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Hi,
I belong to the team developing Amazon Q Developer Mainframe Modernization: there is no direct support for ACUCOBOL as of now.
So, the only way to go for now would be via the transaltion of the Cobol generated by the ACUCOBOL translator. But il will work only if this generated Cobol is fully independent of any binary runtime (I don't recall if ACUCOBOL has one such runtime or not)
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Didier
Based on the available information, Amazon Q Developer's mainframe modernization capabilities do not currently support the conversion of ACUCOBOL to Java, either directly or through an intermediate COBOL step. The transformation capabilities of Amazon Q Developer are specifically focused on converting traditional mainframe COBOL applications to Java.
The tool is designed to assist in modernizing legacy COBOL mainframe applications, with a particular emphasis on transforming standard COBOL code to Java. There is no mention of support for ACUCOBOL, which is a specific dialect of COBOL developed by Micro Focus (now part of Rocket Software).
Amazon Q Developer's transformation capabilities are primarily targeted at traditional mainframe COBOL environments. The tool uses generative AI and automation to analyze codebases, plan transformations, and execute refactoring from COBOL to Java while preserving critical business logic.
It's important to note that the transformation capabilities of Amazon Q Developer are still in preview release and subject to change. However, based on the current information, there is no indication of support for ACUCOBOL or plans to include it in the near future. If you have an ACUCOBOL application that needs modernization, you may need to explore alternative solutions or consult directly with AWS for potential custom solutions.
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Transformation of mainframe applications - Amazon Q Developer
Amazon Q Developer's transformation capabilities for modernizing mainframe applications (Preview) - AWS Mainframe Modernization
Amazon Q Developer transformation capabilities for mainframe modernization are now available (Preview) - AWS
This is agreeable as the assumption is that it does not support ACUCOBOL as it is NOT mentioned in the docs, but wanted to see if someone will confirm (human in the loop style) and we can then accept this answer.
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Thank you Didier for confirming!
Thanks for accepting my answer. BTW, I would not recommend to go as final solution with the translated Cobol as basis for final translation to Java: the code out such translators is usually not so nice (should I say even "ugly", most the time). So, you won't have nice translated Java to maintain on the log run. But, for a test, you can try.