APAR status
Closed as unreproducible in next release.
Error description
A NullPointerException is reported when an IMS Service provider service is invoked if no authorization has been requested by setting requireAuth="false" the z/OS Connect EE server.xml e.g: <zosconnect_zosConnectManager requireSecure="false" requireAuth="false"/> Additional search words: msgBAQR0404W msgBAQR0404 BAQR0404 msgFFDC1015I msgFFDC1015 FFDC1015
Local fix
Problem summary
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: All users of z/OS Connect EE and the IMS * * service provider. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: A NullPointerException is reported * * when requireAuth="false" is set. * **************************************************************** When the requireAuth="false" attribute was set in the z/OS Connect EE server.xml, the IMS service provider did not correctly handle the values and the following was reported in the z/OS Connect EE server log: FFDC1015I: An FFDC Incident has been created: "com.ibm.zosconnect.spi.ServiceException: java.lang.NullPointerException com.ibm.zosconnect.internal.web.ServiceProxyServlet$2 nnn" at ffdc_<date>_<time>.log BAQR0404W: Service <service_name> encountered an error while processing a request under URL http://<uri> The ffdc log reported: Stack Dump = com.ibm.zosconnect.spi.ServiceException: java.lang.NullPointerException
Problem conclusion
Temporary fix
Comments
z/OS Connect EE has been corrected to prevent the reported NullPointerException when using the IMS service provider with requireAuth="false" set in the z/OS Connect EE server.xml. The fix for this APAR will be shipped in the PTF for APAR PI85054.
APAR Information
APAR number
PI85476
Reported component name
Z/OS CONNECT EE
Reported component ID
5655CE300
Reported release
000
Status
CLOSED UR1
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2017-08-03
Closed date
2017-09-15
Last modified date
2017-09-15
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
Z/OS CONNECT EE
Fixed component ID
5655CE300
Applicable component levels
R000 PSY
UP
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Document Information
Modified date:
14 February 2023