JR57376: YOU RECEIVE AN EXCEPTION WHEN YOU RUN THE TW.SYSTEM.SERIALIZER. FROMXML JS API FOR A BUSINESS OBJECT WITH AN AMBIGUOUS TYPE NAME

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Downloading IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.7 Cumulative Fix 2017.03

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• To serialize a business object into an IBM Business Process
  Manager (BPM) proprietary XML format, you can use the toXML or
  toXMLString functions on the business object:
  
  var xml = tw.local.variableName.toXML();
  var xmlString = tw.local.variableName.toXMLString();
  
  Alternatively, you can use the serializer API:
  
  var xml = tw.system.serializer.toXml(tw.local.variableName);
  
  To deserialize the XML back into a variable, you use the
  following JavaScript (JS) API:
  
  tw.local.variableName = tw.system.serializer.fromXml(xml);
  
  However, when you run the "tw.local.variableName =
  tw.system.serializer.fromXml(xml)" JavaScript API for an XML
  that contains a serialized object of a business object type, and
  that business object uses a name that is used in multiple
  toolkits, the operation fails and you find an exception like the
  following example in the SystemOut.log file on the server:
  
  [1/27/17 13:07:03:936 CST] 000001a7 SerializerScr E
  com.lombardisoftware.core.script.js.SerializerScriptable
  jsFunction_fromXml fromXML() Error deserializing: Attempt to
  deserialize element of complex type <BOTYPENAME> failed because
  the property name '<PROPERTYNAME>' specified in the XML content
  does not exist on the specified type.
  
  com.lombardisoftware.core.TeamWorksException: Attempt to
  deserialize element of complex type <BOTYPENAME> failed because
  the property name '<PROPERTYNAME>' specified in the XML content
  does not exist on the specified type.
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.core.VariableObjectSerializer.deserializeCo
  mplexType(VariableObjectSerializer.java:1185)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.core.VariableObjectSerializer.deserialize(V
  ariableObjectSerializer.java:951)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.core.VariableObjectSerializer.deserialize(V
  ariableObjectSerializer.java:876)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.core.VariableObjectSerializer.deserializeCo
  mplexType(VariableObjectSerializer.java:1197)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.core.VariableObjectSerializer.deserialize(V
  ariableObjectSerializer.java:951)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.core.VariableObjectSerializer.deserialize(V
  ariableObjectSerializer.java:876)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.core.VariableObjectSerializer.deserializeCo
  mplexType(VariableObjectSerializer.java:1197)
   at
  com.lombardisoftware.core.VariableObjectSerializer.deserialize(V
  ariableObjectSerializer.java:951)
  
  PRODUCTS AFFECTED
  IBM BPM Advanced
  IBM BPM Standard
  IBM BPM Express
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The serialized XML for a business object included only
  information about its type name. During deserialization, IBM BPM
  used the ordered dependency list of the toolkits to find the
  first business object type that had a matching name.
  This business object type might be wrong if the serialized XML
  is of a type from another toolkit that is later in the
  dependency list.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix will be included in IBM BPM V8.5.7 cumulative fix 2017.03
  that enhances the serialized XML format with an additional
  attribute that identifies the toolkit or process application
  that contains the business object type so that the
  deserialization can use that information to find the correct
  business object type.
  

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