JR44503: UNABLE TO UPLOAD DOCUMENTS TO BPM IN COACH CONTROLS

Version 8.0.1 Fix Pack 1 for the IBM Business Process Manager products
Version 7.5.1 Fix Pack 2 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Executing a simple coach with file attachments in Process
  Designer results in exception
  
  00000036 wle_servlet   E CWLLG0005E: A Throwable was caught in
  the servlet method doGet(). The class it occurred in was
  com.lombardisoftware.servlet.ControllerServlet.
  
  java.lang.ClassCastException: [Ljava.lang.Object; incompatible
  with [Ljava.lang.String;
   at com.lombardisoftware.core.TeamWorksException.
       asTeamWorksException(TeamWorksException.java:130)
   at com.lombardisoftware.core.RegexExceptionRewriter.
       rewrite(RegexExceptionRewriter.java:76)
   at com.lombardisoftware.core.ExceptionHandler.
       returnProcessedException(ExceptionHandler.java:311)
   at com.lombardisoftware.servlet.ControllerServlet.
       processError(ControllerServlet.java:171)
   at com.lombardisoftware.servlet.ControllerServlet.
       doError(ControllerServlet.java:167)
   at com.lombardisoftware.servlet.ControllerServlet.
       doPost(ControllerServlet.java:157)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:738)
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• Problem Description:
  Unable to upload document attachments to BPM using coaches.
  
  Problem Summary:
  The servlet parameter values are incorrectly converted from a
  List<String> to String[].  The following exception is reported:
  
  java.lang.ClassCastException: [Ljava.lang.Object; incompatible
  with [Ljava.lang.String;
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.servlet.util.LswRequestWrapper.getParameter
  Values(LswRequestWrapper.java:135)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.servlet.LswServlet.dumpParams(LswServlet.ja
  va:86)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.servlet.ControllerServlet.doCommon(Controll
  erServlet.java:280)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.servlet.ControllerServlet.doPost(Controller
  Servlet.java:152)
  
  The wrong List<String>.toArray() method was used for the
  conversion.
  
  Problem Conclusion:
  This fix converts the List<String> to String[] correctly.
  

Problem conclusion

• Problem fixed
  iFix available on top V7511
  

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

  BPM STANDARD

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9500

Applicable component levels

• R751 PSY

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