PH26562: CICS: ICMEXCEPTION INTERNAL ERROR: OFFSET OF '-1' IS NOT ACCEPTABLE RUNNING DFHJS2LS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Running z/OS Connect EE and using the DFHJS2LS tool to generate
  the ws-bind files, processing of the ws-bind file throws the
  following error:
  com.ibm.cics.schema.ICMException: INTERNAL
  ERROR: Offset of '-1' is not acceptable.
  
  The z/OS Connect EE tooling takes as input a swagger document,
  splits it into a response and request schema and then calls the
  CICS Web Services assistant to generate the bind file. The z/OS
  Connect EE runtime then uses this WSBIND file to handle the
  request and response from a remote endpoint. However, for a
  large swagger document, the z/OS Connect EE tooling builds what
  appears to be a valid artifact but when attempting to deploy the
  artifact, the z/OS Connect server complains that
  "The bind file is invalid".
  
  The more meaningful error was: com.ibm.cics.schema.ICMException:
  INTERNAL ERROR: Offset of '-1' is not acceptable.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS Users.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Using a WSBIND file install into CICS   *
  *                      fails with an internal error.           *
  ****************************************************************
  When an installed WSBIND file is used in CICS an internal error
  occurs with an ICMException and message:
  
  INTERNAL ERROR: Offset of '-1' is not acceptable
  
  The WSBIND was created by the webservice assistants with invalid
  offsets in a structure.  This was caused because a repeating
  array repeated too many times and the length wrapped causing
  negative values to be placed within the wsbind file.
  

Problem conclusion

• Webservice Assistants have been updated to check the sizes of
  the array being processed to avoid invalid lengths.  This will
  result in message DFHPI9741 being output.
  
  CICS TS Knowledge Centers have been updated to add the following
  message description:
  
  DFHPI9741E The assistant attempted to process "element" array
  structure which was greater than "size" bytes.
  
  Explanation
  The assistant attempted to process an element that would have
  caused a structure to be larger than the allowed size. Such
  structures are unsupported.
  
  System Action
  The assistant ends.
  
  User Action
  Review the input for large reoccuring arrays.  The use of
  INLINE-MAXOCCURS-LIMIT could be used to limit the size of the
  structure.
  
  Modules
  DFHJS2LS, DFHSC2LS, DFHWS2LS
  
  Destination
  SYSPRINT
  

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:

  UI72683

Modules/Macros

• DFHMEPIC DFHMEPIE DFHMEPIK DFJ@H176
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R300 PSY UI72683

     UP20/11/21 P F011

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