IT25584: DFDL PIF FILES REQUIRED EVEN WHEN NOT PARSING A DFDL MESSAGE.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If a message is received by a flow that has an RFH2 header that
  describes the format as 'dfdl' then the flow will fail if it
  cannot find a PIF file to create the parser with even when the
  input message is not parsed by the flow, such as when it is
  immediately converted to a BLOB message.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  All users of IBM Integration Bus version 10 or App Connect
  Enterprise version 11 using BLOB messages.
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  MultiPlatform
  
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  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  When a ResetContentDescriptor node is used to mark an incoming
  DFDL message as a BLOB message the DFDL parser is invoked even
  though no parsing of the message is required. The DFDL parser
  will fail is no PIF files can be found but as the message is not
  being parsed the DFDL schema is not needed and may not be
  defined.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code was changed so that the DFDL Parser will not throw an
  exception if PIF files cannot be found and the environment
  variable 'MQSI_DFDL_IGNORE_NO_PIF_FILE_ERROR' is set. This
  allows the broker to carry on in the case described above where
  the message does not need to be parsed.
  In other cases, where the message does need to be parsed, such
  as if it needs to be converted to something other than a BLOB
  message, then the parser will still fail and throw an exception.
  
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  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v10.0      10.0.0.17
  v11.0      11.0.0.6
  
  The latest available maintenance can be obtained from:
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006041
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available,information on
  its planned availability can be found on:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006308
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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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  INTEGRATION BUS

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0530

Applicable component levels