PM71193: Rational Developer for System z (RDz) 8.0.3.2 COBOL and PLI-LS2XML conversion needs to escape CR

Rational Developer for System z Refresh Pack 8.5.1

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• Rational Developer for System z (RDz) 8.0.3.2
  
  Due to http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-line-ends a carriage
  return (CR) character will be converted to a line feed (LF)
  character when parsing an XML; a CR LF will be parsed to a
  single LF.
  
  
  If a PLI application programer adds a CR or CR LF to a response
  field in the application code, the converter running in ICON
  converts a CR or CR LF to UTF-8 without any escaping.  Due to
  the XML parsing rule above an XML parser converts a CR or CR LF
  to a single LF. As a result the web service client application
  will see only a LF but not the original CR or CR LF.
  
  
  
  Therefore, the CR character should be escaped using ?#xD;
  (similar to ?, ?, ' and ') by the generated XML converter in the
  LS2XML phase.
  
  This problem occurs in COBOL-LS2XML environment also.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• RD/z COBOL and PL/I Compiled LS2XML converters do not escape CR
  (0x0D) characters when generating XML.
  
  RD/z COBOL and PL/I Compiled LS2XML converters have been
  corrected to escape CR characters as 
 when generating XML
  element and attribute character content.  Note: CR escaping
  applies only to XML elements and attributes for which the facet
  <whiteSpace="preserve"/> is in effect.
  
  This APAR is being closed FIN with concurrence from the
  submitting customer. This means that a fix to this APAR is
  expected to be delivered from IBM in a release which is being
  developed at the time that the APAR was closed. The latest
  release of the product to exit development at the time this
  APAR was closed was: Rational Developer for System z V8.5.1.
  

Problem conclusion

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

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

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