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PH38557: IBM DEVELOPER FOR Z V15.0 - USERS RECEIVED AN ERROR "AN ERROR OCCURRED WHILE OPENING TEST CASE EDITOR"

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • In IDz v15.0 Creating an XML schema file prepending numeric
    value before member name is not a supported naming convention
    within cobol copybooks.  Users received an error "An error
    occurred while opening Test Case Editor Reason: 1641_Product
    1640_Product 1648_Product" for Cobol program when generating a
    test case.
    
    Stack:
    !ENTRY com.ibm.etools.zunit.batch
    !MESSAGE  CobolTypes2XSDCommandWrap.importTypes(): 1641_PRODUCT
        1640_PRODUCT
        1648_PRODUCT
    !STACK 1
    com.ibm.adapter.framework.BaseException: 1641_PRODUCT
        1640_PRODUCT
        1648_PRODUCT
        at
    com.ibm.etools.zunit.cobol2xsd.util.PropertyName.getPropertyName
    List(PropertyName.java:173)
        at
    com.ibm.etools.zunit.cobol2xsd.typesimport.CobolElementVisitor.v
    isitCOBOLComposedType(CobolElementVisitor.java:827)
        at
    com.ibm.etools.zunit.cobol2xsd.typesimport.CobolElementVisitor.v
    isitCOBOLElement(CobolElementVisitor.java:1007)
        at
    com.ibm.etools.zunit.cobol2xsd.typesimport.CobolElementVisitor.v
    isit(CobolElementVisitor.java:627)
        at
    com.ibm.etools.zunit.cobol2xsd.typesimport.CobolElementVisitor.a
    cceptItemVisitor(CobolElementVisitor.java:1858)
    
    Workouround:
    Add the numeric value after the member name
    

Local fix

  • N/A
    

Problem summary

  • When the program has data items whose name begin with a numeric
    character, Testcase editor cannot be opened.
    

Problem conclusion

  • ZUnit has been corrected so the data item name beginning with a
    numeric character would be handled correctly.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PH38557

  • Reported component name

    DEV FOR Z/OS

  • Reported component ID

    5724T0700

  • Reported release

    F00

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2021-06-29

  • Closed date

    2021-10-29

  • Last modified date

    2021-10-29

  • 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

    DEV FOR Z/OS

  • Fixed component ID

    5724T0700

Applicable component levels

[{"Line of Business":{"code":"LOB35","label":"Mainframe SW"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SSTRMM","label":"IBM Developer for z\/OS"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"F00"}]

Document Information

Modified date:
30 October 2021