PK57936: THE SAAJ METHOD ADDTEXTNODE() RETURNS XML ENCODED STRINGS FOR CHARACTERS WITH A HIGHER INT VALUE OF 127.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM's SAAJ/SOAP implementation of addTextNode always returns
  an XML encoded sequence for characters over integer value 127.
  A request has been made that the implementation of this method
  allow the option of returning unencoded characters.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of WebSphere Application Server   *
  *                  V6.1.0 web services.                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: web services currently returns XML      *
  *                      encoded strings for character with      *
  *                      an integer value greater than 127       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  web services assumed the CharacterTransferEncoding of 7bit and
  so it used XML encoding for any character with an integer value
  greater than 127.
  

Problem conclusion

• The ChararacterEncoding indicates the type of encoding that is
  used.  For example, "UTF-8" or "UTF-16".
  
  The CharacterTransferEncoding indicates a subset of that range.
  Previous to this APAR it was always "7bit".
  
  The CharacterTransferEncoding does not affect the
  CharacterEncoding.  It simply supplies a subset range.
  
  We have introduced a custom property that allows the customer to
  force a larger subset "8bit" or "binary".
  When this property is set, two things will happen:
  1) The webservices engine will disable &#; encoding for the
  characters in that range.
  2) The HTTP transport message will have a
  ContentTransferEncoding header set to the supplied value.
  
  The new JVM property is
  "com.ibm.ws.webservices.contentTransferEncoding"
  This property can be set to "7bit", "8bit", or "binary".
  The default for this property is "7bit"
  
  APAR PK57936 requires changes to documentation.
  
  NOTE: Periodically, we refresh the documentation on our
  Web site, so the changes might have been made before you
  read this text. To access the latest on-line
  documentation, go to the product library page at:
  
  http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/library
  
  The following changes to the WebSphere Application Server
  Version 6.0.x and Version 6.1.x Information Centers
  will be made available in June, 2008.
  
  The following description of the new JVM custom property
  will be added to the "Java Virtual machine custom properties"
  topic:
  
  com.ibm.ws.webservices.contentTransferEncoding
  
  
  Use this property to specify a range of bits for which
  .XML-encoding is disabled. Typically any integer that is
  greater than 127 is XML-encoded. When you specify this
  custom property:
  
  1. Web services disables encoding for integers that fall
  within the specified range.
  2. The HTTP transport message contains a
  ContentTransferEncoding header that is set to the value
  that is specified for this custom property.
  
  Specify 7bit, if you only want integers greater than 127
  encoded. Specify 8bit, if you only want integers greater
  than 25 encoded. Specify binary, if you want encoding
  disabled for all integers.
  
  The default value is 7bit.
  
  APAR PK57936 is currently targeted for inclusion in Service
  Level (Fix Pack) 6.1.0.19 of WebSphere Application Server V6.1
  for z/OS.
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  PK57938

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655I3500

Applicable component levels

• R610 PSY UK39151

     UP08/09/26 P F809

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