PI82776: MERGING CLASS WITH OVERLOADED METHODS LOSES DATA

IBM Rational Rhapsody 8.3.0

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• - using DiffMerge in a model with overloaded operations does not
  recognize differences for these operations.
  - Additional differences in regular operations of the same class
  are not detected.
  - In the merge some operations are missing (data lost defect).
  - in case of no differences in overloaded operations the
  implementation is lost after merging.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * Rhapsody                                                     *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Merging class with overloaded methods loses data             *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• DiffMerge confuses, if two overloaded operations (operations
  with identical name but different type qualifiers) exist in the
  model, and it misses all such operations but the last one and
  also all other operations.
  This problem can be avoided in Rhapsody 8.2 by switching on
  DiffMerge.General.UseGUIDforMatching preference. It is fixed in
  8.3
  

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

• R812 PSY

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