IJ44689: HTTP HANDLER PSDI.IFACE.ROUTER.SCRIPTHTTPREQ HAS NPE WHEN NULL BYTE DATA IS USED

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Http handler psdi.iface.router.ScriptHTTPReq has
  NullPointerException when null byte data is used
  
  When you put a script on an endpoint as the Exit Class, then
  attach to a JSON Resource it fails with a NullPointerException
  on line 25.  The code on line 25 isn't null safe and the data in
  the use case is null.
  
  this.sdata = new String(data, "utf-8");
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Maximo users                                                 *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * NullPointerException encountered in                          *
  * psdi.iface.router.ScriptHTTPReq when byte data is null.      *
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  When you put a script on an endpoint as the Exit Class, then
  attach to a JSON Resource it fails with a NullPointerException.
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR will be contained in a future release.
  

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

  INTEGRATION

• Fixed component ID

  5724R46I1

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