The Caravel service is targeted at the translation of systems written in RPG II, RPG III, RPG/400, RPG ILE and COBOL (COBOL/400, CICS, IMS, COBOL, COBOL II…) using S/36, AS/400 and mainframe operating systems, making it a unique tool of its type.
Caravel performs a complete systems audit and translates the applications code to 100% pure Java with total reliability, whatever its orientation, and without any type of limitation. There is an equivalency established at all times between Java classes and methods and the original functionalities, generating a structured code that is easily read by RPG/COBOL professionals.
Data access is obtained through the JDBC standard; in this way the migrated applications may continue to use DB2/400 as a data base manager or use other market options such as Oracle, Informix, MultiBase, SQL Server, among others.
The translated systems are immediately usable and since they keep exactly the same functionality (and optionally the same user interface), they require neither new user training nor modification of organisational procedures.
The effectiveness of an organisation's information system, the result of years of use and accumulated experience, is thus replicated on the most recent technological platform, a result that is easy to maintain and develop using modern tools.
Once translated, the applications may be run under a client-server architecture or on the Internet with n-layer architecture. Any modern operating system having JVM (Java Virtual Machine) may be used: Windows 9x, NT, 2000, XP, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX Linux, OS/400, MVS, OS/390, etc.
The user interface of the translated applications may optionally be personalized according to preference or requirements of use.
In addition, translated systems may easily be integrated with any other system based on open architecture.