RS01344: IS ONE OF TEST LISTING AN EMPTY STRING CAUSES STRINGINDEXOUTOFBOUNDSEXCEPTION

Operational Decision Manager V8.5.1 Mod Pack
Operational Decision Manager V8.0.1.2 Fix Pack
Operational Decision Manager V8.5: Interim Fix 8

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Using DE for zRES ruleset build mode, ruleset execution may
  fail with exception below when one rule uses a "is one of" test
  that lists one empty string, such as: ￡ 'some value' is one of {
  "ABC", "" }
  The same issue may occur with "is not one of".
  Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
   at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:
  222)
   at com.ibm.brl.generated.engine.CondExecEnv.
  evaluateBooleanMethod0(Unknown Source)
   at com.ibm.brl.generated.engine.CondExecEnv.
  evaluateBooleanMethodHook(Unknown Source)
  at com.ibm.rules.engine.rete.runtime.state.
  AbstractConditionExecEnv.evaluateBooleanMethod(Unknown Source)
  at com.ibm.rules.engine.rete.runtime.network.impl.
  IlrEvaluateAlphaNode.initMemory(Unknown Source)
   ￡ ￡  ￡at com.ibm.rules.engine.rete.runtime.network.impl.
  IlrAbstractLogicObjectAlphaNode.activate(Unknown Source)
   ￡ ￡  ￡at com.ibm.rules.engine.rete.runtime.network.impl.
  IlrDynamicRuleActionNode.activate(Unknown Source)
   ￡ ￡  ￡at com.ibm.rules.engine.rete.runtime.network.impl.
  IlrStandardNetwork.activateAllRules(Unknown Source)
   at com.ibm.rules.engine.rete.runtime.AbstractReteEngine.
  transiteHardToOngoingState(Unknown Source)
   at com.ibm.rules.engine.rete.runtime.AbstractReteEngine.
  execute(Unknown Source)
   at com.ibm.rules.engine.rete.runtime.AbstractReteEngine.
  execute(Unknown Source)
   at SimpleDecisionEngineRunner.main(
  SimpleDecisionEngineRunner.java:31)
  Caused by: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
   at java.lang.String.charAt(String.java:419)
   at com.ibm.rules.engine.bytecode.runtime.SwitchStringTabl
  a(Unknown Source)
   at com.ibm.rules.engine.bytecode.runtime.SwitchStringTabl
  fill(Unknown Source)
   at com.ibm.rules.generated.
  CompileTimeConstantArrayContainsMethods.$initialize$stringMap0(
  Unknown Source)
   at com.ibm.rules.generated.
  CompileTimeConstantArrayContainsMethods.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
  t java.lang.J9VMInternals.initializeImpl(Native Method)
  at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:
  200)
  .. 11 more
  

Local fix

• set the list first in the definitions part of the rule, as in:
  definitions
     set 'list1' to {"XYZ", ""}
  if  'some value' is one of list1
  then ....
  

Problem summary

• incorrect management of lists
  

Problem conclusion

• the code is modified to correctly handle lists.
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• None
  999
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WDS FOR RULES

• Fixed component ID

  5725B6903

Applicable component levels

• R801 PSY

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