PM17190: PROBLEM TRYING TO START AN APPLICATION IN A OSGI BUNDLE WHEN USING A CODE COVERAGE TOOL

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Problem trying to start a code coverage enabled application in
  a OSGi bundle. The exception that causes the problem is:
  
  Caused by: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
  at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1092)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.eba.internal.framework.EBAClassLoader.loadLocalClass(
  EBAClassLoader.java:134)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.eba.internal.framework.EBAClassLoader.loadClass(EBACl
  assLoader.java:82)
  at $Proxy36.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initializeImpl(Native Method)
  at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:200)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  Users deploying OSGi applications with the  *
  *                  IBM WebSphere Application Server V7         *
  *                  Feature Pack for OSGi Applications and      *
  *                  Java Persistence API 2.0                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When using a code coverage tool to      *
  *                      gather statistics from an OSGi          *
  *                      Application, an exception is seen and   *
  *                      the application fails                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  An example of the exception that might be seen when
  using code coverage tools with OSGi applications is as follows:
  
  Caused by: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
  at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1092)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.eba.internal.framework.EBAClassLoader.loadLocalClass(
  EBAClassLoader.java:134)
  at
  com.ibm.ws.eba.internal.framework.EBAClassLoader.loadClass(EBACl
  assLoader.java:82)
  at $Proxy36.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initializeImpl(Native Method)
  at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:200)
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in
  fixpack 1.0.0.1 of the Feature Pack for OSGi Applications and
  JPA 2.0
  

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

  JPA OSGI FEATUR

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0857

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

     UP