PH17014: manifest attributes for annotation filtering are not being honored

PH17014 resolves the following problem:

ERROR DESCRIPTION:
When an ear is being started, the following manifest attributes are not being honored correctly and annotation scanning may fail :

Ignore-Scanning-Archives
Ignore-Scanning-Packages
Include-Scanning-Archives
Include-Scanning-Packages

LOCAL FIX:
none

PROBLEM SUMMARY:

USERS AFFECTED:
All users of IBM WebSphere Application Server using annotation scanning filters to avoid scanning a corrupt application class.

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
An exception occurs during application start and annotation scanning does not complete.

RECOMMENDATION:
None

Annotation scanning filters were never intended to be used to avoid scanning corrupt classes in an application. The intent was to reduce the amount of annotation scanning as a performance improvement. Thus, not all components of WebSphere Application Server that do annotation scanning implement the filters.
If you are using annotation scanning filters to completely avoid scanning a particular class because the class is corrupt, an exception similar to the following might occur.
9/5/19 13:43:33:162 CEST] 00000235 targets W TargetsDataImpl apply Corrupt class java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.(Unknown Source) at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.(Unknown Source) at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.(Unknown Source) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.TargetsDataImpl.apply(TargetsDataIm pl.java:985) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.TargetsDataImpl$1.scan(TargetsDataI mpl.java:754) at com.ibm.ws.anno.archive.impl.ClassSourceDirectZipImpl.scan(Class SourceDirectZipImpl.java:376) at com.ibm.ws.anno.archive.impl.ClassSourceDirectZipImpl.scan(Class SourceDirectZipImpl.java:293) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.TargetsDataImpl.scanInternal(Target sDataImpl.java:759) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.TargetsScannerImpl.scanInternal(Tar getsScannerImpl.java:210) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.TargetsScannerImpl_Overall.validInt ernalContainer(TargetsScannerImpl_Overall.java:493) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.TargetsScannerImpl_Overall.validInt ernalContainers(TargetsScannerImpl_Overall.java:657) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.TargetsScannerImpl_Overall.validInt ernalContainers_Select(TargetsScannerImpl_Overall.java:631) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.TargetsScannerImpl_Overall.validUnr esolvedClasses(TargetsScannerImpl_Overall.java:842) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.TargetsScannerImpl_Overall.validInt ernal(TargetsScannerImpl_Overall.java:1162) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.AnnotationTargetsImpl_Targets.ensur eInternalResults(AnnotationTargetsImpl_Targets.java:589) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.AnnotationTargetsImpl_Targets.getSe edData(AnnotationTargetsImpl_Targets.java:427) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.AnnotationTargetsImpl_Targets.i_get ClassNames(AnnotationTargetsImpl_Targets.java:747) at com.ibm.ws.anno.targets.impl.AnnotationTargetsImpl_Targets.getCl assNames(AnnotationTargetsImpl_Targets.java:738) at com.ibm.ws.anno.archive.impl.ArchiveClassStoreImpl.getArchiveCla ssNames(ArchiveClassStoreImpl.java:424) at com.ibm.ws.cdi.classic.AbstractClassicCDIArchive.getClassNames(A bstractClassicCDIArchive.java:973) at com.ibm.ws.cdi.impl.weld.BDAFactory.createBDA(BDAFactory.java:13 2) at com.ibm.ws.cdi.impl.weld.BDAFactory.createBDA(BDAFactory.java:57 ) at com.ibm.ws.cdi.impl.CDIContainerImpl.processModuleLibraries(CDIC ontainerImpl.java:446) at com.ibm.ws.cdi.impl.CDIContainerImpl.processModules(CDIContainer Impl.java:396) at com.ibm.ws.cdi.impl.CDIContainerImpl.createWebSphereCDIDeploymen t(CDIContainerImpl.java:247) at com.ibm.ws.cdi.impl.CDIContainerImpl.startInitialization(CDICont ainerImpl.java:129) at com.ibm.ws.cdi.classic.CDIRuntimeImpl.applicationStarting(CDIRun timeImpl.java:348) at com.ibm.ws.cdi.classic.CDIRuntimeImpl.start(CDIRuntimeImpl.java: 440) at com.ibm.ws.cdi.classic.CDIRuntimeImpl.stateChanged(CDIRuntimeImp l.java:577)

The above exception occurs because the CDI component does not implement annotation scanning filters.

PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
The code has been updated, and the CDI component now implements annotation scanning filters.
The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in fix pack 9.0.5.3.
Please refer to the Recommended Updates page for delivery information:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27004980