PQ92550: Active Directory LDAP returns invalid XML character reference to null, causes SOAP exception in Web Service client | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() APAR status Closed as program error. Error description User enters invalid userid or password on client to Active Directory server. LDAP server returns "�", a reference to a null, which is invalid in XML. Error seen at client: javax.xml.soap.SOAPException: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Character reference "�" is an invalid XML character. To see the message containing the parsing error in the log, either enable web service engine tracing or set MessageContext.setHighFidelity(true). at com.ibm.ws.webservices.engine.soap.SOAPConnectionImpl.call(SOAPC onnectio nImpl.java:124) at test.ClientwithSoapHdr.main(ClientwithSoapHdr.java:83)Local fix Problem summary **************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: All WebSphere Application Server users * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The faultString portion of the * * SOAPFault allows invalid XML characters * * in the string. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * **************************************************************** In some cases, a null or invalid character reference was being returned as part of the fault string. This wasn't a problem for the server, but when the response gets back to the client, a SAXParseException is thrown. The character returned is actually an invalid XML character.Problem conclusion We've corrected this by adding in standard mappings for the invalid characters.Temporary fix Comments
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following: APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: Modules/Macros
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Product categories: Software > Application Servers >
Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application
Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 00W
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ92550
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Sep 30, 2004
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