PK82349: DXL PERM 'GETBOUNDEDATTR' DOES NOT CORRECTLY RETURN THE NUMBER OF REQUESTED BYTES

IBM Rational DOORS Version 9.2.0.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• TLOG#49370
  Prior to DOORS version 8.2 the DXL perm 'getBoundedAttr'
  returned the entire attribute value.
  now it correctly returns just the number of requested bytes but
  it only seems to work for 'text' type attributes For all other
  attribute types it returns the entire obj-attr value.
  
  You can demonstrate it as follows:
  open any module edit
  Create some object 'text' attribute.
  Select some object and give the new text attribute some string,
  around 10 characters.
  For that same object, give it some Object Text and Heading.
  and perhaps set some other attributes for that object.
  
  Run the DXL below 'getBoundedAttr_Trouble.dxl'.
  Copy the printed results to Notepad,
  look carefully at the results.
  It loops through all attributes for the object printing its raw
  value(truncated to 20) and also its getBoundedAttr value (also
  truncated).
  The results show only text type attributes bounded;
  all other attr types return the full (raw) value.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  // ** BEGIN getBoundedAttr_Trouble.dxl **
  Object oCurr = current
  Module mCurr = current
  string NameAttr, NameType, ValueRawVal, ValueBound
  int NumBytes = 3
  AttrDef ad
  print 'NumBytes = #' NumBytes '\t?' (identifier(oCurr)) '?\n'
  noError()
  for NameAttr in mCurr do
  { ad = find(mCurr, NameAttr)
  if (ad.hidden) continue
  ValueRawVal = oCurr.NameAttr
  ValueBound = getBoundedAttr(oCurr.NameAttr, NumBytes)
  NameType = ad.typeName
  print '?' NameType '?\t' NameAttr '\n'
  print '\t\t\tRawVal: ' (length(ValueRawVal)) '\t?'
  ValueRawVal?0:20?
  '?\n'
  print '\t\t\tBound: ' (length(ValueBound)) '\t?' ValueBound
  ?0:20?
  '?\n'
  }
  lastError()
  // ** END getBoundedAttr_Trouble.dxl **
  

Local fix

• No known workaround
  

Problem summary

• we should expect getBoundedAttr to retrieve only the set number
  of bytes from every attribute,
  but it only does so for 'text' attributes; for all other attr
  types it returns the full (raw) value.
  

Problem conclusion

• fixed in DOORS 9.2.0.1.
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TLOGIC DOORS

• Fixed component ID

  5724V61DR

Applicable component levels

• R920 PSY

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