RS01408: ILRXMLDATADRIVER GENERATES A WRONG XML VALUE FOR DECIMAL

Operational Decision Manager V8.5.1 Mod Pack
Operational Decision Manager V8.0.1.2 Fix Pack
IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.0.1.1 Interim Fix 18

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When using a decimal type, the IlrXmlDataDriver generates the
  following XML output after execution:
  
  <ns0:product
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xmlns:ns0="http://www.sample.org/model/"><price>2.0E-8</price><q
  uantity>1.0E+7</quantity></ns0:product>
  
  
  which is not compatible against the XSD:
  
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlns:s="http://www.sample.org/model/"
  targetNamespace="http://www.sample.org/model/">
  
      <element name="product" type="s:product" />
  
      <complexType name="product">
       <sequence>
       <element name="price" type="decimal" />
       <element name="quantity" type="decimal" />
       </sequence>
      </complexType>
  
  </schema>
  
  
  =>  '2.0E-8' (the scientific notation) is not a valid value for
  decimal in XML
  

Local fix

• Workaround:
  Handle the BigDecimal value at the end of the ruleflow using
  scale and rounding, so that the result can be like 1.00 :
  
  request.price = request.price.setScale(2,
  request.price.ROUND_FLOOR);
  

Problem summary

• Decimal numbers are not processed specifically and the value
  passed is directly transformed into XML.
  

Problem conclusion

• a processing is added into the code to make sure decimal follow
  the XML format
  

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

• 999
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WS DECISION SVR

• Fixed component ID

  5725B6901

Applicable component levels

• R801 PSY

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