RS02029: AMPERSAND IN QUERY NAME BREAKS SYNCHRONIZATION

Operational Decision Manager V8.7.1.1 Fix Pack
Operational Decision Manager V8.7.1: Interim Fix 13

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When a rule project in decision center has a query with an
  ampersand character in the name (such as
  "queryNameWith&Ampersand" ) the creation of a "Rule Project
  from Decision Center" in Rule Designer fails with the following
  exception in the log:
  !ENTRY ilog.rules.synchronization.eclipseui 4 4 2015-06-11 16:
  32:54.914
  !MESSAGE org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The reference to entity
  "Ampersand.qry" must end with the ';' delimiter.
  !STACK 1
  org.eclipse.team.core.TeamException: org.xml.sax.
  SAXParseException: The reference to entity "Ampersand.qry" must
  end with the ';' delimiter.
      at ilog.rules.synchronization.eclipseui.subscriber.
  EclipseWrapperSubscriber.doRefresh(EclipseWrapperSubscriber.
  java:722)
      at ilog.rules.synchronization.eclipseui.subscriber.
  EclipseWrapperSubscriber.refresh(EclipseWrapperSubscriber.java:
  625)
      at ilog.rules.synchronization.eclipseui.subscriber.
  EclipseWrapperSubscriber.configureFromRuleTeamServer(
  EclipseWrapperSubscriber.java:1222)
      at ilog.rules.synchronization.eclipseui.wizards.
  NewRuleProjectFromRTServerWizard$ConfigureJob.runInWorkspace(
  NewRuleProjectFromRTServerWizard.java:142)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob.
  run(InternalWorkspaceJob.java:38)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53)
  Caused by: ilog.rules.synchronization.SyncException: org.xml.
  sax.SAXParseException: The reference to entity "Ampersand.qry"
  must end with the ';' delimiter.
      at ilog.rules.synchronization.subscriber.
  DataAccessSignatureVariantTree.collectChanges(
  DataAccessSignatureVariantTree.java:68)
      at ilog.rules.synchronization.subscriber.
  SignatureVariantTree.refresh(SignatureVariantTree.java:139)
      at ilog.rules.synchronization.subscriber.Subscriber.refresh(
  Subscriber.java:348)
      at ilog.rules.synchronization.subscriber.service.
  SynchronizationService.refreshEndpoints(SynchronizationService.
  java:107)
      at ilog.rules.synchronization.eclipseui.subscriber.
  EclipseWrapperSubscriber.doRefresh(EclipseWrapperSubscriber.
  java:713)
      ... 5 more
  Caused by: ilog.rules.model.dataaccess.DataAccessException: org.
  xml.sax.SAXParseException: The reference to entity "Ampersand.
  qry" must end with the ';' delimiter.
      at ilog.rules.dataaccess.rs4j.dataaccess.
  RuleModelSignaturesProvider.fetchSignatures(
  RuleModelSignaturesProvider.java:85)
      at ilog.rules.synchronization.eclipseui.
  RuleModelEclipseSignaturesProvider.fetchSignatures(
  RuleModelEclipseSignaturesProvider.java:67)
      at ilog.rules.dataaccess.rs4j.dataaccess.
  RuleModelSignaturesProvider.collectChanges(
  RuleModelSignaturesProvider.java:182)
      at ilog.rules.model.dataaccess.RuleModelDataAccess.
  collectChanges(RuleModelDataAccess.java:126)
      at ilog.rules.synchronization.subscriber.
  DataAccessSignatureVariantTree.collectChanges(
  DataAccessSignatureVariantTree.java:66)
      ... 9 more
  Caused by: java.io.IOException: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException:
  The reference to entity "Ampersand.qry" must end with the ';'
  delimiter.
      at ilog.rules.common.rs4jutils.serializer.ResourceManager.
  getProjectName(ResourceManager.java:1769)
      at ilog.rules.dataaccess.rs4j.dataaccess.
  RuleModelSignaturesProvider$1.visitDirectory(
  RuleModelSignaturesProvider.java:69)
      at ilog.rules.common.rs4jutils.serializer.ResourceManager.
  accept(ResourceManager.java:1311)
      at ilog.rules.dataaccess.rs4j.dataaccess.
  RuleModelSignaturesProvider.fetchSignatures(
  RuleModelSignaturesProvider.java:50)
      ... 13 more
  Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The reference to
  entity "Ampersand.qry" must end with the ';' delimiter.
      at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
      at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown
  Source)
      at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder.parse(Unknown Source)
      at ilog.rules.common.rs4jutils.serializer.ResourceManager.
  getProjectName(ResourceManager.java:1756)
      ... 16 more
  

Local fix

• rename the query to remove the ampersand character
  

Problem summary

• Incorrect management of & character usually used as a prefix
  for localizing properties.
  

Problem conclusion

• the code 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:

Modules/Macros

• 999
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WS DECISION CTR

• Fixed component ID

  5725B6900

Applicable component levels

• R871 PSY

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