PM79813: MULTIPLE VALUES FOR 'DISPLAYNAME' ATTRIBUTE IN LDAP FAILS PEOPLE PICKER TO DISPLAY SEARCH RESULT

Fixes integrated in WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.0 Cumulative Fixes

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• People Picker Search fails for a user having multiple values for
  'displayName' attribute.
  
  Error traces is like this:
  java.lang.ClassCastException: java.util.ArrayList incompatible
  with java.lang.String
  [12/20/12 13:38:30:309 EET] 00000050 SystemErr     R    at
  com.ibm.wkplc.people.picker.poc.PickerXMLReader
  .returnXML(PickerXMLReader.java:694)
  [12/20/12 13:38:30:310 EET] 00000050 SystemErr     R    at
  com.ibm.wkplc.people.picker.poc.PickerXMLReader
  .parseSearch(PickerXMLReader.java:418)
  [12/20/12 13:38:30:310 EET] 00000050 SystemErr     R    at
  com.ibm.wkplc.people.picker.poc.PickerXMLReader
  .parse(PickerXMLReader.java:221)
  [12/20/12 13:38:30:310 EET] 00000050 SystemErr     R    at
  com.ibm.wps.resolver.xml.IdentityTransformerImpl
  .transformSAX(IdentityTransformerImpl.java:962)
  Opened for release 7002
  

Local fix

• required code file corrected and handle this case.
  

Problem summary

• If user displayName attribute stores multiple value then display
  of search result in People Picker fails due to improper handling
  of multiple values.
  

Problem conclusion

• Official ifix has been provided to customer
  

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

  WEBSPHERE PORTA

• Fixed component ID

  5724E7600

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

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