IC62534: JAVA.LANG.INDEXOUTOFBOUNDSEXCEPTION RETURNED WHEN USING INDEXED GLOBAL VARIABLE UPDATED USING MACRO EXTRACT.

Rational Host Access Transformation Services, Version 7.5.0.2
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Rational Host Access Transformation Services Fix Pack 6 (7.5.1.6) for 7.5.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer is using HATS 7.5 and is defining an indexed global
  variable and displaying the contents of the two indices on their
  transformation.  They then run a macro which does an extract
  to update the value of one of the variables.  After the macro
  finishes, they again try to display both variable values and
  instead receive a java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException message
  on the HATS transformation page.
  

Local fix

• none available
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users attempting to extract data in a        *
  *                 macro to a specific index of a global        *
  *                 variable.                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Data extracted during a macro can not   *
  *                      be inserted at a specific index in      *
  *                      a global variable.  When insert is      *
  *                      attempted, a                            *
  *                      java.lang.indexOutOfBoundsException     *
  *                      may be issued and displayed on the      *
  *                      transformation page                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When a user attempts to extract data in a macro to a specified
  index of a global variable, it will not be stored properly. If
  the user chooses to overwrite a specific index this will cause
  the entire global variable to be overwritten.  If the option
  to insert data at a specified index is chosen then the data
  will always be inserted at the end of the global variable.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code needed to insert extracted data into a specific index
  of a global variable during a macro extract was omitted in the
  original HATS implementation.  As a result the extracted data
  was not being written correctly and would sometimes cause
  IndexOutOfBoundsExceptions when a specific index of the global
  variable would try to be accessed.  The code which handles
  extracted data in a macro was updated to include the
  functionality necessary to insert the data at the specified
  index.
  

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

• HATSCOMM
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL HATS MULTI

• Fixed component ID

  5724U6700

Applicable component levels

• R750 PSY

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