PI60305: A JSON PARSE ERROR OBSERVED ON REST SERVICE CALL WHERE THE PARAMPASSED INCLUDES SPECIAL CHARACTERS LIKE THE GERMAN UMLAUT

Rational Business Developer 9.5.1
Rational Business Developer Fix Pack 2 (9.1.1.2) for 9.1.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Test scenario:
  a) A RUI project has an input field and a submit button to call
  the REST service.
  b) Enter a value with a special character ie ⠜abcä⠝ into
  the input field and then clicking the submit button the service
  call will fail with the following error:
  EGL1546E The request could not be converted to a service call.
  The received request was
  '{"bindingName":"IStoreData","method":"StoreRecord","params":
  [{"customerNumber":1,"customerName":"abcä"}'. EGL0001I The
  error occurred in EGL REST Service servlet. 500 FAILED
  com.ibm.javart.json.ParseException:Encountered ""
  at line 1, column 104. Was expecting one of: "," ... "]" ...
  EGL1546E The request could not be converted to a service call.
  The received request was
  '{"bindingName":"IStoreData","method":"StoreRecord","params":
  [{"customerNumber":1,"customerName":"abcä"}'. EGL0001I The
  error occurred in EGL REST Service servlet.
  
  With the additional exception in the console output ie:
  [01/04/16 13:38:59:813 CEST] 00000097 SystemOut     O (13:38:59>
  REQUEST:
  [01/04/16 13:38:59:813 CEST] 00000097 SystemOut     O (13:38:59>
  /com.ibm.egltest95.data/restservices/StoreData
  [01/04/16 13:38:59:813 CEST] 00000097 SystemOut     O (13:38:59>
  {"bindingName":"IStoreData","method":"StoreRecord","params":
  [{"customerNumber":1,"customerName":"abcä"}
  [01/04/16 13:38:59:813 CEST] 00000097 SystemOut     O (13:38:59>
  POST
  [01/04/16 13:38:59:814 CEST] 00000097 SystemOut     O (13:38:59>
  EGL1546E The request could not be converted to a service call.
  The received request was
  '{"bindingName":"IStoreData","method":"StoreRecord","params":[{"
  customerNumber":1,"customerName":"abcä"}'.
  [01/04/16 13:38:59:814 CEST] 00000097 SystemOut     O (13:38:59>
  EGL0001I The error occurred in EGL REST Service servlet.
  [01/04/16 13:38:59:814 CEST] 00000097 SystemOut     O (13:38:59>
  EGL1546E The request could not be converted to a service call.
  The received request
  was'{"bindingName":"IStoreData","method":"StoreRecord","params":
  [{"customerNumber":1,"customerName":"abcä"}'.
  EGL0001I The error occurred in EGL REST Service servlet.
  com.ibm.javart.json.ParseException: Encountered "<EOF>" at line
  1, column 104.Was expecting one of:
      "," ...
      "]" ...
      at
  com.ibm.javart.json.JsonParser.generateParseException(JsonParser
  .java:353)
      at
  com.ibm.javart.json.JsonParser.jj_consume_token(JsonParser.java:
  291)
      at com.ibm.javart.json.JsonParser.Value(JsonParser.java:137)
      at com.ibm.javart.json.JsonParser.Pair(JsonParser.java:98)
      at com.ibm.javart.json.JsonParser.Object(JsonParser.java:80)
      at
  com.ibm.javart.json.JsonParser.ObjectParse(JsonParser.java:56)
      at com.ibm.javart.json.JsonParser.parse(JsonParser.java:46)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * EGL services users                                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * A JSON PARSE ERROR OBSERVED ON REST SERVICE CALL WHERE THE   *
  * PARAM PASSED INCLUDES SPECIAL CHARACTERS LIKE THE GERMAN     *
  * UMLAUT                                                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• the problem is fixed
  

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

  RATL BUS DEV

• Fixed component ID

  5724S5000

Applicable component levels

• R901 PSY

     UP

• R911 PSY

     UP

• R950 PSY

     UP