PM21946: The JAX-WS runtime must tolerate a HTTP Content-Type charset that does not match the ?xml processing instruction

Fixes are available

APAR status

Closed as program error.

Error description

The Web Service Interoperability Basic Profile 2.0
Specification (WS-I BP 2.0) has the following requirement:

Rule R1019:  A receiver must ignore the encoding
pseudo-attribute of the envelope's XML declaration.

Here is an example message with conflicting character set
encoding values.  Note the that the charset value on the
CONTENT-TYPE is "UTF-16" and the ?xml encoding is "UTF-8":

HTTP/1.1
CONTENT-TYPE: text/xml;charset="UTF-16"
..
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"
xmlns:tem="http://tempuri.org/">
...
</soap:Envelope>


Here is the invalid response received from the JAX-WS Web
service:

Response
HTTP/1.1 500 Error
CONTENT-TYPE: text/xml; charset=UTF-16
...
<soapenv:Envelope
xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soapenv:Body>
<soapenv:Fault
xmlns:axis2ns2="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<faultcode>axis2ns2:Client</faultcode>
<faultstring>Character Set Encoding from transport
information [UTF-8] does not match with
character set encoding in the received SOAP message
[UTF-16]</faultstring>
<detail/>
</soapenv:Fault>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Local fix

Problem summary

****************************************************************
* USERS AFFECTED:  IBM WebSphere Application Server V7.0       *
*                  administrators of JAX-WS Web services       *
****************************************************************
* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The JAX-WS Web service should           *
*                      tolerate an inbound message that has    *
*                      mixed character encodings.              *
****************************************************************
* RECOMMENDATION:  Install a fix pack that contains this APAR  *
****************************************************************
The Web Service Interoperability Basic Profile 2.0
Specification (WS-I BP 2.0) has the following requirement:

Rule R1019:  A receiver must ignore the encoding
pseudo-attribute of the envelope's XML declaration.

Here is an example message with conflicting character set
encoding values.  Note the that the charset value on the
CONTENT-TYPE is "UTF-16" and the ?xml encoding is "UTF-8":

HTTP/1.1
CONTENT-TYPE: text/xml;charset="UTF-16"
..
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"
xmlns:tem="http://tempuri.org/">
...
</soap:Envelope>


Here is the invalid response received from the JAX-WS Web
service:

Response
HTTP/1.1 500 Error
CONTENT-TYPE: text/xml; charset=UTF-16
...
<soapenv:Envelope
xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
 <soapenv:Body>
  <soapenv:Fault
xmlns:axis2ns2="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <faultcode>axis2ns2:Client</faultcode>
   <faultstring>Character Set Encoding from transport
information [UTF-8] does not match with
character set encoding in the received SOAP message
[UTF-16]</faultstring>
   <detail/>
  </soapenv:Fault>
 </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Problem conclusion

The JAX-WS runtime is changed to remove the invalid checking.
The Web service will successfully process the inbound message
that contains mixed character encodings.

The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in
fix pack 7.0.0.15.  Please refer to the Recommended Updates
page for delivery information:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27004980

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

APAR number
PM21946
Reported component name
WEBSPHERE APP S
Reported component ID
5724J0800
Reported release
700
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt
Submitted date
2010-09-04
Closed date
2010-09-10
Last modified date
2010-09-10

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
WEBSPHERE APP S
Fixed component ID
5724J0800

Applicable component levels

R700 PSY
UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 October 2021

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PM21946: The JAX-WS runtime must tolerate a HTTP Content-Type charset that does not match the ?xml processing instruction

Fixes are available

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APAR status

Closed as program error.

Error description

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

APAR number

Reported component name

Reported component ID

Reported release

Status

PE

HIPER

Special Attention

Submitted date

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Last modified date

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

Fixed component ID

Applicable component levels

R700 PSY

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