PH28271: CICS TG Inbound Adapter deployment fails in JBoss

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• There is a problem with the cicsinbound implmentation.
  When our customer deploys the resource adapter on JBOSS
  application server V7
  the validation of the RA fails with the following exception:
  
  09:44:44,797 ERROR
  [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation] (Controller Boot
  Thread) WFLYCTL0013: Operation ("deploy") failed - address:
  ([("deployment" => "cicsinbound.rar")]) - failure description:
  {"WFLYCTL0080: Failed services" =>
  {"jboss.ra.deployer.\"cicsinbound.rar\"" =>
  "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service
  jboss.ra.deployer.\"cicsinbound.rar\": WFLYJCA0046: Failed to
  start RA deployment [cicsinbound.rar]
      Caused by: org.jboss.jca.deployers.common.DeployException:
  IJ020056: Deployment failed:
  file:/Users/pmarcon/Documents/customers/gbs/cobol2java/eap/jboss
  -eap-7.0/standalone/tmp/vfs/temp/temp91fa9e97be807130/content-2d
  ea8c906f6b658d/contents/
      Caused by: org.jboss.jca.validator.ValidatorException:
  Severity: ERROR
  Section: 19.4.2
  Description: A ResourceAdapter must implement a \"public boolean
  equals(Object)\" method.
  Code: com.ibm.connector2.cics.inbound.CTGInboundAdapter
  

Local fix

• NA
  

Problem summary

• CICS TG Inbound Adapter deployment fails in JBoss. The following
   error gets dispayed in the logs.
  {"WFLYCTL0080: Failed services" =>
  {"jboss.ra.deployer.\"cicsinbound.rar\"" => "WFLYJCA0046: Failed
  to start RA deployment [cicsinbound.rar] Caused by:
  org.jboss.jca.deployers.common.DeployException: IJ020056:
  Deployment failed:
  file:/home/abel/Desktop/EAP-7.3.0/standalone/tmp/vfs/temp/temp5c
  afcfbd41886c62/content-e4bc27e9b6094c88/contents/ Caused by:
  org.jboss.jca.validator.ValidatorException: Severity: ERROR
  Section: 19.4.2 Description: A ResourceAdapter must implement a
  \"public boolean equals(Object)\" method. Code:
  com.ibm.connector2.cics.inbound.CTGInboundAdapterSeverity: ERROR
  Section: 19.4.2 Description: A ResourceAdapter must implement a
  \"public int hashCode()\" method. Code:
  com.ibm.connector2.cics.inbound.CTGInboundAdapter "}}
  

Problem conclusion

• CICS TG Inbound Adapter code has been rectified.
  

Temporary fix

• Set false flag to fail-on-error parameter of JCA configuration
  in JBoss.
  

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

  CICS TRNS GATE

• Fixed component ID

  5724I8103

Applicable component levels