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Status Not under consideration
Workspace CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
Categories Other
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 14, 2014

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CICS Web Services Assisant.

From the created COPYLIB member:
* Comments for field 'OriginSPLC':
* This field represents the value of XML element
* '/RateRankRequest/RatingRequest/ShipHeaderInfo/OriginSPLC'.
* XML data type: 'string'.
* XML 'whiteSpace' facet value: 'preserve'.
* XML 'pattern' facet value: '((0-9){9})'.
* This field contains a varying length array of characters or
* binary data.
* 09 OriginSPLC-length PIC S9999 COMP-5 SYNC.
* 09 OriginSPLC PIC X(255).
*


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From the DFHWS2LS log:
Processing element: #OriginSPLC type namespace: null
Processing simple type: http://eta.sddc.army.mil/xsd/raterankrequest#OriginSPLC_._type typeName: OriginSPLC
Found simple type derived from: string
Type is: null#OriginSPLC
XPATH is: +++http://eta.sddc.army.mil/xsd/raterankrequest~~~RateRankRequest+++null~~~RatingRequest+++null~~~ShipHeaderInfo+++null~~~OriginSPLC
Default value is: null
is aligned: true
are widechars: false
facet: whiteSpace value: preserve
facet: pattern value: ÝÝ0-9¨{9}¨
Adding entry for 'length for OriginSPLC' for type 'NUMERIC' and language 'COBOL' of length '2' and required alignment 'HALF-WORD' at offset '504' with mapping strategy 'NOT APPLIC' to level '-881338832'.
Adding entry for 'OriginSPLC' for type 'TEXT' and language 'COBOL' of length '255' and required alignment 'BYTE' at offset '506' with mapping strategy 'VARYING_ARRAY' to level '-881338832'.

in isStructuralElement(particle, false) content is of type: org.eclipse.xsd.impl.XSDElementDeclarationImpl
= 1 maxOccurs = 1 isComplex = false delegate = null
in isMixedContent(particle) content is of type: org.eclipse.xsd.impl.XSDElementDeclarationImpl
Particle must appear 1 to 1 times.
is structural: false
is mixed: false
supress padding message: true


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From XSD file:
<xs:element name="OriginSPLC">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Host validation: 'SPLC'</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:pattern value="[0-9]{9}"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 5, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 19, 2014

    The "pattern" facet in XML is for specifying a Regular Expression against which the contents of an XML element must match, for validation purposes. Any Regular Expression is valid, though this requirement only asks for validation of the length. There are other (better) ways to define the maximum length of a field in an XML schema. The example quoted requires the contents to be numeric, something that could be enforced by using a more specific data-type (an xsd:integer with totalDigits=9 comes to mind, rather than an xsd:string and a Regular Expression), and which would map appropriately.

    At the moment we have no support in the CICS data transformation/mapping service for Regular Expression based validation. We tolerate the presence of Regular Expressions in the Schema, but don't do anything with them, other than echoing them into the generated copy-books for informational purposes. Looking at current plans, it is not likely that this would be implemented in the next two CICS TS releases, so correspondingly this requirement is being rejected. You have an opportunity to resubmit in eighteen months time if you wish it to be considered then.

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