Goal 

This is a source plugin that would allow users to read and process mainframe files defined using COBOL Copybook. This should be basic first implementation.

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Input Format implementation : here 

Design

• If "AbstractFieldValue"(JRecord) type is binary, the data will be encoded to Base64 format.
  

  Integer.parseInt(new String(Base64.decodeBase64(Base64.encodeBase64(value.asString().getBytes()))), 2);

  or

  Base64.decodeInteger(Base64.encodeInteger(value.asBigInteger()));

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