IT28614: JSON DOMAIN THROWING EXCEPTION BIP2130E FOR ESCAPE CHARACTER (BACKSLASH) IN CODE PAGE 943

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Some special characters will be escaped with backslash
  character "\" while JSON Domain serializes.
  
  For example ,
  Message "<request_date>2018/10/25 13:33:55</request_date> "
  will be serialized to JSON as {"request_date":"2018\/10\/25
  13:33:55"}
  
   Code page 943 cant deal backslash character and hence it will
  throw character conversion error BIP2130E
  
  
  Additional Symptom(s) Search Keyword(s):JSON, backslash,
  BIP2130E, Code page 943, conversion error
  

Local fix

• Use code page 932 which is equivalent to 943 and have the same
  ascii hex for backslash
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  All<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> users of
  IBM Integration Bus v10 and IBM App Connect Enterprise v11
  working with </span>JSON domain to generate output messages in
  the IBM-943 codepage.
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  MultiPlatform
  
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  The IBM-943 codepage substitutes the \ character with the Yen
  character, so when generating JSON (in codepage 943) if any
  character requires escaping (such as " character within a
  character string, but there are a number of others) the Yen
  character is used in place of the \ character in the output thus
  generating invalid JSON (as the escapes are missing).
  

Problem conclusion

• Changes are made to generate an error if an attempt is to encode
  JSON in codepage 943 which contains characters which require
  escaping. Users are recommended to use an alternate codepage
  instead as the target codepage (such as 932 if no Yen character
  is required within the output JSON data).
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v10.0      10.0.0.21
  v11.0      11.0.0.9
  
  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:

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  INTEGRATION BUS

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0540

Applicable component levels

• RA00 PSY

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