title: EBCDIC to ASCII conversion using JAVA
body: <p>I'm trying to convert mainframe fixed length file from <em>EBCDIC</em> format to <em>ASCII</em> format. Currently I'm reading file using <em>JZOS api</em> (ZFile) and converting field by field. is it possible to convert without knowing the layout of file (aka COPYBOOK) by just reading entire bytes of a record or line? If so how do handle packed decimals and binary values?</p>