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How to define CORS in Websphere Application Server Liberty Profile V8.5

Is it possible to apply cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) in a Websphere Application Server Liberty Profile V8.5 ?

I searched the redbook but couldn't find IBM mention anything about it. (http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248076.html?Open)

It's not possibility for me to set the headers programmatically like this:

Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *

(http://enable-cors.org/server.html)

Where can I find a particular version of the IBM JDK/JRE for Windows?

I'm trying to get a rather JDK-sensitive piece of Oracle software working with Websphere, and I need to find some particular versions of the IBM JDK to try. The problem is that IBM doesn't really make these readily available like Sun/Oracle does with theirs, and all the versions I've been able to get my hands on haven't worked for one reason or another.

Specifically, I need one of:
IBM Java 5 SR9 for Windows (ideal)
IBM Java 5 SR2 for Windows
IBM Java 5 SR10 for Windows

How could I get these directly from IBM? My company has a support contract for Websphere, and I hopefully could have one of our Websphere engineers download it if I can tell them where to go.

If there's no direct download, what are some good free products with IBM JDKs that I could scavenge an old version like this from?

End of life of IBM JDK/JRE 5?

Is there an announced end of life/end of support-date for the ibm jdk 5 (on Solaris/SPARC and Linux/x64)?

Is there anyone still using SanFrancisco Component Framework from IBM?

I know it has been a while since IBM replaced SanFrancisco, but I am looking for experiences or comments from the people who are still using it (or did use it, or even decided to use any of its patterns in their work). Any responses greatly appreciated. Thanks.

IBM JSF PortletSession is null

We use IBM WebSphere Portal in combination with JSF. A dreadful mix, which keeps proving its dreadfulness time after time.

Recently we're having the issue where we have a portlet with a link to a download servlet (contained in the same war). This servlet tries to read certain attributes from the HttpSession which are supposed to be set by the portlet on the PortletSession in APPLICATION_SCOPE.

Sometimes, however, the servlet couldn't read any of the needed attributes from the HttpSession. This was cause for an investigation by me. After some searching I discovered that it only happened when the portlet was loaded for the first time (without any page reloads).

After some experimenting I got a NullPointerException when calling getAttributeNames(scope) on the PortletSession. The PortletSession was obtained from the external context through the faces context. I discovered the PortletSession was in fact a com.ibm.faces.portlet.httpbridge.PortletSessionWrapper which apparently is supposed to contain the actual PortletSession. This contained session was clearly null. Most methods of the PortletSessionWrapper guard against an NPE with a null check, however, the getAttributeNames(scope) didn't (a bug if you ask me).

Now is the big question: why is the (real) PortletSession null on the first load of the portlet ?

The META-INF of the jsf-protletbrdige providing the wrapper:

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.7.1
Created-By: IBM Corporation
Specification-Title: Java Server Faces
Implementation-Title: JSF Widget Library (JWL) - Portlet Bridge
Implementation-Version: JWL v3_1_5
Implementation-Vendor: IBM
Build-Version: 20100212_0941
Build-Date: February 12 2010
Copyright-Info: Copyright (c) 2003,2008, International Business Machines Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

The stacktrace when calling the getAttributeNames(scope) method:

[21-8-12 17:52:16:051 CEST] 00000041 servlet       E com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper service SRVE0068E: Uncaught exception created in one of the service methods of the servlet Header in application PA_mytestportlet. Exception created : javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.portlet.PortletException: /MyPortletView.jsp(105,9) '#{MyPortletView.productId}' Error reading 'productId' on type mytest.portal.testportlet.view.MyPortletViewBean
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServlet.doDispatch(PortletServlet.java:361)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.java:82)
    at com.ibm.isclite.container.collaborator.PortletServletCollaborator.doDispatch(PortletServletCollaborator.java:143)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.java:74)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.rrd.RRDServerPortletServletCollaborator.doDispatch(RRDServerPortletServletCollaborator.java:60)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.java:74)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.cache.CacheCollaborator.doDispatch(CacheCollaborator.java:74)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.java:74)
    at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.waspc.core.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorImpl.doDispatch(PortletServletCollaboratorImpl.java:121)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.java:74)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServlet.dispatch(PortletServlet.java:208)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServlet.service(PortletServlet.java:165)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:831)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1657)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1597)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:104)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain._doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:77)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:908)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:934)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:502)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:179)
    at com.ibm.wsspi.webcontainer.servlet.GenericServletWrapper.handleRequest(GenericServletWrapper.java:121)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.webextension.PortletExtensionProcessor.handleRequest(PortletExtensionProcessor.java:86)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:686)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerImpl.invoke(PortletInvokerImpl.java:214)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.java:78)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.cache.PortletInvokerCacheCollaborator.doRender(PortletInvokerCacheCollaborator.java:58)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.java:67)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.ext.PortletInvokerPerformanceCollaborator.invoke(PortletInvokerPerformanceCollaborator.java:313)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.ext.PortletInvokerPerformanceCollaborator.doInvoke(PortletInvokerPerformanceCollaborator.java:101)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.ext.PortletInvokerPerformanceCollaborator.invokePMI(PortletInvokerPerformanceCollaborator.java:163)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.ext.PortletInvokerPerformanceCollaborator.doInvoke(PortletInvokerPerformanceCollaborator.java:91)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.ext.PortletInvokerPerformanceCollaborator.doRender(PortletInvokerPerformanceCollaborator.java:74)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.java:67)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerImpl.render(PortletInvokerImpl.java:97)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.PortletContainerImpl.doRender(PortletContainerImpl.java:121)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.PortletContainerInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletContainerInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.java:80)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.ext.ExtCollaborator.doRender(ExtCollaborator.java:74)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.PortletContainerInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletContainerInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.java:67)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.cache.CacheInvokerCollaborator.doRender(CacheInvokerCollaborator.java:66)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.PortletContainerInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletContainerInvokerCollaboratorChainImpl.java:67)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.PortletContainerImpl.renderPortlet(PortletContainerImpl.java:91)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.pcinvoker.PortletInvokerImpl$2.run(PortletInvokerImpl.java:100)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:251)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.pcinvoker.PortletInvokerImpl.invokeRender(PortletInvokerImpl.java:96)
    at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.waspc.core.impl.PortletInvokerImpl$1.invoke(PortletInvokerImpl.java:98)
    at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.waspc.core.impl.PortletInvokerImpl.invoke(PortletInvokerImpl.java:181)
    at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.waspc.core.impl.PortletInvokerImpl.invokeRender(PortletInvokerImpl.java:96)
    at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.waspc.PortletContainerImpl.renderPortlet(PortletContainerImpl.java:116)
    at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.PortletContainerImpl.doRenderPortlet(PortletContainerImpl.java:641)
    at com.ibm.wps.pe.ext.render.AbstractRenderManager.performService(AbstractRenderManager.java:264)
    at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.PortletContainerImpl.renderPortlet(PortletContainerImpl.java:132)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.tags.PortletRenderTag.doStartTag(PortletRenderTag.java:179)
    at com.ibm._jsp._Control._jspx_meth_portal$1skin_portletRender_0(_Control.java:276)
    at com.ibm._jsp._Control._jspx_meth_portal$1logic_if_1(_Control.java:315)
    at com.ibm._jsp._Control._jspService(_Control.java:168)
    at com.ibm.ws.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:831)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1657)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:939)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:502)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:179)
    at com.ibm.wsspi.webcontainer.servlet.GenericServletWrapper.handleRequest(GenericServletWrapper.java:121)
    at com.ibm.ws.jsp.webcontainerext.AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrapper.handleRequest(AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrapper.java:259)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:686)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.handleRequest(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:93)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.include(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:53)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.Dispatcher.include(Dispatcher.java:50)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.skins.Default.render(Default.java:154)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.SkinTemplate.render(SkinTemplate.java:68)
    at com.ibm.wps.composition.elements.Component.render(Component.java:638)
    at com.ibm.wps.composition.elements.Control.render(Control.java:159)
    at com.ibm.wps.composition.Composition.render(Composition.java:3102)
    at com.ibm.wps.composition.Composition.render(Composition.java:163)
    at com.ibm.websphere.personalization.transformation.PznTransformationLayoutModel.render(PznTransformationLayoutModel.java:90)
    at com.ibm.wps.model.wrappers.LayoutModelWrapperFactoryImpl$LayoutModelWrapperImpl.render(LayoutModelWrapperFactoryImpl.java:275)
    at com.ibm.wps.model.ModelUtil$WrappedCompositionModel.render(ModelUtil.java:1124)
    at com.ibm._jsp._UnlayeredContainer_2D_H._jspService(_UnlayeredContainer_2D_H.java:224)
    at com.ibm.ws.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:831)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1657)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:939)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:502)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:179)
    at com.ibm.wsspi.webcontainer.servlet.GenericServletWrapper.handleRequest(GenericServletWrapper.java:121)
    at com.ibm.ws.jsp.webcontainerext.AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrapper.handleRequest(AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrapper.java:259)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:686)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.handleRequest(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:93)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.include(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:53)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.Dispatcher.include(Dispatcher.java:50)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.skins.Default.render(Default.java:154)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.SkinTemplate.render(SkinTemplate.java:68)
    at com.ibm.wps.composition.elements.Component.render(Component.java:638)
    at com.ibm.wps.composition.Composition.render(Composition.java:3102)
    at com.ibm.wps.composition.Composition.render(Composition.java:163)
    at com.ibm.websphere.personalization.transformation.PznTransformationLayoutModel.render(PznTransformationLayoutModel.java:90)
    at com.ibm.wps.model.wrappers.LayoutModelWrapperFactoryImpl$LayoutModelWrapperImpl.render(LayoutModelWrapperFactoryImpl.java:275)
    at com.ibm.wps.model.ModelUtil$WrappedCompositionModel.render(ModelUtil.java:1124)
    at com.ibm._jsp._UnlayeredContainer_2D_V._jspService(_UnlayeredContainer_2D_V.java:215)
    at com.ibm.ws.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:831)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1657)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:939)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:502)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:179)
    at com.ibm.wsspi.webcontainer.servlet.GenericServletWrapper.handleRequest(GenericServletWrapper.java:121)
    at com.ibm.ws.jsp.webcontainerext.AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrapper.handleRequest(AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrapper.java:259)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:686)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.handleRequest(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:93)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.include(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:53)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.Dispatcher.include(Dispatcher.java:50)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.skins.Default.render(Default.java:154)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.SkinTemplate.render(SkinTemplate.java:68)
    at com.ibm.wps.composition.elements.Component.render(Component.java:638)
    at com.ibm.wps.composition.Composition.render(Composition.java:3102)
    at com.ibm.wps.composition.Composition.render(Composition.java:163)
    at com.ibm.websphere.personalization.transformation.PznTransformationLayoutModel.render(PznTransformationLayoutModel.java:90)
    at com.ibm.wps.model.wrappers.LayoutModelWrapperFactoryImpl$LayoutModelWrapperImpl.render(LayoutModelWrapperFactoryImpl.java:275)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.tags2.PageRenderTag.doStartTag(PageRenderTag.java:534)
    at com.ibm._jsp._Home._jspService(_Home.java:104)
    at com.ibm.ws.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:831)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1657)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:939)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:502)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:179)
    at com.ibm.wsspi.webcontainer.servlet.GenericServletWrapper.handleRequest(GenericServletWrapper.java:121)
    at com.ibm.ws.jsp.webcontainerext.AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrapper.handleRequest(AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrapper.java:259)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:686)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.handleRequest(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:93)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.include(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:53)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.Dispatcher.include(Dispatcher.java:50)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.screens.Default.render(Default.java:133)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.ScreenTemplate.render(ScreenTemplate.java:59)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.tags2.ScreenRenderTag.doStartTag(ScreenRenderTag.java:182)
    at com.ibm._jsp._Default._jspx_meth_portal$1core_screenRender_0(_Default.java:3623)
    at com.ibm._jsp._Default._jspService(_Default.java:1966)
    at com.ibm.ws.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:99)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:831)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1657)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:939)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:502)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:179)
    at com.ibm.wsspi.webcontainer.servlet.GenericServletWrapper.handleRequest(GenericServletWrapper.java:121)
    at com.ibm.ws.jsp.webcontainerext.AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrapper.handleRequest(AbstractJSPExtensionServletWrapper.java:259)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:686)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.handleRequest(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:93)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.include(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:53)
    at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.Dispatcher.include(Dispatcher.java:50)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.themes.Default.doDispatch(Default.java:294)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.themes.Default.render(Default.java:247)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.ThemeTemplate.render(ThemeTemplate.java:65)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.phases.WPRenderPhase.processRendering(WPRenderPhase.java:509)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.phases.WPBaseRenderPhase.execute(WPBaseRenderPhase.java:194)
    at com.ibm.wps.state.phases.AbstractRenderPhase.next(AbstractRenderPhase.java:106)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.phases.WPAbstractRenderPhase.next(WPAbstractRenderPhase.java:97)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.Servlet.callPortal(Servlet.java:860)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.Servlet.doGet(Servlet.java:617)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:718)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.Servlet.doFilter(Servlet.java:1257)
    at com.ibm.wps.resolver.servlet.ContentHandlerCleanup.doFilter(ContentHandlerCleanup.java:648)
    at com.ibm.wps.resolver.servlet.AbstractFilter.doFilter(AbstractFilter.java:93)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.Servlet.service(Servlet.java:1248)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1657)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1597)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:131)
    at com.ibm.wps.engine.ExtendedLocaleFilter.doFilter(ExtendedLocaleFilter.java:113)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:188)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:116)
    at com.ibm.wps.resolver.friendly.servlet.FriendlySelectionFilter.doFilter(FriendlySelectionFilter.java:191)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:188)
    at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:116)
    at com.ibm.wps.mappingurl.impl.URLAnalyzer.doFilter(URLAnalyzer.java:381)
 . . .
Caused by: javax.portlet.PortletException: /MyPortletView.jsp(105,9) '#{MyPortletView.productId}' Error reading 'productId' on type mytest.portal.testportlet.view.MyPortletViewBean
    at com.ibm.faces.portlet.FacesPortlet.doRender(FacesPortlet.java:384)
    at com.ibm.faces.portlet.FacesPortlet.doView(FacesPortlet.java:413)
    at com.ibm.faces.portlet.FacesPortlet.doDispatch(FacesPortlet.java:301)
    at javax.portlet.GenericPortlet.render(GenericPortlet.java:233)
    at mytest.portal.testportlet.portlet.HeaderPortlet.render(HeaderPortlet.java:44)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletFilterChainImpl.doFilter(PortletFilterChainImpl.java:128)
    at com.ibm.wps.propertybroker.standard.filter.C2APortletFilter.doFilter(C2APortletFilter.java:183)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletFilterChainImpl.doFilter(PortletFilterChainImpl.java:120)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServlet.doDispatch(PortletServlet.java:573)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.java:114)
    at com.ibm.isclite.container.collaborator.PortletServletCollaborator.doRender(PortletServletCollaborator.java:71)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.java:105)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.rrd.RRDServerPortletServletCollaborator.doRender(RRDServerPortletServletCollaborator.java:123)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.java:105)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.cache.CacheCollaborator.doRender(CacheCollaborator.java:92)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.java:105)
    at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.waspc.core.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorImpl.doRender(PortletServletCollaboratorImpl.java:156)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.doCollaborator(PortletServletCollaboratorChainImpl.java:105)
    at com.ibm.ws.portletcontainer.invoker.impl.PortletServlet.doDispatch(PortletServlet.java:273)
    ... 203 more
Caused by: org.apache.jasper.el.JspELException: /MyPortletView.jsp(105,9) '#{MyPortletView.productId}' Error reading 'productId' on type mytest.portal.testportlet.view.MyPortletViewBean
    at org.apache.jasper.el.JspValueExpression.getValue(JspValueExpression.java:106)
    at javax.faces.component.UIParameter.getValue(UIParameter.java:167)
    at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.getParamList(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:518)
    at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.OutputLinkRenderer.renderAsActive(OutputLinkRenderer.java:203)
    at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.OutputLinkRenderer.encodeBegin(OutputLinkRenderer.java:100)
    at com.ibm.faces.renderkit.DefaultAjaxRenderer.encodeBegin(DefaultAjaxRenderer.java:64)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeBegin(UIComponentBase.java:812)
    at mytest.jsf.util.ChildRendererUtil.renderChildren(ChildRendererUtil.java:45)
    at mytest.portal.ui.jsf.custom.component.htmltag.HtmlTagRenderer.encodeChildren(HtmlTagRenderer.java:110)
    at com.ibm.faces.renderkit.DefaultAjaxRenderer.encodeChildren(DefaultAjaxRenderer.java:73)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:836)
    at mytest.jsf.util.ChildRendererUtil.renderChildren(ChildRendererUtil.java:47)
    at mytest.portal.ui.jsf.custom.component.htmltag.HtmlTagRenderer.encodeChildren(HtmlTagRenderer.java:110)
    at com.ibm.faces.renderkit.DefaultAjaxRenderer.encodeChildren(DefaultAjaxRenderer.java:73)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:836)
    at mytest.jsf.util.ChildRendererUtil.renderChildren(ChildRendererUtil.java:47)
    at mytest.portal.ui.jsf.custom.component.htmltag.HtmlTagRenderer.encodeChildren(HtmlTagRenderer.java:110)
    at com.ibm.faces.renderkit.DefaultAjaxRenderer.encodeChildren(DefaultAjaxRenderer.java:73)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:836)
    at mytest.jsf.util.ChildRendererUtil.renderChildren(ChildRendererUtil.java:47)
    at mytest.portal.ui.jsf.custom.component.htmltag.HtmlTagRenderer.encodeChildren(HtmlTagRenderer.java:110)
    at com.ibm.faces.renderkit.DefaultAjaxRenderer.encodeChildren(DefaultAjaxRenderer.java:73)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:836)
    at mytest.jsf.util.ChildRendererUtil.renderChildren(ChildRendererUtil.java:47)
    at mytest.portal.ui.jsf.custom.component.htmltag.HtmlTagRenderer.encodeChildren(HtmlTagRenderer.java:110)
    at com.ibm.faces.renderkit.DefaultAjaxRenderer.encodeChildren(DefaultAjaxRenderer.java:73)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:836)
    at mytest.jsf.util.ChildRendererUtil.renderChildren(ChildRendererUtil.java:47)
    at mytest.portal.ui.jsf.custom.component.htmltag.HtmlTagRenderer.encodeChildren(HtmlTagRenderer.java:110)
    at com.ibm.faces.renderkit.DefaultAjaxRenderer.encodeChildren(DefaultAjaxRenderer.java:73)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:836)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:936)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:942)
    at javax.faces.render.Renderer.encodeChildren(Renderer.java:148)
    at com.ibm.faces.renderkit.DefaultAjaxRenderer.encodeChildren(DefaultAjaxRenderer.java:73)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:836)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:936)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:942)
    at com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl.doRenderView(ViewHandlerImpl.java:292)
    at com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerImpl.renderView(ViewHandlerImpl.java:223)
    at com.ibm.faces.portlet.PortletViewHandlerImpl.renderView(PortletViewHandlerImpl.java:79)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:114)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:100)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139)
    at com.ibm.faces.portlet.FacesPortlet.doRender(FacesPortlet.java:372)
    ... 221 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.ibm.faces.portlet.httpbridge.PortletSessionWrapper.getAttributeNames(PortletSessionWrapper.java:185)
    at mytest.portal.testportlet.view.MyPortletViewBean.getProductId(MyPortletViewBean.java:394)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
    at javax.el.BeanELResolver.getValue(BeanELResolver.java:64)
    at javax.el.CompositeELResolver.getValue(CompositeELResolver.java:143)
    at com.sun.faces.el.FacesCompositeELResolver.getValue(FacesCompositeELResolver.java:73)
    at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.getValue(AstValue.java:102)
    at org.apache.el.ValueExpressionImpl.getValue(ValueExpressionImpl.java:263)
    at org.apache.jasper.el.JspValueExpression.getValue(JspValueExpression.java:100)
    ... 265 more

The session scope is obtained using the following code:

FacesContext facesContext = getFacesContext();
if (facesContext != null) {
    return (PortletSession) facesContext.getExternalContext().getSession(createIfNotExist);
 }
 return null;

where createIfNotExist is false.

Comparison between rational software architect(RSA) & rational application developer(RAD) IBM products

It seems Rational software architect (RSA) & Rational application developer (RAD) both IBM products are basically used as an IDE. But both have specific purpose to use. Please help me to understand when to use RSA and when RAD. What are the differences and what are the similarities between these two IBM products.

what language was cybersyn/cyberstride implemented in?

I am aware that it was implemented on the IBM 360 mainframe architecture but does anyone know what language(s) were used in particular? Supposedly the bulk of it was programmed and deployed in 3-4 months - that is a pretty rapid turn-around for any project let alone one which had the capability to monitor an entire economy. I am partially thinking it may have been implemented in APL because of the IBM 360 connection and because it seems like it would lend itself well to the sort of abstractions required to rapidly develop such a system. Does anyone know anything more factual?

Deleted Profile shows in profile management tool of IBM Websphere

I deleted the profile in C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles and it still shows up in Profile management tool, how to delete the profile in profile management tool?

Can I use an external JSP tag library with XPages?

I would like to use a JSP tag library supplied by a different (not IBM) software company with XPages. Is this possible? If you can, how can I associate the new jar file to the tag library namespace so it would be recognized?

Pageing in the strored procedure

I want to make a custom paging according to the following link :

but my stored procedure is in informix :

so i search for the equivalent row_number() i find this solution

but when i use it in my procedure i get the following error

SQL error -944 Cann't use "first","limit","skip" in this context !

How to rewrite the stored procedure in the previous link with informix rules ?

my procedure has multiple unions is like this :

create procedure get_inbox_page(p_emp_num smallint, p_task_code smallint, p_main_code smallint default 0, p_year smallint default 0,p_page int)
returning varchar(60) as v_page_view, varchar(60) as v_task_name, smallint as v_task_code, varchar(60) as v_sp_name, varchar(60) as v_db_name, varchar(60) as v_column_key,  smallint as v_trans_serial, 
    DATETIME YEAR TO FRACTION(3) as v_trans_date, varchar(60) as v_trans_desc , varchar(60) as v_emp_name, varchar(60) as v_values_key, smallint as v_old_state_serial, 
    smallint as v_new_state_serial, smallint as v_main_code, smallint as v_year, varchar(60) as v_page_new, smallint as v_task_type, smallint as v_task_status,smallint as v_mail_maincode,smallint as v_mail_year,smallint as v_mail_number,smallint as v_trans_year , smallint as candidate_flag ;

Select  ......

UNION 

Select ......

UNION 

Select ......

Why this warning from IBM XL C/C++ compiler?

Here's a minimum code example that illustrates the problem:

#include <iostream>

class Thing
{
   // Non-copyable
   Thing(const Thing&);
   Thing& operator=(const Thing&);

   int n_;

public:
   Thing(int n) : n_(n) {}

   int getValue() const { return n_;}
};

void show(const Thing& t)
{
   std::cout << t.getValue() << std::endl;
}

int main()
{
   show(3);
}

This yields the same error:

int main()
{
    show( Thing(3) );
}

IBM XL C/C++ 8.0 compiler under AIX emits these warnings:

"testWarning.cpp", line 24.9: 1540-0306 (W) The "private" copy constructor "Thing(const Thing &)" cannot be accessed.
"testWarning.cpp", line 24.9: 1540-0308 (I) The semantics specify that a temporary object must be constructed.
"testWarning.cpp", line 24.9: 1540-0309 (I) The temporary is not constructed, but the copy constructor must be accessible.

I also tried g++ 4.1.2 with "-Wall" and "-pedantic" and got no diagnostic. Why is access to the copy constructor required here? How can I eliminate the warning, besides making the object copyable (which is outside my control) or making an explicit copy to pass (when the real-life object is expensive to copy)?

IBM RAD (Rational Application Developer) 7 and Websphere 6.1 slow and unresponsive

Does anyone have any performance tips or other help for local development with websphere and rad. I am using one web app of moderate size (1000? classes) and it is impossible to handle the app locally on a windows box. The websphere 6.1 configuration uses the default configs. RAD7 is configured to handle a max heap of 1024mb. I thought about increasing the heap of the server. at present the min and max are 128/300mb.

In terms of the unresponsive. Sometimes it may take minutes to load a page, if the page loads at all. Also, I disabled "Build Automatically" and Publish Automatically. Maybe those should be turned on?

ASP.NET -- IIS7 -- IBM DB2 Issue

I'm working on a ASP.NET website that calls a DB2 database. I have Visual Studio installed on a Windows 2008 server where the site will be hosted. When I debug the site in Visual Studio, using the integrated web server, I can connect to the database and the site runs fine. When I set the site up in IIS7, on the same server, I cannot access the site or the database because of the following error.

Here are the technical details:

Windows 2008 Server
IIS 7
Visual Studio 2010 Premium
DB2 v9.5.301.436

Could not load file or assembly 'IBM.Data.DB2' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. 
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. 

Exception Details: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'IBM.Data.DB2' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.

Source Error: 

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.  

Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful to determine why the assembly 'IBM.Data.DB2' could not be loaded.

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog]. 

Stack Trace: 

[BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'IBM.Data.DB2' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.]
   System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks) +0
   System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoadAssemblyName(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks) +567
   System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection) +192
   System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String assemblyString) +35
   System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAssemblyHelper(String assemblyName, Boolean starDirective) +118

[ConfigurationErrorsException: Could not load file or assembly 'IBM.Data.DB2' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.]
   System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAssemblyHelper(String assemblyName, Boolean starDirective) +11424435
   System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAllAssembliesFromAppDomainBinDirectory() +484
   System.Web.Configuration.AssemblyInfo.get_AssemblyInternal() +127
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetReferencedAssemblies(CompilationSection compConfig) +334
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CallPreStartInitMethods() +280
   System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.Initialize(ApplicationManager appManager, IApplicationHost appHost, IConfigMapPathFactory configMapPathFactory, HostingEnvironmentParameters hostingParameters, PolicyLevel policyLevel, Exception appDomainCreationException) +1167

[HttpException (0x80004005): Could not load file or assembly 'IBM.Data.DB2' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.]
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +11556592
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +141
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +4813333

I don't understand how the site can run fine using the Visual Studio web server and not work in IIS. I don't know if it's an IIS issue or and issue with the version of IMB.Data.DB2.dll I'm using. If anyone has a solution or any ideas, they would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

How do you protect code from being physically stolen? [closed]

I've recently purchased an IBM Thinkpad that came with a fingerprint scanner. That got me thinking: are fingerprint scanners a good way to protect your code i.e. if someone takes your laptop or goes on your laptop while you're away, would they still be able to get in?

The question also applies for other biometrics techniques that the new Thinkpads have (iris scans, I believe).

Are there other ways of physically protecting your code?

JPA: get-use-close of EntityManager and lazy loading

IBM suggests that the best practice for using EntityManagers is get/use/close. If EntityManager is not closed, there's a chance that the same EntityManager may be used by more than one thread which will result in the following error:

<openjpa-2.1.2-SNAPSHOT-r422266:1179900 fatal general error> org.apache.openjpa.persistence.PersistenceException: Multiple concurrent threads attempted to access a single broker. By default brokers are not thread safe; if you require and/or intend a broker to be accessed by more than one thread, set the openjpa.Multithreaded property to true to override the default behavior. 

If you load an object which has OneToMany collection mapped as fetch=LAZY like this:

public T find(Object id) {
    T t = null;
    EntityManager em = getEm();
    t = em.find(type, id);
    em.close();
    return t;
}

EntityManager getEm() {
    if(this.em ==null || !this.em.isOpen()) {
        this.em = emf.createEntityManager();            
    }
    return this.em;
}

The collection will always be null as by the time someone calls the getter, EntityManager is closed. The collection is only loaded if fetch is EAGER but that results in a SQL join every single time which is slow.

So it's either "Multiple threads" error, or openjpa.Multithreaded=true which is a bad practice or it's slow because of the SQL join every single time even if the collection is not needed. Is there any way to do it properly so it's both fast with Lazy fetch and done using best practices only?