IC98003: WEBSPHERE MQ FTE V7.0.4 AGENT FAILS WITH ERRORBFGUT0003E AND ILLEGALARGUMENTEXCEPTION IN CHARSETENCODER.ENCODE

WebSphere MQ V7.5 Fix Pack 7.5.0.3
WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition V7.0 Fix Pack 7.0.4.4

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition V7.0.4 agent fails after
  logging an error like this:
  
   BFGUT0003E: An internal error has occurred. An unexpected
   condition has occurred that has resulted in the abnormal
   end of this process. Failure data was captured in file
   "ABEND.FTE.xxxxxxx.xxxxxx.log".
  
  
   The ffdc file named in the error message shows these symptoms:
  
   Class: com.ibm.wmqfte.thread.FTEThread
   Method: uncaughtException
   Probe: ABEND_001
   Cause: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
   java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
   at java.nio.Buffer.position(Buffer.java:227)
   at com.ibm.icu.charset.CharsetASCII$CharsetEncodeASCII.encod
   at com.ibm.icu.charset.CharsetASCII$CharsetEncodeASCII.encod
   at com.ibm.icu.charset.CharsetEncoderICU.fromUnicodeWithCall
   at com.ibm.icu.charset.CharsetEncoderICU.encode(CharsetEncod
   at com.ibm.icu.charset.CharsetEncoderICU.encodeLoop(CharsetE
   at java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder.encode(CharsetEncoderICU.
   ...
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  Users of WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition 7.0.4 and
  WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer 7.5 that are executing a text
  mode transfer.
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  MultiPlatform
  
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM SUMMARY:
  When a 'text' mode transfer is executed, the data within the
  message or file is converted into the code page specified on the
  transfer request. To do this the WMQ File Transfer Edition (FTE)
  or WMQ Managed File Transfer (MFT) agent will use the ICU 4J
  libraries. An internal error within the ICU 4J libraries can
  occur which will cause the agent to ABEND. The ABEND will
  contain the following exception stack:
  
  Cause: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
     java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
      at java.nio.Buffer.position(Buffer.java:227)
      at
  com.ibm.icu.charset.CharsetASCII$CharsetEncoderASCII.encodeLoopC
  oreOptimized(CharsetASCII.java:295)
      at
  com.ibm.icu.charset.CharsetASCII$CharsetEncoderASCII.encodeLoop(
  CharsetASCII.java:236)
      at
  com.ibm.icu.charset.CharsetEncoderICU.fromUnicodeWithCallback(Ch
  arsetEncoderICU.java:432)
      at
  com.ibm.icu.charset.CharsetEncoderICU.encode(CharsetEncoderICU.j
  ava:352)
      at
  com.ibm.icu.charset.CharsetEncoderICU.encodeLoop(CharsetEncoderI
  CU.java:257)
      at
  java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder.encode(CharsetEncoder.java:555)
      at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.io.text.FTECharsetEncoder.encode(FTECharsetEncode
  r.java:298)
      at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.io.text.BaseTextWriter.write(BaseTextWriter.java:
  462)
      at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.io.text.BaseTextWriter.writeLine(BaseTextWriter.j
  ava:527)
      at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.io.text.GenericTextConverter.convertLines(Generic
  TextConverter.java:609)
      ......
  

Problem conclusion

• The ICU 4J libraries shipped with WebSphere MQ FTE/MFT have been
  updated to the 52.1 level which includes a fix for this issue.
  
  
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP002-Windows_x86 |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP002-Solaris_x86 |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP002-Solaris_SPARC |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP002-Linux64_SystemP |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP002-Linux_x86 |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP002-Linux_SystemZ |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP002-IBMi |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP002-HPUX_PARISC |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP002-HPUX_IA64 |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP002-AIX_ppc |
  
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP003-Windows_x86 |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP003-Solaris_x86 |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP003-Solaris_SPARC |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP003-Linux64_SystemP |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP003-Linux_x86 |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP003-Linux_SystemZ |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP003-IBMi |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP003-HPUX_PARISC |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP003-HPUX_IA64 |
  | MDVPARTL 7.0.4-WS-MQFTE-JavaVM-FP003-AIX_ppc |
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v7.0       7.0.4.4
  v7.5       7.5.0.3
  
  The latest available maintenance can be obtained from
  'WebSphere MQ Recommended Fixes'
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006037
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available information on
  its planned availability can be found in 'WebSphere MQ
  Planned Maintenance Release Dates'
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006309
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

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

  WMQ FILE TRANSF

• Fixed component ID

  5724R1000

Applicable component levels

• R704 PSY

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