PH43816: JNDI FAILURE AFTER UPGRADING WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER TO 9.0.5.10

PH43816:JNDI failure after upgrading Websphere Application Server to 9.0.5.10

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• JNDI operation may fail due to an Exception while attempting
  to obtain an object instance from an ObjectFactory. In
  previous releases such an Exception was caught and alternative
  methods of retreiving the object instance were performed
  successfully.
  
  An example callstack is show below:
  
  
  javax.naming.NoInitialContextException:
  Unable to determine caller's BundleContext; remaining name ''
  at com.ibm.osgi.jndi.fep.bridge.ServiceReaperImpl.addBundleCon
  text(ServiceReaperImpl.java:359)
  at com.ibm.osgi.jndi.fep.bridge.ServiceReaperImpl$BundleContex
  tAddingObjectFactoryProxy.getObjectInstance(ServiceReaperImpl.j
  ava:265)
  at org.apache.aries.jndi.ObjectFactoryHelper.getObjectInstance
  UsingObjectFactories(ObjectFactoryHelper.java:134)
  at org.apache.aries.jndi.ObjectFactoryHelper.access$300(Object
  FactoryHelper.java:39)
  at org.apache.aries.jndi.ObjectFactoryHelper$1.run(ObjectFacto
  ryHelper.java:100)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessControlle
  r.java:734)
  at org.apache.aries.jndi.ObjectFactoryHelper.getObjectInstance
  (ObjectFactoryHelper.java:67)
  at org.apache.aries.jndi.OSGiObjectFactoryBuilder.getObjectIns
  tance(OSGiObjectFactoryBuilder.java:66)
  at javax.naming.spi.DirectoryManager.getObjectInstance(Directo
  ryManager.java:177)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of IBM WebSphere Application      *
  *                  Server                                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: JNDI operations fail if an              *
  *                      ObjectFactory throws an Exception.      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The fix for APAR PH02744 backported, into WebSphere Application
  Server, the fix for an issue in the open source Apache Aries
  project identified in JIRA ARIES-1068.
  When obtaining an object instance, the OSGi JNDI
  implementation's InitialContextFactoryBuilder must try several
  different methods to obtain the instance.  The fix modified the
  Exception handling such that an Exception from one such method
  was no longer handled causing a premature failure of the
  attempt.
  

Problem conclusion

• The defect in Apache Aries JIRA ARIES-1068 was identified and
  fixed in Apache Aries JIRA ARIES-2000.  The fix for this APAR
  backports the open source fix for the ARIES-2000 JIRA into the
  version of Apache Aries shipped in WebSphere Application Server.
  
  The fix for this APAR is targeted for inclusion in fix pack
  9.0.5.11. For more information, see 'Recommended Updates for
  WebSphere Application Server':
  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/715553
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBS APP SERV N

• Fixed component ID

  5724H8800

Applicable component levels

• R900 PSY

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