GETMAP

Obtains the current definition of a map data descriptor in the information repository.

Supports:

MQSeries, MQSeries C, MSMQ, Rendezvous, Rendezvous-CM

Syntax

Example

Syntax

CALL GETMAP(name, storage, rc, descriptor);

Required Arguments

name: Character, input

Identifies the map data descriptor that is defined by a previous SETMAP function call.

storage: Character, input

Specifies the location for the map definition. The REGISTRY location is valid.

rc: Numeric, output

Provides the return code from the CALL routine. If an error occurs, then the return code is nonzero. You can use the SAS function SYSMSG() in order to obtain a textual description of the return code.

descriptor

Character, output

Returns a string that describes the layout of the data. The format of the descriptor is as follows:

"type,offset,length;type,offset,length;..."

where:

type is the type of data (SHORT, LONG, DOUBLE, CHAR)
offset is the offset from the beginning of the message which is the cursor location in the case of the PARSEMESSAGE routine
length is the length of the data which is valid only for CHAR data type

Example

The following example obtains a map data descriptor definition in the SAS registry:

length msg $ 200;
length rc 8;
length descriptor $ 80;
rc=0;
descriptor='';
call getmap('MYMAP', 'REGISTRY', rc, descriptor);
if rc ^= 0 then do;
  put 'GETMAP: failed';
  msg = sysmsg();
  put msg;
end;
else do;
  put 'GETMAP: succeeded';
  put 'descriptor = ' descriptor;
end;