PI81545: NEGATIVEARRAYSIZEEXCEPTION WHEN SENDING IMS CONNECT REQUESTS THROUGH THE PROXY AND USING USER WRITTEN MESSAGE EXIT

Rational Integration Tester Fix Pack 1 (9.1.0.1) for 9.1
Rational Test Virtualization Server Fix Pack 1 (9.1.0.1) for 9.1
Rational Performance Test Server Fix Pack 1 (9.1.0.1) for 9.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• STEPS TO REPRODUCE :
  You record messages from a client to IMS Connect using a message
  exit other than HWSSMPL1 that prefixes messages with a 4 byte
  length field (LLLL).
  
  EXPECTED RESULTS :
  You would expect to collect the IMS traffic.
  
  ACTUAL RESULTS : You see an error of type
  "NegativeArraySizeException" in the RIT proxy recording log.
  The proxy server uses only the first two bytes as the message
  length. When these two bytes are 0000, the result is a
  NegativeArraySizeException.
  This could happen when you have written you own message exits
  rather than using the provided ones. For other message exits
  than the default ones, the assumption is that the length field
  is 2 bytes followed by 2 bytes of 00's. If you make small
  modifications to HWSSMPL1, and gives the modified exit a new
  IRM-ID, the proxy server will interpret the length field
  incorrectly, eventually resulting in a
  NegativeArraySizeException.
  
  WORKAROUND :
  None
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users of IMS CONNECT messages and the TCP Proxy              *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Update to 9.1.0.1                                            *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• Update to 9.1.0.1
  

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

• R800 PSN

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• R801 PSN

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• R850 PSN

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• R851 PSN

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• R860 PSN

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• R870 PSN

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• R871 PSN

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• R900 PSN

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• R901 PSN

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• R910 PSY

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