Release Notes for XML Data Handler, Version 2.6.0

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 2.6.0). Refer to the Data Handler Guide for detailed information about the data handler.

The release notes contain the following sections:

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

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

The data handler and ODA have been updated with general maintenance fixes.

Refer to the Data Handler Guide for detailed information about this data handler.

Product fix history

Between versions 2.5.0 and 2.6.0, the following problems, based on customer-reported cases, were fixed.
Tracking
number
Description
31537 The data handler is not backward-compatible with some business object definitions.
32710 The xml:lang attribute in the business object is not populated.
33007

The data handler fails to create business objects from XML documents in a multithreaded environment. Fixed in Patch 2.5.1.

34625 The data handler fails to populate business objects when the IgnoreUndefinedAttributes property is set to true. Fixed in Patch 2.5.2.
34855 XML ODA fails to create business object definitions in some cases when the ODA property typeSubstitution is set to true. Fixed in Patch 2.5.2.

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

For hardware and software requirements, installation, and configuration information specific to this product, refer to the Installation Guide for WebSphere Business Integration Adapters.

Known problems and workarounds

The following problems have been found in this release:

Tracking number Description
35055 The problem with data handler backward compatibility of new-line characters was fixed in Patch 2.5.2 but is not included in this release. For this fix, you must install Patch 2.5.2.

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 Information Center:

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 Information Center page to complete the installation.

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