PK50788: USING CSS "WHITE-SPACE: PRE" IN TD CAUSES JSF TO BREAK COMPATIBI LITY WITH PRIOR VERSIONS DUE TO HTML TABLE LAYOUT CHANGES

Rational Software Architect, Version 7.0.0.7
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software, Version 7.0.0.7

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The generated HTML source code from JSF 1.1 base version (eqival
  ent IBM or Sun) jsf-impl.jar has no carriage returns, but the ne
  wer JSF 1.1_02 RI HTML contains a number of carriage returns bet
  ween JavaScript entries. This can cause HTML table layout to app
  ear corrupted and backwards compatibility to be affected.
  
  ************************************************
  Extract from Rational Application Developer V7 jsp source code
  ************************************************
  ?style??!-- .dGyo { white-space: pre; } //--??/style?
   ...
  ?TD class='dGyo'??h:inputText id='text5' maxlength='10'??hx:inpu
  tHelperAssist autoTab='true' validation='true'/??f:convertNumber
   pattern='#,##0.00;(#,##0.00)'/??/h:inputText??/TD?
  ************************************************
  [1.1 JSF generated HTML with no carriage returns]
  ?TD class='dGyo'??input id='form1:text5' type='text' name='form1
  :text5' maxlength='10' /??/TD?
  
  [1.1_02 JSF generated HTML with carriage returns]
  ?TD class='dGyo'?
  
  ?script type='text/JavaScript' language='JavaScript' src='/RADIO
  Web/.ibmjsfres/hxclient_core_v3_0_1.js'??/script?
  
  ?script type='text/JavaScript' language='JavaScript' src='/RADIO
  Web/.ibmjsfres/hxclient_S_v3_0_1_ja.js?viewLocale=ja_JP'??/scrip
  t?
  ?script type='text/JavaScript' language='JavaScript'?
  if (hX_5) hX_5.setResourceServer('/RADIOWeb/.ibmjsfres');
  ?/script??input id='form1:text5' type='text' name='form1:text5'
  maxlength='10' /??/TD?
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Line feeds in generated ?script? messed up table styles.
  

Problem conclusion

• New context param introduced to remove line feeds,
  
  Fix delivered in Rational Application Developer V7007
  update.
  

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 APP DEV WI

• Fixed component ID

  5724J1901

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSN

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