PK77962: STRINGBUFFEROUTPUTSTREAM METHOD IMPLEMENTATION ISSUE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Issue with the way StringBufferOutputStream implements the
  following three methods:
  write(int b); // writes a single byte
  write(byte[] arr); // writes a full byte array
  write(byte[] arr, int offset, int length); // write the content
  of the
  array from offset, for length characters.
  
  SBOS implements them in a way that can lead to problems. For
  example,
  the write(int) method accepts a single byte. If I have a
  character which
  is encoded in two bytes, the implementation of that method won't
  work.
  It eventually does the following:
  public void write(int b) {
     sb.append(new String(new byte[] {b}. "UTF-8"));
  }
  
  This leads to accented characters being mishandled in this case.
  
  After applying a patch which uses ByteArrayOutputStream instead
  of
  StringBufferOutputStream, the following output indicates that
  index and
  search are working properly.
  
  It was found that from the SystemOut.log, the text is converted
  to string
  properly with accented characters.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Update made to the JCR code to better use the internal
  StringBufferOutputStream.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE PORTA

• Fixed component ID

  5724E7600

Applicable component levels

• R601 PSY

     UP

• R610 PSY

     UP