APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
User has a EGL program, generated to Java, which calls a program in CICS, using CICSJ2C. The call contains Chinese characters. The call fails with NPE, withe the following stack trace. [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O java.lang.NullPointerException [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.javart.MbcharValue.truncate(MbcharValue.java:273) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.javart.MbcharValue.storeInBuffer(MbcharValue.java:519) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.javart.OverlayContainer.storeInBuffer(OverlayContainer.j ava:184) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.javart.util.ByteStorageUtil.storeInBuffer (ByteStorageUtil.java:825) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.javart.util.ByteStorageUtil.storeInBuffer (ByteStorageUtil.java:677) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.javart.util.ByteStorageUtil.argToBytesCso7 (ByteStorageUtil.java:615) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.javart.util.ByteStorageUtil.argsToBytesCso7 (ByteStorageUtil.java:572) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.javart.calls.CicsJ2cCaller.call(CicsJ2cCaller.java:89) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.javart.calls.CicsJ2cDelegate.call(CicsJ2cDelegate.java:9 4) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at jsfhandlers.EMGW51SA.\func_writeDATA(EMGW51SA.java:6597) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at jsfhandlers.EMGW51SA.dispatchToAction(EMGW51SA.java:6228) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at jsfhandlers.EMGW51SA.writeDATA(EMGW51SA.java:6193) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:546 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:45) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:599) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:131) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at org.apache.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.j ava:277) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.sun.faces.application.MethodBindingMethodExpressionAdapter.i nvoke (MethodBindingMethodExpressionAdapter.java:88) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.sun.faces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction (ActionListenerImpl.java:102) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:387) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.broadcastEvents(UIViewRoot.java :458) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.j ava:763) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationPhase.execute (InvokeApplicationPhase.java:82) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:100) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java :118) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:265) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service (ServletWrapper.java:1449) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest (ServletWrapper.java:790) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest (ServletWrapper.java:443) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest (ServletWrapperImpl.java:175) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.CacheServletWrapper.handleReques t (CacheServletWrapper.java:91) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest (WebContainer.java:859) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest (WSWebContainer.java:1557) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready (WCChannelLink.java:173) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscr iminatio n(HttpInboundLink.java:455) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewIn formatio n(HttpInboundLink.java:384) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready (HttpInboundLink.java:272) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sen dToDiscr iminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:214) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.com plete (NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:113) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureComp leted (AioReadCompletionListener.java:165) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback (AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions (AsyncChannelFuture.java:161) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:138) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:202) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop (ResultHandler.java:766) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler\2.run(ResultHandler.java:896) [2011/1/5 00:01:28:562 CST] 00000078 SystemOut O at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool\Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1527)
Local fix
Problem summary
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * **************************************************************** Java programs may fail with a NullPointerException when the data of an mbchar field is converted to EBCDIC.
Problem conclusion
The problem has been fixed.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
PM30089
Reported component name
RATL BUS DEV
Reported component ID
5724S5000
Reported release
751
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt
Submitted date
2011-01-07
Closed date
2011-05-06
Last modified date
2011-05-06
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
RATL BUS DEV
Fixed component ID
5724S5000
Applicable component levels
R751 PSN
UP
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Document Information
Modified date:
06 May 2011