PI39922: UNICODE PARAMETERS ARE ENCODED INCORRECTLY UPON BEING PASSED TO A MOBILEFIRST ADAPTER.

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Interim Fix README for 6.3

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When you send UTF-8 encoded text to a MobileFirst Platform
  Foundation HTTP adapter,
  the adapter incorrectly reads the text as ISO-8859 encoding.
  This error causes the unicoded parameters to be processed
  incorrectly.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * MobileFirst Platform Foundation 6.3.0 users that are passing *
  * UTF-8 encoded parameters to adapters                         *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Unicode characters are incorrectly being displayed after     *
  * invoking a MobileFirst Adapter.                              *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
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Problem conclusion

• After invoking a MobileFirst Platform Foundation adapter, any
  unicode (UTF-8) characters that appear in the 'Invocation
  Result' are represented in codepoint rather than their character
  equivalent. This results in a readability issue when calling
  adapters that handle unicode-formatted text.
  

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

  WL/MFPF CONSUME

• Fixed component ID

  5725I4301

Applicable component levels

• R630 PSY

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