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Author [jira] Resolved: (DIRSERVER-1104) Mixing Attribute value types
Emmanuel Lecharny (JIRA)

2007-11-21, 7:11 pm


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Emmanuel Lecharny resolved DIRSERVER-1104.
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Resolution: Fixed

There was a very stincky error in the way value removal where handled in AttributeImpl :
if one byte[] value was to be removed from an attribute's Value, then a pointer comparison was done instead of a Arrays.equals(). Obviously, the existing value was not removed, as the pointer was different.

In our case, we were trying to substitute a byte[] with the correct String value, after comparing the stored byte[] with the string.getBytes( "UTF-8" ). There were _no_ chance it could happen, leading the byte[] to stay into an attribute supposed to conta
in only Strings.

Fixed in bigbang :
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=597245&view=rev

> Mixing Attribute value types results in write failures
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: DIRSERVER-1104
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-1104
> Project: Directory ApacheDS
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: core
> Affects Versions: bigbang, 1.5.1
> Reporter: Alex Karasulu
> Assignee: Emmanuel Lecharny
> Priority: Blocker
> Fix For: bigbang
>
> Attachments: error.log, offending.ldif
>
>
> This new bug is really serious and tricky. It has eluded us but comes out now thanks to a crazy size effect it has on Windows.
> First a characterization of the bug. An entry (Attributes object) may be valid and still contain an Attribute which has both byte[] and String array values. Some may suggest that this is invalid since attributes are, according to their syntax, either

binary of human readable. However this is not the case. The fact that an attributeType is human readable has no bearing on how the user supplies the value. Human readable data can be provided as binary information so long as it still conforms to the sy
ntax of the attribute.
> Here's an example entry which would cause such a failure:
> dn: cn=person1,ou=system
> objectClass: organizationalPerson
> cn: person1
> sn: sn_person1
> seealso: cn=Good One,ou=people,o=sevenSeas
> seealso:: Y249QmFkIEXDqWvDoCxvdT1wZW9wbGUsbz1zZXZl
blNlYXM=
> This entry will cause the AttributeSerializerUtils.serialize() method to blow a ClassCastException. Note the log of the error can be found attached to this issue.


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