These release notes cover release information for version 3.2.0 of the IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Business Integration Adapter for Web Services. They contain the following sections:
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.
This section lists the new features and improvements made in this release.
Refer to the Adapter for Web Services User Guide for detailed information about the adapter and the new features.
Between release 3.1.0 and 3.2.0, the following change requests, based on customer-reported PMRs, were fixed.
Tracking number |
Description |
25776 | The Web Services HTTP protocol handler failed to contact the proxy host using proxy authentication. |
The Web Services Adapter 3.2.0 is backward compatible with the 3.0.0 version of the adapter.
The 3.2.0 version of the adapter is supported on the following adapter framework and integration broker:
The WSDL ODA delivered with 3.2.0, however, is supported only on WebSphere Business Integration Adapters Framework 2.3.x and WebSphere InterChange Server 4.2.1.
Hardware and software requirements are included in the product documentation. See Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information for links to those guides.
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 System Installation Guide for UNIX or
for Windows.
These guides also include general migration, upgrade, and
configuration information.
For hardware and software requirements and configuration information specific to this adapter, refer to the Adapter for Web Services User Guide.
When migrating from version 3.0.0 or 3.1.0 of the adapter to version 3.2.0, you must explicitly set the SOAPDHMimeType property of the protocol listener connector property. Previously, when this property was not set, the MIME type used to invoke the data handler defaulted to XML/SOAP; however, in version 3.2.0, if this property is not set, the MIME type defaults to the content type of the request message.
Make sure that you run this version of the adapter with WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run-time version 1.6.0 or later.
The WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API .jar files and the associated scripts (CWConnEnv.bat and CWODAEnv.bat for Windows(R); CWConnEnv.sh and CWODAEnv.sh for UNIX platforms) are installed by the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API. Before installing the adapter, make sure that the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run time is installed. If the version is not 1.6.0 or later, you must download the latest API. This section provides instructions for verifying the API version, downloading the latest version, and enabling the adapter to run on various versions of InterChange Server and Adapter Development Kit (ADK).
To check the version of the run time, locate the manifest file (ProductDir\lib\WBIA.jar) and open it in a suitable Java JAR editor. Look for the following lines:
Implementation-Title: "CWConnectorAPI"
Implementation-Version: 1.6.0
The line Implementation-version indicates the installed version of the API. If the version is not 1.6.0 or later, you must download the latest run time.
To download the latest version of the run time:
After you download and install the run time, you should see the following files:
lib\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\3.0.0\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.0.0\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.1.1\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.2.0\WBIA.jar
bin\CWConnEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWConnEnv.sh (UNIX)
bin\CWODAEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWODAEnv.sh (UNIX)
connectors\messages\CwConnectorAgentMessages.txt
To enable an adapter to work with various versions of ADK or InterChange Server, follow the appropriate procedure below:
Windows: In CWConnEnv.bat, set the CWVERSION variable to
4.1.X:
set CWVERSION="4.1.X"
UNIX: In CWConnEnv.sh, set the CWVERSION variable to
4.1.X:
set CWVERSION="4.1.X"
Windows: In CWConnEnv.bat, set the CWVERSION variable to
4.2:
set CWVERSION="4.2"
UNIX: In CWConnEnv.sh, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.2:
set CWVERSION="4.2"
Windows: In bin\CWODAEnv.bat, set the CWVERSION variable to
4.1.X:
set CWVERSION="4.1.X"
UNIX: In bin/CWODAEnv.sh, set the CWVERSION variable to
4.1.X:
set CWVERSION="4.1.X"
Windows: In bin\CWODAEnv.bat, set the CWVERSION variable to
4.2:
set CWVERSION="4.2"
UNIX: In bin/CWODAEnv.sh, set the CWVERSION variable to
4.2:
set CWVERSION="4.2"
Tracking number |
Description |
23993 |
When the WSDL ODA encounters multiple inline schemas that import each other without providing schema locations, it logs warnings or errors; however, the business objects are generated properly. To work around this, separate each schema into an individual file and update the imports/includes to contain the appropriate file locations. Import these individual schema files into the WSDL document using an import statement with the appropriate file locations. |
24662 |
When WebSphere MQ 5.3 CSD03 is used as the JMS provider, the adapter's JMS listener cannot read message bodies after moving the message from the input queue to the in-progress queue. This is a problem with the WebSphere MQ application. |
N/A |
Installer creates a repository .in file, which is a concatenation of the artifact files associated with all the adapters that have been installed. Because the artifacts for the Adapter for Web Services are in a new format, they are not concatenated to this file. To work around this, manually load the Web Services files using Connector Configurator or Business Object Designer. |
26824 | The SOAP Data
Handler and WSDL ODA do not support SOAP Attributes on Simple Type
Elements. This functionality was added in Web Services
Adapter Fix Pack 3.1.2.
Note: Whenever possible, IBM rolls all patch fixes into the next available maintenance release; however, in this instance, the 3.1.2 patch was not rolled into adapter version 3.2.0. If you require features of version 3.2.0 and the fix for this CR, contact IBM technical support and a 3.2.x patch will be sent to you. |
28828 | The connector fails when
instantiating the Protocol ConfigMO that contains required
attributes.
To solve this problem, either clear the isRequired check box on the business object attribute, or add a property called UseDefaults to the connector, set the value to true, and make sure that the business object attribute has a default value. |
30117 | While the Web Services connector is in the process of terminating gracefully, if a poll cycle is initiated or you manually try to terminate the connector, it will exit immediately without releasing resources. |
30302 | The ASI property ws_prop_name is not used for propagating user defined protocol properties. |
30580 | WSDL
ODA disconnects when it encounters a circular schema
reference. This issue was fixed in Web Services Adapter Fix
Pack 3.1.2.
Note: Whenever possible, IBM rolls all patch fixes into the next available maintenance release; however, in this instance, the 3.1.2 patch was not rolled into adapter version 3.2.0. If you require features of version 3.2.0 and the fix for this CR, contact IBM technical support and a 3.2.x patch will be sent to you. |
30816 | The HTTP Handler should read no more than content-length sized payload from the response. |
31633 | In a UNIX environment, a connector_manager_adapter script is generated by the installer program. The script references adapterEnv.sh, which was introduced with version 2.4.0 of Adapter Framework. If you are running an older version of Adapter Framework, adapterEnv is not available. To run this version of the adapter with a pre-2.4.0 version of the framework, change the reference from adapterEnv.sh to CWSharedEnv.sh in the connector_manager_adapter script. |
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:
http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wicserver/infocenter
http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wbicollaborations/infocenter (for collaborations)
http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wbiadapters/infocenter (for adapters)
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.