Bugs Fixed

The following bugs have been fixed with this release:

Bugs Fixed in 2.5.0

Bug#	Category	Description	Note
ECMSDK-339	Repository	Inherited ClassObject properties should have mode to handle null valued properties
ECMSDK-347	Repository	Add missing bean-side capability checks
ECMSDK-362	Repository	Attribute.attributeDataTypeResourceBundleKey() is obsolete
ECMSDK-369	Repository	ParameterTable.getStringsFromArrayToken() does not handle null entries at beginning or end
ECMSDK-381	Repository	Allow non-default tables to be used for array Attributes
ECMSDK-382	Repository	Add ability to specify options on AttributeValues for special updates
ECMSDK-383	Repository	Add ability to append to existing array attribute value
ECMSDK-387	Repository	ContentObject.CONTENTSIZE should reflect unencrypted size
ECMSDK-394	Repository	Add ability to remove entries from an existing array attribute value
ECMSDK-397	Repository	Change addAttribute to include default and not null clause for object types
ECMSDK-399	Repository	Add array update option that prevents duplicate values
ECMSDK-401	Repository	DataLength for String array Attributes should be 1000 when default table is used

Bugs Fixed in 2.4.0

Bug#	Category	Description	Note
ECMSDK-151	Repository	PreparedSelectorGenerator has restrictions in its FRQ support
ECMSDK-179	Repository	Category flags are not in sync with categories
ECMSDK-241	Repository	Enhance caching of objects to reduce memory usage
ECMSDK-253	Agents	Dangling SimpleObject references are not cleaned up
ECMSDK-283	Repository	Race condition during creation of activity data
ECMSDK-289	Repository	Unable to perform deep copy without copying categories
ECMSDK-296	Repository	Improve performance of accessing group hierarchy information
ECMSDK-303	Repository	PreparedSelector.getItems() should not return null to indicate zero results
ECMSDK-308	Repository	Enforce LockEntry restrictions in server-side operations
ECMSDK-310	Repository	addAttribute fails if a tableless ClassObject exists lower in the class hierarchy
ECMSDK-332	Repository	Treat a null value the same as 0 for object type attributes	13
ECMSDK-335	Repository	Improve performance of adding attributes to existing ClassObjects

Bugs Fixed in 2.3.2

Bug#	Category	Description	Note
ECMSDK-152	Runtime	Make JDBC code application server independent
ECMSDK-164	Runtime	Skip optional UserManager operations if unsupported by Credential Manager
ECMSDK-274	Runtime	Prevent RuntimeException when initializing SessionStatisticsCache
ECMSDK-277	Runtime	Add exception logging upon abort transaction failure
ECMSDK-284	Agents	Add support for retry processing of ExecutedActionRetainedEvents

Bugs Fixed in 2.3.1

Bug#	Category	Description	Note
ECMSDK-120	Runtime	LibrarySessionEventPollerThreadPerProcess logs excessively for session with disconnected LibraryConnection
ECMSDK-217	Runtime	Improve performance of getAllMembers() with admin mode pushed
ECMSDK-232	Installation	Patch introduces null-valued domain property
ECMSDK-234	Runtime	Cannot get SimpleObject from AttributeValue
ECMSDK-236	Runtime	S_LibrarySession.setLastOperationTime() throws NPE
ECMSDK-238	Installation	ApplyCategoryFlag upgrade action requires temporary installation mode
ECMSDK-239	Runtime	Fix incompatibilities with the JDBC 12c driver
ECMSDK-246	Runtime	Cannot create new session if DB becomes unavailable while EventExchanger is stopped
ECMSDK-275	Runtime	Creation of SimpleObject server-side incorrectly constructs AttributeValue

Bugs Fixed in 2.3

Bug#	Category	Description	Note
ECMSDK-90	Agents	LockExpirationAgent can't release expired LockEntry
ECMSDK-220	Runtime	Running Node names should not be case-sensitive

Bugs Fixed in 2.2.1

Bug#	Category	Description	Note
ECMSDK-166	Installation	Clean up DO NOT MODIFY area in Environment.properties
ECMSDK-176	Agents	Node creates high server load on unexpected exceptions	8
ECMSDK-188	Installation	Clean up obsolete SchemaCreator parameter logging
ECMSDK-189	Agents	Log messages from agents should indicate the specific agent

Bugs Fixed in 2.2

Bug#	Category	Description	Note
ECMSDK-57	Repository	PARSelector throwing IFS-10659
ECMSDK-86	Repository	Milliseconds are missing in Dates
ECMSDK-134	Installation	SchemaCreator logs same line twice
ECMSDK-135	Repository	Race condition when processing PublicObject IDs
ECMSDK-146	Scripting	Specified ServiceConfiguration not used in Node start if service already started
ECMSDK-150	Scripting	ScriptOperations.create() registers the wrong object
ECMSDK-155	Repository	AuditEvent selection does not support the use of bind variables
ECMSDK-157	Scripting	Server.startStandalone() does not use ServiceConfiguration specified in .def file
ECMSDK-159	Scripting	ant.sh does not work from ANT_HOME if it contains a space in its path
ECMSDK-165	Installation	DB_URL configuration error results in wrong source schema version
ECMSDK-170	Scripting	Cannot load Java sources into DB with .sql file via SQLAction

Bugs Fixed in 2.1.1

Bug#	Category	Description	Note
ECMSDK-148	Installation	ClassNotFoundException during upgrade to 2.1.0

Bugs Fixed in 2.1

Bug#	Category	Description	Note
ECMSDK-75	Installation	Simplify Environment.properties
ECMSDK-79	Repository	Cache invalidation not accessible Bean-side
ECMSDK-81	Protocols	WebDav throws XMLParseException
ECMSDK-87	Repository	Changing security of a community throws exception when modifying child objects afterwards
ECMSDK-89	Repository	Need a process to clean up disposed state objects
ECMSDK-100	Agents	FolderIndexAgent relies solely on timer in processing deferred updates
ECMSDK-101	Repository	Change core API code to use implicit transactions
ECMSDK-119	Repository	S_LibrarySession.disconnect() is not transaction safe
ECMSDK-127	Installation	SchemaCreator does not abort if ScriptOperation fails due to .def file not found.
ECMSDK-129	Repository	Cache all ancestor IDs for the session's user within session context

Bugs Fixed in 2.0

Bug#	Category	Description	Note
ECMSDK-8	Protocols	FTPServer does not support custom object types
ECMSDK-20	Protocols	FTP Server does not support switch to admin mode
ECMSDK-22	Protocols	ApplicationSessions are not cleaned up when calling disconnect() on the LibrarySession
ECMSDK-23	Agents	ContentAgent does not use batching when destroying expired content
ECMSDK-27	Agents	IFS-21000: Session is not connected or has timed-out in FolderIndexAgent
ECMSDK-29	Repository	NPE in LibrarySessionEventPollerThreadPerProcess
ECMSDK-32	Agents	ContentAgent need better exit criteria for deleteContentObjects()
ECMSDK-35	Protocols	WebDAV does not work with windows 7
ECMSDK-38	Repository	Remove unused Workflow schema	5
ECMSDK-49	Repository	SharedState of a LibraryObject gets overwritten during DataCache put
ECMSDK-51	Documentation	ecmsdk.war stalls during startup if wrong LogFilePath specified
ECMSDK-53	Repository	Custom LockEntries can't be unregistered
ECMSDK-68	Clients	Object Inspector uses wrong JAR file reference

Bugs Fixed in 1.0

Bug#	Category	Description
ECMSDK-4	Validator	Validator in non-english locale throws exceptions
ECMSDK-6	Installation	Patching a 9.0.4.2.5 fresh installation with 9.0.4.2.6 or higher fails
ECMSDK-17	Scripting	addGlobalOperationActionSpecification() method missing in ScriptOperations

Known Issues

Problem	Problem Cause	Corrective Action
-	-	-

Additional Notes

Note 1:

This new installation option supports the separation of duty model. The installation process can now be separated and executed by two different administrator roles, the database administrator and the application administrator.
For more details please see chapter 4 in the ECMSDK Installation Guide.

Note 2:

To change the group index update mode from synchronous (default) to asynchronous, you can use the following script command:

cd $EMSDK_HOME
./ecmsdk script install/config/UpdateAclIndex.def

Note 3:

The new GroupMembershipCache can increase the overall performance of security checks if larger group hierarchies are in-place. Depending on the number of group memberships configured in the system the startup process of the ECMSDK node can take a bit longer, as the caches are initially populated during this startup phase.

To make use of the new GroupMembershipCache, you need to enable it by setting the following ServiceProperty:

IFS.SERVICE.GroupMembershipCacheEnabled = true

Note 4:

The new ECMSDK Activity module improves and simplifies the communication and collaboration between users and/or devices. Any action can be recorded and automatically processed for easy context-sensitive information access. In addition, data is enriched with statistics and provide personalized delta states and views on activities.

This outstanding product feature enables the modeling of many user and data driven use cases in the real world. For example, social intranet actions such as "follow", "like" or "suggest" can be captured and summarized for documents or other supporting data objects, and can be tracked in an organized manner by users with access to the object. Many other use cases in the area of IoT or Smart Data can also benefit from this product enhancement.

From a technical point of view, each data object in the ECMSDK repository can be enabled for activities. The object can be a traditional content management object (such as a document or forum post entry), or any object that models a real world entity such as an electronic device or a car. The activity of an object is comprised of the set of actions that were performed with it as its target. Predefined actions are provided out of the box and can be easily extended. Every single action contains a variety of detailed information such as the actor, action type, timestamp, and objects related to the action. The behavior of actions can be configured and customized via Activity Specification objects. Advanced search and filter options allow for a fine-grained analysis and evaluation of tracked activities.

In addition to the Activity API, numerous new ECMSDK business objects will be introduced to simplify context-sensitive conversations such as MessageList, MessageEntry, Conversation, ContactList, and Attachment. For a full list of new ECMSDK objects introduced in the ECMSDK 2.0 release, please refer to the API summary bundled with this release under ECMSDK_HOME/docs/api.

Note 5:

The database schema that was used in previous Oracle CM SDK installations for Oracle Workflow functionality will not be installed anymore starting with ECMSDK 2.0. Oracle Workflow was shipped by Oracle until late 2007. This schema was left in for compatibility reasons. Today, similar functionality can be achieved in different ways, such as inxire Processes or other BPEL engines.

Upgrading an existing Oracle CM SDK or ECMSDK 1.0 installation will not remove this schema for data security reasons. This unused schema could be removed manually after patching to ECMSDK 2.0 with the following SQL command, executed by system

drop user ECMSDK$WF cascade;

Note 6:

The following additional ServiceProperties have been added with the ECMSDK 2.2 release to support better configuration of Multi-Threaded LibrarySessions:

• IFS.SERVICE.MaximumClonedSessions
  This property defines the maximum number of cloned sessions you can generate from a master session. Default value is 0, which means unlimited. If the limit is reached an exception is thrown

• IFS.SERVICE.ClonedSessionRetryPeriod
  This property defines the period in milliseconds after which another check will be made to look for an available session in the cloned session pool, before an exception is thrown. Default value is 100ms.

Note 7:

The following formats have been added with the ECMSDK 2.2 release and are therefore now searchable out of the box:

• MS Word (docx)

• MS Powerpoint (pptx)

• MS Excel (xlsx)

• Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)

• Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

• StarOffice Document

• StarOffice Picture

• StarOffice SpreadSheet

• StarOffice Slides

• XML Document Type

• XML Stylesheet

• Resource Description Framework (RDF)

• OpenDocument Text

• OpenDocument Spreadsheet

• OpenDocument Presentation

• OpenDocument Drawing

• OpenDocument Chart

• OpenDocument Formula

• OpenDocument Database

• OpenDocument Image

Note 8:

In the case of an unexpected exception, e.g. database unavailable, the background processes now go into a sleep mode, waiting until the repository is available again. The following optional ServerConfiguration property can be set to define the period the background processes should check for the status of the repository:

IFS.SERVER.TIMER.ServiceAvailabilityCheckPeriod

The default value of this property is 30 seconds (30s).

Note 9:

In addition to the possibility to deploy a ECMSDK Node to an application server, you can run an ECMSDK Node standalone. There are new commands available to do this from command-line:

ecmsdk node.start

and

ecmsdk node.stop

For more details please see chapter 7 in the ECMSDK Installation Guide.

Note 10:

ECMSDK uses a zero value in the associated Database column to indicate a null value for object data types (PublicObject, SystemObject, etc.). This fix allows for a null value in the column to also represent a null value for object data types, which can occur in some situations resulting from upgrading from an earlier version of ECMSDK.

Note 11:

This feature introduces a new data-driven pattern for enforcing certain Categories to have no more than one instance defined on any given PublicObject. The pattern involves setting a class-level property,

IFS.CATEGORY.AllowMultipleInstances

for each Category subclass where this enforcement is desired.
See an example of this pattern that sets the class-level property in file

$ECMSDK_HOME/install/adm/CreateActivityClassObjects.def.

Note 12:

This feature introduces a new set of script operations for creating ECMSDK ClassObjects during installation, and for creating or modifying ClassObjects during upgrade. These new script operations improve the performance of the installation and upgrade processes, and provides a complete and robust definition of the entire object model used within ECMSDK.
See an example of this new scripting pattern in

$ECMSDK_HOME/install/adm/CreateInstalledClasses.def.

Note 13:

This feature introduces a new API that can be used to indicate that new content being added to ECMSDK (via creation or update of a Document) should be encrypted when it is stored in the database or within a designated custom Media store. This prevents unauthorized access to the content when the Media store is inspected directly.
When the content is accessed in an authorized manner via the API or protocols, the content presented to the user will be automatically decrypted.
If the content being introduced requires full-text indexing, the indexing process will operate on a transient decrypted copy, which will not persist in the database or custom Media store.
See the javadoc for class oracle.ifs.beans.DocumentDefinition for details about this API.

Note 14:

The following additional ServerProperty for the StatisticsAgentConfiguration has been added with the ECMSDK 2.5 release to support fewer statistics logging output in large environments:

• IFS.AGENT.STATISTICSAGENT.VerboseOutput
  When unset, the false defaults to true. If set to false, the Session statistics will skip the user session details and only log the count summaries.

Unsupported Features

The following previously deprecated Oracle CM SDK features have now been fully removed since the ECMSDK 1.0 release:

Additional features that are unsupported in this ECMSDK release:

Software Requirements

ECMSDK 2.5 is supported with the following software versions:

Supported optional middlware components: