PM23570: NEW JAVA 6 WILDCARD FEATURE NOT SUPPORTED IN CICS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer found he had to specify every jarfile on the classpath
  after installing CICS TS 4.1.  Java 6 added a feature where you
  can use a wildcard (*) to specify a group of files all at once
  on your classpath.  This improved the functionality of Java 5
  and Java 1.4.2 which required you to list every jarfile you
  wished to use.
  
  If you specify a classpath as follows:
       /usr/lpp/cicsts/cics660\lib/\*
  or
       "/usr/lpp/cicsts/cics660/lib/*"
  
  The class would not be found as the asterisk was not being
  honored by CICS.
  

Local fix

• no local fix available
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: ClassNotFoundException thrown as        *
  *                      unable to resolve jar files added       *
  *                      to the classpath using wildcards.       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Users can specify additions to the classpath that a JVM is
  invoked with using the CLASSPATH_SUFFIX parameter within a
  JVMProfile. If using Java version 6 then it is valid to
  use a wildcard as part of the classpath, at the end of a
  directory, to indicate that all JAR files within that
  directory should be included as part of the classpath.
  
  CICS does not expand wildcards specified at the end of
  directory paths in the CLASSPATH_SUFFIX variable.
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHSJCS has been updated to include the capability to expand
  directories that are specified with wildcards in the
  CLASSPATH_SUFFIX variable in JVM profiles to include all .jar
  and .JAR files held in the directory on the classpath with
  which the JVM is invoked.
  

Temporary fix

• FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UK62741 UK62742

Modules/Macros

•    DESSJCS  DFHSJCL  DFHSJCS  DFHSJCSH DFHSJPJP
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V4

• Fixed component ID

  5655S9700

Applicable component levels

• R603 PSY UK62742

     UP10/12/07 P F012

• R600 PSN

     UP

Fix is available

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