Input parameters for the encode function

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Input parameters are passed to the encode function in a COMMAREA. The parameters include:
  • The address and length of the COMMAREA returned by the CICS® application program. If no application program was called, the COMMAREA is passed unchanged from the decode function.
  • An eight byte user token, used to share information between the analyzer and converter programs. See Sharing data between analyzer and converter programs.
  • An iteration counter that records the number of times the encode function has been entered for each HTTP request. The counter is set to 1 before the encode function is called for the first time, and is incremented before it is called on each subsequent occasion.