APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
The conversion of the JSON API swagger metadata to XML is not serializing the JSON string properly when the string has an escaped backslash.
Local fix
Problem summary
<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">The conversion of the JSON API swagger metadata to XML was not </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">serializing the JSON string source property for these policies properly when the supplied code had an escaped backslash. This resulted in a loss of the escape character. As the fix will be a behavioral change in the product for customers that may have coded around this issue, the new behavior is enabled using an API property </span>x-ibm-gateway-framework-preserve-escaped-reverse-solidus which must have a value of true.
Problem conclusion
<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:lato,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif">The fix is targeted for inclusion in IBM API Connect fixpack </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">version 5.0.8.8 and version 2018.4.1.12.</span>
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
LI81452
Reported component name
API CONNECT ENT
Reported component ID
5725Z2201
Reported release
508
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2020-04-16
Closed date
2020-04-29
Last modified date
2020-04-29
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Fix information
Fixed component name
API CONNECT ENT
Fixed component ID
5725Z2201
Applicable component levels
R508 PSY
UP
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Document Information
Modified date:
29 September 2021