Receiving Answer Area Information from a READ

When you invoke IXLLIST, list services return information related to your request in the answer area specified used the ANSLEN and ANSAREA parameters.

Under certain circumstances, answer area information is not valid. See Determining if the Answer Area is Valid for information on how to determine whether the answer area information is valid.

The following list describes the information returned when the answer area is valid. The answer area is mapped by the IXLYLAA macro, which is presented in z/OS® MVS™ Data Areas in the z/OS Internet library.

LAARETCODE: The return code from the IXLLIST service. Return code values are defined in the IXLYCON macro.
LAARSNCODE: The reason code associated with the return code from the IXLLIST service. Reason code values are defined in the IXLYCON macro.
LAAREMC_CONID: The connection identifier of the connector associated with the event monitor control (EMC) object.
LAAREMC_EMCQUEUED: A flag to indicate whether an EMC is queued to the event queue of the connector identified by LAAREMC_CONID.
LAAREMC_LISTNUM: The list number of the list with which this EMC is associated.
LAAREMC_LISTENTRYKEY: The list entry key of the sublist with which this EMC is associated.
LAAREMC_UNC: The user notification control data supplied by the connector when this EMC was established to monitor the sublist identified by the list number and entry key, or when modified by a subsequent MONITOR_SUBLIST or MONITOR_SUBLISTS request.