 inObject usage = object reference paramClass.

Procedure division = using by value inObject

       raising = OrderedCollectionExceptionInterface.

End method = AddLast.

*>

End Interface = OrderedCollectionInterface.

4)          &nbs= p;       Methods that raise = exception objects should specify the ExceptionCode value that will be returned by = the ExceptionCode method of the object raised. The TR should also = clarify that an object is created for each exception raised.

5)          &nbs= p;       In the section that = specifies the return values for the ExceptionCode method of an object of the CollectionException class, the lead-in paragraph is insufficient. As an example, the TR currently states in section 7.2.1 " The Collection = class can return the following values:". This is incorrect. The = headings and the lead-in need to reflect that the ExceptionCode values are set by, = rather than returned by, the Collection class. This change needs to be made to = all the sections within 7.2.

6)          &nbs= p;       Some interface names are = longer than 31 characters. Shorten all interface names to 31 characters = or less.

Specific changes

7)          &nbs= p;       Page 2, 16.1.1.1 Class = Name, change general rule 1 to specify "internal class name". = Add an additional method to return the externalized class name. Consider = the problem of whether the external class name should be national or display or = both.

8)          &nbs= p;       Page 2 remove first note = under 16.1.1.1 Class Name, General Rules. The note is confusing and not = needed. Add the following note in its place.

"NOTE 1 The class name is returned in = national characters and might not be suitable for use where an exact = case-sensitive class name is required."

9)     &nb= sp;            Page 5, 1 Introduction, = remove second paragraph with its associated bullets. This paragraph = provides no useful information.

Editorial Changes

10)          &nbs= p;   Throughout the document, = increase spacing after the word "NOTE" for all notes.

11)          &nbs= p;   Page vi, change second = paragraph to read "Part 2" instead of "Part 3".

12)          &nbs= p;   Page 20, 6 Iterator class, = first paragraph after interface definition, add a comma after = "2.1.5".

13)          &nbs= p;   Page 20, 6 Iterator class, = note after first paragraph after interface definition, last sentence, change "may" to "might".

Page 20, 6 Iterator class, last paragraph, last sentence is = miss

Sally = Seitz

Program = Manager

ANSI

25 = West 43rd Street

New = York, NY 10036<= /p>
Phone: (212) 642-4918

Fax: (212) 840-2298