PI70682: CRASH WHEN USING THE SETTAGCONTEXTVALUE METHOD

IBM Rational Rhapsody 8.2

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Description:
  
  The customer is using API to add a connector between ports. Here
  was their initial question:
  
  "I have to find a sample existing link to get collections of
  elements and multiplicities to use
       as the collections that I pass as the arguments to the
  setTagContextValue method instead
       of being able to create one to use. When I apply the
  connector stereotype it adds the
       End1Path and End2Path tags, however, the tags have no
  valueSpecification that I can
       Use to determine the correct handles for the two
  collections, and I cannot figure out
       How to add the valueSpecification other than by using the
  setTagContextValue method."
  
  
  When we investigated, we found that you can set the
  End1Path/End2Path tag values manually with setTagValue() method.
  
  However, when we try to use the setTagContextValue method we get
  a crash. See attached source code.
  
  
  Question:
  
  Why is this crash happening? Is there any way to stop the crash?
  
  If not, is there another work around to the customer's initial
  question?
  
  Attachments:
  
  Source code that causes crash
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Rhapsody 8.1.4                                               *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Crash when using the setTagContextValue method               *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• Fixed in Rhapsody 8.2 - Fixed by fixing the Rhapsody side so it
  will not crash in case that the elements collection doesn't
  contain model elements.
  In this case, the setTagContextValue will fail.
  

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

  TLOGIC RHAPSODY

• Fixed component ID

  5724V74RP

Applicable component levels

• R814 PSN

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