PI28902: ESCAPE CHARACTERS IN PROPERTY SHEET CAUSE LOADING ERROR

IBM UrbanCode Deploy 6.1.1
IBM UrbanCode Deploy Fix Pack 1 (6.1.1.1) for 6.1.1
IBM UrbanCode Deploy Fix Pack 2 (6.1.1.2) for 6.1.1
IBM UrbanCode Deploy Fix Pack 3 (6.1.1.3) for 6.1.1
IBM UrbanCode Deploy Fix Pack 4 (6.1.1.4) for 6.1.1
IBM UrbanCode Deploy Fix Pack 5 (6.1.1.5) for 6.1.1
IBM UrbanCode Deploy Fix Pack 6 (6.1.1.6) for 6.1.1
IBM UrbanCode Deploy Fix Pack 7 (6.1.1.7) for 6.1.1
IBM UrbanCode Deploy Fix Pack 8 (6.1.1.8) for 6.1.1
IBM UrbanCode Deploy iFix 1 for 6.1.1.7
IBM UrbanCode Deploy iFix 2 for 6.1.1.8

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If a property value somehow contains an escape character (such
  as ) the property sheet will fail to load. In this case,
  the property value was on an agent, and so viewing the agent in
  the web UI was impossible.
  
  2014-10-28 14:36:58,203 ERROR AgentTaskBatcher
  com.urbancode.ds.subsys.deploy.agent.AgentTaskBatcher - Error
  handling agent task
  java.lang.RuntimeException: Error reading from stored XML
  at
  com.urbancode.air.vc.PersistentReader.restore(PersistentReader.j
  ava:317)
  at
  com.urbancode.air.vc.PersistentReader.readPersistentForHandle(Pe
  rsistentReader.java:265)
  at com.urbancode.air.vc.Session.restore(Session.java:161)
  at
  com.urbancode.air.property.persistence.AbstractPropertyFactory.r
  estore(AbstractPropertyFactory.java:97)
  at
  com.urbancode.air.property.prop_sheet.PropSheetFactoryImpl.getPr
  opSheetForHandlePropSheetFactoryImpl.java:204)
  at
  com.urbancode.ds.subsys.deploy.agent.Agent.getPropSheet(Agent.ja
  va:497)
  at
  com.urbancode.ds.subsys.deploy.agent.GetAgentMetadataListener$Up
  dateAgentMetadataTask.run(GetAgentMetadataListener.java:118)
  at
  com.urbancode.ds.subsys.deploy.agent.AgentTaskBatcher.run(AgentT
  askBatcher.java:135)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Character reference
  "&27" is an invalid XML character.
  at
  com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unkno
  wn Source)
  at
  com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.pars
  e(Unknown Source)
  at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(Unknown Source)
  at
  com.urbancode.air.vc.PersistentReader.restore(PersistentReader.j
  ava:282)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All users of IBM UrbanCode Deploy 6.1.0 and prior            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * ESCAPE CHARACTERS IN PROPERTY SHEET CAUSE LOADING ERROR      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available in IBM UrbanCode Deploy 6.1.1.3
  

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

  UC DEPLOY

• Fixed component ID

  5725M5400

Applicable component levels

• R610 PSY

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