PH65145: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError for javax classes when running BAQLS2JS utility with Java 11 or 17.

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• When running BAQLS2JS utility with Java 11 or above, the
  following error is reported:
  
  BAQU0007I: Invoking CICS JSON assistant utility program
  DFHLS2JS.
  
  Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
  javax.activation.DataHandler
  at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassInternal
                                           (ClassLoader.java:472)
  at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass
                                            (ClassLoader.java:433)
  at java.base/java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass
                                      (SecureClassLoader.java:150)
  ...
  
  Additional search words: BAQU0007I msgBAQU0007I BAQU0007
  msgBAQU0007
  

Local fix

• BAQLS2JS utility works with Java 8.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of the z/OS Connect V3.0           *
  *                 BAQLS2JS or BAQJS2LS (OpenAPI 2) scripts     *
  *                 with Java 11 or 17.                          *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError for      *
  *                      javax classes when running BAQLS2JS     *
  *                      utility with Java 11 or 17.             *
  ****************************************************************
  When running the BAQLS2JS or BAQJS2LS scripts with either Java
  11 or 17, the following error is reported:
  
  BAQU0007I: Invoking CICS JSON assistant utility program <prog>
  Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
    javax.activation.DataHandler
  

Problem conclusion

• The "Creating bind and schema files" and "Conversion for IBM
  z/OS Connect zosConnect-2.0 data transformation" sections of the
  z/OS Connect documentation have been updated to include the
  following text:
  
  The BAQLS2JS and BAQJS2LS utilities are only supported by Java
  8.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

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