PI41467: AUTHORIZATION FLOW CALLBACKS ARE CALLED IN CLIENT'S CODE.

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Interim Fix README for 7.0

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• the client's delegate callback methods (i.e. didReceiveResonse,
  didReceiveData, ...) got called
  when the server returned HTTP status 401 which will initiate the
  authorization process.
  This is not the desired behavior! The client's code shouldn't be
  aware of the authorization process at all, but only
  to get notified weither it was failed, or in case it succeeded,
  get the original resource response, whatever that was.
  Note that in each callback method below, we check for this flag
  and if it is set to YES, we won't deliver the
  event to the client delegate code.
  

Local fix

• Cancel the connection upon start of authorization process
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users who use NSURLConnectionDataDelegate accessing secured  *
  * resource and implement didReceiveData                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Part of the authorization flow was exposed to the user's     *
  * delegate, thus corrupting the data.                          *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The code was fixed to handle the authorization flow before
  calling the user's didReceiveData
  

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

• R700 PSY

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