PI96876: JAVA.LANG.NOCLASSDEFFOUNDERROR:COM.IBM.CICS.SCHEMA.UTIL. BYTEARRAY ERROR WITH JAVA_PIPELINE=YES, WSDL_VALIDATOR=NO/FALSE

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If the customer sets JAVA_PIPELINE=YES and
  WSDL_VALIDATOR=TRUE(which is default), CICS will automatically
  add all of the required JAR files(including dfjwsdl.jar which
  contains com/ibm/cics/schema/util/ByteArray.class) to the class
  path.  But in CICS 5.2, there is code change, if customer sets
  JAVA_PIPELINE=YES, WSDL_VALIDATOR=NO or FALSE, CICS will not
  automatically add the dfjwsdl.jar file to CLASSPATH, then they
  will met "java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
  com.ibm.cics.schema.util.ByteArray" problem.
  

Local fix

• Add following to the JVMProfile to fix the problem as temporary
  workaround:
  
  CLASSPATH_SUFFIX=&USSHOME;/lib/wsdl/dfjwsdl.jar:
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: NoClassDefFoundError received when      *
  *                      installing a Java-based pipeline if     *
  *                      JAVA_PIPELINE=YES and                   *
  *                      WSDL_VALIDATOR=FALSE is specified in    *
  *                      the JVMProfile.                         *
  ****************************************************************
  An Axis2 JVMSERVER with JAVA_PIPELINE=YES and
  WSDL_VALIDATOR=FALSE in the JVMProfile is running in CICS to
  support JSON to CICS Web Services. When  installing the
  provider pipeline, Exception java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError;
  com.ibm.cics.schema.util.ByteArray is issued.
  

Problem conclusion

• CICS has been changed to add all the required JAR files to the
  CLASSPATH when JAVA_PIPELINE=YES and WSDL_VALIDATOR=FALSE is
  specified in the JVMProfile.
  

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:

  UI56056 UI56057 UI56058 UI56059 UI56060

Modules/Macros

• DFHSJSC  DFJ@H356 DFJ@H467 DFJ@H468
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R003 PSY UI56058

     UP18/05/29 P F805

• R00D PSY UI56057

     UP18/05/25 P F805

• R103 PSY UI56060

     UP18/05/30 P F805

• R10D PSY UI56059

     UP18/05/29 P F805

• R903 PSY UI56056

     UP18/05/29 P F805

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