IT41347: JUNIT COMPARISON OF XML MESSAGE TREES INCORRECTLY REPORTS FAILURE IF XML ATTRIBUTES IN DIFFERENT ORDER

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• JUnit comparison of XML message trees incorrectly reports
  failure if XML attributes in different order
  

Local fix

• NA
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  All  users of IBM App Connect v12 using trhe JUnit Test feature
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  MultiPlatform
  
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  When using the JUnit matchers to match a logical message tree
  with expected data stored in a .mxml assertions can fail if the
  tree contains elements which match but attributes of xml
  elements are in the wrong order. For example:
  
  <test attr1="foo" attr2="bar/>
  
  Would fail to match with:
  
  <test attr2="bar" attr1="foo"/>
  
  This is incorrect since XML attributes are considered to be
  unordered int he XML specification. This problem may manifest
  itself by assertions in JUnit code failing unexpectedly for
  example:
  
  assertThat(actualMessageAssembly,
  equalsMessage(expectedMessageAssembly));
  

Problem conclusion

• The message matching code was changed to no longer require XML
  attributes to be int he same order when amtching.
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v12.0      12.0.6.0
  
  The latest available maintenance can be obtained from:
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006041
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available,information on
  its planned availability can be found on:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006308
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

Temporary fix

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  APP CONNECT ENT

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0560

Applicable component levels