Get list of query/400 queries for given user in JT400

Question

I am trying to get a list of all of my query/400 queries using the Java library "JT400".

Here is the list represented visually in our terminal application:

I am an accountant by trade, not an AS400 programmer, so I don't know where or how these queries are stored or how the data is retrieved to create the above terminal interface.

I have worked a little with "ObjectList" querying, but don't know which library they would be in (if any). I came across some IBM tool online IBM Tool Doc, which is supposed to provide a command line interface for searching for query/400 objects, but I do not know if we have that installed or if it can do what I need.

Here is my code so far:

ObjectList queryList = new ObjectList(as400, ObjectList.CURRENT_LIBRARY, ObjectList.ALL, ObjectList.ALL);
        try {
            // Retrieve the list of queries:
            queryList.load();

            try {
                System.out.println(queryList.getLength());
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            Enumeration queries = queryList.getObjects();

            for (Enumeration e = queries; e.hasMoreElements();{
                System.out.println(e.nextElement());
            }

        } catch (Exception e){
                System.out.println("There was an exception processing the list of queries:");
                e.printStackTrace();
        }

I finally got this to run without error, but the objects it returns don't look familiar to me and certainly are not the list of query names that I am used to seeing in the terminal.

Answer 1

I found the answer to my question.

You can generate a list of query/400 queries by user by using the ObjectList class in JT400.

The key is to use "*QRYDFN" in your constructor when defining the object type. In my code, I also specified the specific user in the first string parameter. See constructor info and my code below:

JT400 Docs "ObjectList":

Working code:

public static void ListQueries() throws AS400SecurityException, ObjectDoesNotExistException, IOException, InterruptedException, ErrorCompletingRequestException, RequestNotSupportedException {

    AS400 as400 = new AS400();

    // Define your object list parameters
    // vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
    ObjectList queryList = new ObjectList(as400, as400.getUserId(), ObjectList.ALL, "*QRYDFN");
    // ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    
    // Execute your search
    queryList.load();
    
    // Create an enumeration containing the returned objects
    Enumeration queries = queryList.getObjects(); 
    
    // Iterate through the objects to print the query names
    for (Enumeration e = queries; e.hasMoreElements();)
    {System.out.println(e.nextElement());}
}

Resulting list:

Answer 2

I think your problems are here
new ObjectList(as400, ObjectList.CURRENT_LIBRARY, ObjectList.ALL, ObjectList.ALL);

1. "CURRENT_LIBRARY" is likely different for the JT400 connection versus your 5250 session. I'd specify the library shown in you 5250 screen.
2. The final "ObjectList.ALL" for the objectType parameter. If all you're interested in is Query/400 queries use "*QRYDFN"