Release Notes for Version 2.5.0 of XML Data Handler

These release notes cover release information for version 2.5.0 of the XML data handler. They document changes to the data handler contained in the file CwXMLDataHandler.jar (file version 2.5.0). The release notes contain the following sections:

New in this release Installation, migration, upgrade, configuration
Product fix history Documentation
Hardware and software requirements

Note: Important information about this product may be available in Technical Support Flashes issued after these release notes were published. These can be found on the WebSphere Business Integration support Web site, http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wbiserver/support. Select the component area of interest and search the flashes section.

New in this release

Following are the new features and improvements made in this release:

Refer to the Data Handler Guide for detailed information about the new features.

Product fix history

Between release 2.4.0 and 2.5.0, the following change requests, based on customer-reported PMRs, were fixed.

Tracking
number
Description
13367 The data handler ignored empty XML elements when converting XML documents to business objects.
22443 The data handler failed to parse an XML document that specified a schema document referring to external entities by including other schemas.
22503 The ODA was unable to generate a business object from a DTD file that had SYSTEM references to other DTDs.
22773 The data handler had the potential of stalling when multiple threads were accessing and running the data handler concurrently.
24220 When the "notag" application-specific information property existed on a business object attribute, a "notag" element tag was generated on business-object-to-XML transformations.
24223 The data handler required support for includes of schemas with no namespace.
24547 The ODA failed to create business objects for schemas with mixed complex types with any child element.
24559 The data handler failed to correctly recognize attributes in business objects.
24655 The ODA failed to create business objects for DTDs with elements that consisted of a choice of child elements with the same names.
24723 The ODA had problems processing DTDs with comments.
30577 The data handler did not ignore undefined attributes when the IgnoreUndefinedAttributes MO Property was set to true.
 

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware and software requirements are included in the product documentation. See Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information for links to those guides.

Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information

Whether you are installing the software from the CD or downloading it from Passport Advantage and installing it from a local directory, refer to the appropriate guide:

These guides also include general migration, upgrade, and configuration information.

Documentation

Product documentation is not included as part of the product package, either by CD or by electronic product distribution. The documentation for this product can be found in the following InfoCenters:

To obtain the product documentation, visit the Web site and download the current documentation set for the release that you are using. Follow the instructions provided on the InfoCenter page to complete the installation.

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