IT23352: CTDU4132E SEEN WHEN SERIALIZING EMPTY ELEMENTS IN DFDL

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If an element is missing from a message when DFDL serializes
  that message then the empty element is treated as an empty
  string. This results in a CTDU4132E error if the element type
  cannot be converted to the expected type of the output message.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  Users of IBM Integration Bus version 10 who use the DFDL
  serializer to serialize messages that contain empty non-string
  characters
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  MultiPlatform
  
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  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  When processing a message the DFDL code would substitute an
  empty string in place of missing elements. An error message
  would be seen if these empty strings could not be converted into
  the expected type of the output field when serializing the
  message.
  

Problem conclusion

• A new environment variable was added -
  MQSI_DFDL_IGNORE_EMPTY_ELEMENT_VALUE - which, if set, prevents
  the empty string being substituted for the missing element and
  thus prevents the CTDU4132E exception seen when the variable is
  not set and a message with missing elements is serialized.
  
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  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v10.0      10.0.0.12
  
  The latest available maintenance can be obtained from:
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006041
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available,information on
  its planned availability can be found on:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006308
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

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

  INTEGRATION BUS

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0540

Applicable component levels