JR51746: VALID JAVASCRIPT CODE MARKED AS WRONG

Version 8.5 Refresh Pack 6 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• IBM Process Designer marks correct JavaScript syntax as
  incorrect when an object is passed into a function inline, such
  as
  
  callFunction({a1: "test1"});
  
  Although the code executes correctly, Autocomplete does not work
  at authoring time because of the error marker in the JavaScript
  code.
  
  PRODUCTS AFFECTED:
  IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced
  IBM BPM Standard
  IBM BPM Express
  

Local fix

• Workaround 1:
  
  var a1 = {....}
  callFunc({...})
  
  where {...} is a JavaScript object (essentially JSON).
  
  callFunc is a function defined somewhere in the JavaScript, for
  example
  
  function callFunc(aVariable) {
                   //do something
   }
  
  Therefore, instead of entering
  
  callFunc({name: "Joe"});
  
  assign the object to a variable and call the function using this
  variable, for example,
  
  var person = {name: "Joe"};
  callFunc(person);
  
  Workaround 2:
  
  At development time, comment out the wrongly marked line of code
  to keep up running Autocomplete.
  

Problem summary

• No additional information is available.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix will be incorporated into a later release that fixes the
  JavaScript validation parser so it recognizes inline object
  creation during a function call.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R855 PSN

     UP