Release Notes for XML Data Handler, Version 2.7.0

These release notes cover release information for Version 2.7.0 of the XML data handler. They document changes to the data handler contained in the file CwXMLDataHandler.jar (file version 2.7.0). Refer to the Data Handler Guide for detailed information about the data handler. These release notes contain the following sections:
New in this release Hardware and software requirements
Product fix history Installation, migration, upgrade, configuration
Backward compatibility Documentation updates

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 this data handler.

Product fix history

Between release 2.6.0 and 2.7.0, the following problems, based on customer-reported cases, were fixed.
Tracking
number
Description
35141 The data handler returns an error during XML to business object translation when the document type declaration or processing instructions are missing.
35148 The data handler does not support documents in UTF-16.
42671 The data handler incorrectly translates XML documents containing a set of brackets ("[]") as element data.

Backward compatibility

This version of the XML Data Handler and ODA are compatible with older versions of the WebSphere Business Integration Adapter Framework.

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

For hardware and software requirements, installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information specific to this product, refer to the Data Handler Guide.

Documentation updates

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:

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