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A "Content is not allowed in prolog" exception exists in the log files for WebSphere Process Server (WPS) when you use the MQ binding to read data


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Problem(Abstract)

If you use the MQ binding to read data from MQ, when you parse the business objects in the message, you might see a "org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource$IOWrappedException: Content is not allowed in prolog." message in the log files.

Symptom

The following exception is thrown in the log files or FFDC file:

com.ibm.ws.sca.databinding.impl.DataBindingImplXML com.ibm.ws.sca.databinding.impl.DataBindingImplXML#002 Exception:
                                 java.io.IOException: Error reading XML
at com.ibm.ws.bo.service.BOXMLSerializerImpl.load(BOXMLSerializerImpl.java:271)
at com.ibm.ws.bo.service.BOXMLSerializerImpl.readXMLDocumentWithOptions(BOXMLSerializerImpl.java:509)
at com.ibm.ws.sca.internal.sdo.impl.BOXMLSerializerDelegatorImpl.load(BOXMLSerializerDelegatorImpl.java:95)
at com.ibm.ws.sca.internal.sdo.impl.XMLFileServiceImpl.load(XMLFileServiceImpl.java:329)
at com.ibm.wsspi.sca.sdo.XMLFileService$1.load(XMLFileService.java:70)
at com.ibm.ws.sca.databinding.impl.DataBindingImplXML.read(DataBindingImplXML.java:226)
at com.ibm.websphere.sca.mq.data.impl.MQDataBindingImplXML.parseNativeData(MQDataBindingImplXML.java:242)
at com.ibm.websphere.sca.mq.data.impl.MQDataBindingImplXML.getDataObject(MQDataBindingImplXML.java:215)

.............

Caused by: org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource$IOWrappedException: Content is not allowed in prolog.
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLLoadImpl.load(XMLLoadImpl.java:199)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLResourceImpl.doLoad(XMLResourceImpl.java:179)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceImpl.load(ResourceImpl.java:1094)
at com.ibm.ws.bo.bomodel.util.SerializerUtil$2.run(SerializerUtil.java:171)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:246)
at com.ibm.ws.bo.bomodel.util.SerializerUtil.privilegedLoad(SerializerUtil.java:162)
at com.ibm.ws.bo.service.BOXMLSerializerImpl.load(BOXMLSerializerImpl.java:266)
... 38 more
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.
at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLLoadImpl.load(XMLLoadImpl.java:179)
... 44 more

Cause

This message can be the result of one of the following issues:

  • There is unreachable code in the body of the business objects.

  • There is a business object encoding problem.

Resolving the problem

To solve the problem, ensure that unreachable characters do not exist in the body of the business objects. Also, ensure that the business object encoding is consistent with the encoding that you use to parse them.

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Document information

WebSphere Process Server

Business Object Framework


Software version:
6.1.2.3


Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Linux zSeries, Solaris, Windows, i5/OS


Reference #:
1616715


Modified date:
2012-11-26

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