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PI80586: IBM EXPLORER FOR Z/OS (ZEXPL) ZUNIT FAILS WITH NPE ON SUBMIT WHEN BIDI IS TURNED ON

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • IBM Explorer for z/OS - zExpl
Zunit fails with NPE on submit when BIDI is turned on

Below is the stack trace found in the .log file:
!ENTRY com.ibm.etools.zunit.ui 4 0 2017-04-04 15:02:42.453
!MESSAGE
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.ibm.etools.zos.subsystem.jes.JMMinerConnection.submit
    at com.ibm.ftt.jes.util.core.JesJobUtil.submit
    at
com.ibm.etools.zunit.ui.operations.BuildProcess.submitJCLFile
    at com.ibm.etools.zunit.ui.operations.BuildProcess.run
    at
com.ibm.etools.zunit.ui.operations.BuildTestCaseOperation.buildT
estCase
    at
com.ibm.etools.zunit.ui.operations.BuildTestCaseOperation.run
    at
org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run

Local fix

  • None available

Problem summary

  • With the BIDI preference turned on (in IDz), when the
.JMMinerConnection.submit() API is used with a java.io.File that
resides outside of an Eclipse project (in this case, under the
workspace .metadata folder) an NPE is hit.

Problem conclusion

  • When BIDI is turned on, the java.io.File needs to be converted
to an IFile (the Eclipse representation of a file) in order to
be passed into the BIDI transformation API.  The APIs used to
convert the File to an IFile result in null because they were
not meant to be used for files that are not part of an Eclipse
project.

Temporary fix

  • 



Comments


    

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    PI80586
    • 

  • Reported component name
    EXP FOR Z/OS CL
    • 

  • Reported component ID
    5655EXP00
    • 

  • Reported release
    300
    • 

  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
    • 

  • PE
    NoPE
    • 

  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
    • 

  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt / Xsystem
    • 

  • Submitted date
    2017-04-26
    • 

  • Closed date
    2017-05-24
    • 

  • Last modified date
    2017-05-24
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  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
    

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Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    EXP FOR Z/OS CL
    • 

  • Fixed component ID
    5655EXP00
    • 



Applicable component levels


    

  • R301  PSY
       UP
    • 








      
              
                            

              

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            Modified date:
            

            24 May 2017
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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