The Listener for IBM MQ uses a predefined mapping of IDL data types to the MQ message buffer if the MQ message is in text format.

If your programs use arrays of groups, you have to set the property entirex.bridge.marshalling to "Natural" or "COBOL". If your programs do not use arrays of groups, you must not set entirex.bridge.marshalling.

Data Type	Description	Format	Note
Anumber	Alphanumeric	number bytes, encoding the characters.
AV	Alphanumeric variable length	Bytes up to the end of the buffer.	1, 4
AV[number]	Alphanumeric variable length with maximum length	Bytes up to the end of the buffer, maximal length number.	1
Knumber	Kanji	Same as data type A.
KV	Kanji variable length	Same as data type AV.	1, 4
KV[number]	Kanji variable length with maximum length	Same as data type AV[number].	1
I1	Integer (small)	sign (+, -) and 3 bytes (digits).
I2	Integer (medium)	sign (+, -) and 5 bytes (digits).
I4	Integer (large)	sign (+, -) and 10 bytes (digits).
Nnumber1[.number2]	Unpacked decimal	sign (+, -), number1 bytes (digits) [number2] bytes (digits), no decimal point.
Pnumber1[.number2]	Packed decimal	sign (+, -), number1 bytes (digits) [number2] bytes (digits), no decimal point.
L	Logical	1 byte: X for true, all other false.
D	Date	YYYYMMDD.	2
T	Time	YYYYMMDDhhmmssS.	3

Notes:

1. Only as last value.
2. YYYY year, MM month, DD day.
3. YYYY year, MM month, DD day, hh hour, mm minute, ss second, S tenth of a second.
4. Not possible when using COBOL.

Data types not supported:

• Binary (B[n],BV, BV[n])

• Floating point (F4, F8)