PI94376: JSONTRANSFRM CONTROL BLOCK DOES NOT CONTAIN THE TIMESTAMP OF WHEN THE JSBIND FILE WAS GENERATED

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The JSONTRANSFRM resource control block ml_jstr_cb does not
  contain the timestamp of when the JSBIND file was generated.
  
  This APAR has been created to store the timestamp in this
  control block so it is possible to tell from a CICS dump when
  the JSBIND file was generated.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users.                              *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: JSBIND timestamp difficult or           *
  *                      impossible to locate in dump.           *
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  DFHJS2LS or DFHLS2JS is run to create a JSON binding file.  The
  JSON binding file, with extension .jsbind, is created in the
  bundle directory and contains a timestamp of when it was
  generated.
  A JSONTRANSFRM bundle resource is created in CICS and the
  DFHJSON linkable interface is used to convert application data
  to JSON or vice-versa.
  DFHJS2LS or DFHLS2JS is rerun to make a change to the JSON
  binding file, but the change is not seen at runtime.  From a
  CICS dump it can be difficult or impossible to locate the
  timestamp of the JSON binding file in use by CICS meaning it
  may not be possible to confirm that CICS is using the updated
  file.
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHMLJS has been modified to store the JSON binding file's
  timestamp in the JSONTRANSFRM control block when the file is
  parsed.
  
  DFHMLJS has also been updated so that a new trace point, ML
  0709, is issued when DFHJSON is called if ML level 2 tracing is
  active.  This trace point shows the JSON binding file timestamp.
  The CICS TS for z/OS Knowledge Center will be updated
  to list this trace point.
  

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:

  UI56621 UI56622 UI56623 UI56624

Modules/Macros

• DFHJSON  DFHMLDM  DFHMLDUF DFHMLJS  DFHMLPC  DFHMLRL  DFHMLST
  DFHMLTF  DFHMLTRI DFHMLXT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R000 PSY UI56624

     UP18/06/19 P F806

• R100 PSY UI56623

     UP18/06/19 P F806

• R800 PSY UI56621

     UP18/06/20 P F806

• R900 PSY UI56622

     UP18/06/23 P F806

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