RS01470: JRULES TO .NET USING DATETIME.COMPARETO METHOD DOES NOT RETURN EXPECTED RESULTS

Operational Decision Manager V8.0.1.2 Fix Pack

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When a BAL rule  is comparing a date  using the expression this
  
  date is before or the same as the other date, the result
  translated using JRules2dotNet and the method DateTime.
  compareTo method never returns true even when it shoud
  

Local fix

• use an extender
  <class caseSensitivity="any">
    <businessName>ilog.rules.xml.types.IlrDateTime</businessName>
  
    <executionName>System.DateTime</executionName>
    <extenderName>myDate</extenderName>
  </class>
  With the method
   public static Int32 CompareTo(DateTime that, DateTime
  value)
        {
            return that.CompareTo(value);
       }
  

Problem summary

• there is an issue when generating the MSIL code that invokes
  the method CompareTo a value is passed instead of the reference.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code generation is modified so that the execution of the
  method CompareTo returns the expected result.
  

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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