PI25874: NESTED ANY ORDER REPEATING ELEMENT VALIDATION REPORTS INCORRECT FAILURES

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The problem occurs when using XML messages that contain multiple
  levels of repeating children that have "Accept fields in any
  order" selected.
  
  When a message is validated against test data it can report
  elements that fail validation when the data is correct.
  When the received out-of-order sections of message are
  processed, they might not be correctly matched with the test
  data sections.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All users of Rational Integration Tester                     *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Users could sometimes see that Rational Integration Tester   *
  * failed validation of a "correct". The problem occurred when  *
  * validating XML messages that contained multiple levels of    *
  * repeating children, where the user had selected the "Accept  *
  * fields in any order" validation option. When the message was *
  * validated against test data, Rational Integration Tester     *
  * could report elements as having failed validation even       *
  * though the data was correct.                                 *
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Problem conclusion

• This problem was caused by failures in the logic of n-level deep
  repeating child element validation with any-order validation
  turned on.  This problem was fixed in version 8.6.0.3 of
  Rational Integration Tester
  

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

  RATL INTEGRA TE

• Fixed component ID

  5725G79IT

Applicable component levels