PK82643: WSWS3710E ERROR WHEN REQUESTS COME IN FOR WEB SERVICES WITH CHARSET ISO-8859-1.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When a web service request comes in and specifies a charset
  of iso-8859-1 when an inputstream has already been created using
  UTF-8, the following exception will be seen:
  .
  WSWS3227E:  Error: Exception:java.lang.Exception: WSWS3710E:
  Internal Error: Attempt to change encoding on
  WebServicesInputSource from utf-8 to iso-8859-1.
  at
  com.ibm.ws.webservices.engine.InternalException.<init>(InternalE
  xception.java:124)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.webservices.utils.WebServicesInputSource.setEncoding(
  WebServicesInputSource.java:197)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.webservices.engine.SOAPPart._getSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart
  .java:1027)
  ...
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of WebSphere Application Server        *
  *                 V7.0 JAX-RPC web service clients             *
  *                 and providers that receive messages in       *
  *                 ISO-8859-1 character encoding.               *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: A message in ISO-8859-1 encoding might  *
  *                      be rejected by the WebSphere            *
  *                      Application Server web services         *
  *                      JAX-RPC runtime.                        *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  A web services client might send a request in ISO-8859-1
  character encoding to a WebSphere Application Server web
  service. In this case, the user might observe this on
  the service side:
  
  WSWS3227E:  Error: Exception:java.lang.Exception: WSWS3710E:
  Internal Error: Attempt to change encoding on
  WebServicesInputSource from utf-8 to iso-8859-1.
    at
  com.ibm.ws.webservices.engine.InternalException.<init>(InternalE
  xception.java:124)
    at
  com.ibm.ws.webservices.utils.WebServicesInputSource.setEncoding(
  WebServicesInputSource.java:197)
          ...
  
  The client might receive a SOAP Fault like the below:
  
  <soapenv:Envelope
  xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
  xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
    <soapenv:Fault
     xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
      <faultcode>soapenv:Server.generalException</faultcode>
      <faultstring>WSWS3400I: Info: unexpected exception.
       </faultstring>
     </soapenv:Fault>
    </soapenv:Body>
  </soapenv:Envelope>
  
  Similarly, the WSWS3710E InternalException might also occur on
  a WebSphere Application Server client if it receives a
  response in ISO-8859-1 encoding.
  

Problem conclusion

• The V6.1 JAX-RPC web services code was changed to tolerate
  ISO-8859-1 character encoding. Note that the SAAJ 1.2 and 1.3
  specifications require only UTF-8 and UTF-16.
  
  APAR PK82643 is currently targeted for inclusion in Service
  Level (Fix Pack) 7.0.0.3 of WebSphere Application Server V7.0.
  
  Please refer to URL:
  //www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=404&uid=swg27006970
  for Fix Pack availability.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PK72050

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

Modules/Macros

• BBGUBINF BBOUBINF
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655I3500

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY UK45160

     UP09/04/06 P F904

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