JR45001: ROOT ARRAY OF SIMPLE TYPE LIKE AN EMAIL CONTAINS TOO MANY ARRAY ITEMS.

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

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In most of our business processes we have to invoke rules
  
  which have String arrays as outputs.
  However, whenever BPM is parsing the WODM response (which is
  correct)
  all other parts of the response (e.g. booleans) are added to the
  list of Strings in PD (see bpm_result.txt for  details).
  Attached you'll find a sample WODM response (and the
  corresponding WSDL)
  and the result after parsing in PD.
  I will upload the TWX as soon as the PMR is created.
  In that toolkit you'll find the Decision Service
  "Aufbereitung Emailadressen AD" that uses a String list in
  the output parameter mapping.
  
  bpm_result.txt
  
  versionInfo.txt
  wodm_response.txt
  
  TWX file will be sent ASAP by Michael.
  
  bpm_result shows:
  ****************************************************************
  ********
  Actual result in PD:
  ====================
  
  <object type="String[]">
   <arrayElement size="4">
     <item type="String">1</item>
     <item type="String">vermittlerinfo@dmarco@vkb.de</item>
     <item type="String">vermittlerinfo@dmischa@vkb.de</item>
     <item type="String">true</item>
   </arrayElement>
   <metadata>
     <property name="dirty" type="Boolean">true</property>
     <property name="shared" type="Boolean">false</property>
     <property name="key" />
     <property name="version" />
   </metadata>
  </object>
  
  You'll find the decision ID as first element and the flagEmailOk
  as last
  element of the array.
  
  
  Expected result in PD:
  ======================
  
  <object type="String[]">
   <arrayElement size="2">
     <item type="String">vermittlerinfo@dmarco@vkb.de</item>
     <item type="String">vermittlerinfo@dmischa@vkb.de</item>
   </arrayElement>
   <metadata>
     <property name="dirty" type="Boolean">true</property>
     <property name="shared" type="Boolean">false</property>
     <property name="key" />
     <property name="version" />
   </metadata>
  </object>
  ****************************************************************
  ********
  
  
  wodm_response.txt
  ****************************************************************
  ********
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <soapenv:Envelope
  xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xmlns:ds="http://www.ibm.com/rules/decisionservice/AllRuleSetsRu
  leApp/Au
  fbereitungEmailadressenAD">
  
    <soapenv:Body>
      <AufbereitungEmailadressenADResponse
  xmlns="http://www.ibm.com/rules/decisionservice/AllRuleSetsRuleA
  pp/Aufbe
  reitungEmailadressenAD">
  
        <DecisionID
  xmlns="http://www.ibm.com/rules/decisionservice/AllRuleSetsRuleA
  pp/Aufbe
  reitungEmailadressenAD">1</DecisionID>
        <eMail>vermittlerinfo@dmarco@vkb.de</eMail>
        <eMail>vermittlerinfo@dmischa@vkb.de</eMail>
        <flagEmailOK
  xmlns="http://www.ibm.com/rules/decisionservice/AllRuleSetsRuleA
  pp/Aufbe
  reitungEmailadressenAD">true</flagEmailOK>
      </AufbereitungEmailadressenADResponse>
    </soapenv:Body>
  </soapenv:Envelope>
  ****************************************************************
  ********
  

Local fix

• na
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  Applications using simple type String       *
  *                  array in their web services call.           *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Extra elements are added when parsing   *
  *                      the web services response.              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When parsing a response of simple type String array, other
  parts of the schema are being appended to the final result.
  During serialization BPM does not have knowledge of the child
  element names when obtained from the root element. Therefore,
  all elements are retrieved and processed.
  

Problem conclusion

• Code changes have been made to properly obtain the child
  element names and process only the necessary elements of the
  response.  An interim ifix will be available on BPM V8.0.1.0
  and will be integrated into the next fix pack.
  
  Install/Dependency information is available in the readme.txt
  on FixCentral. When the user goes to the download files page
  in FixCentral, the readme will be available with the fix
  package as a separate download.
  

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 ADVANCED

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9400

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY

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