Aspose Words for Java on IBM J9 VM

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I am using Aspose Words for Java 24.1 and I am still facing exact same issue as described in https://forum.aspose.com/t/aspose-words-java-on-ibm-i-as-400/268380/7

I tried using Aspose Words version 23.5 and that worked fine. We are using IBM WebSphere 8.5.5 with following Java version:

java version “1.8.0_371”
Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.8.5 - pxa6480sr8fp5-20230418_01(SR8 FP5))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.9, JRE 1.8.0 Linux amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20230417_49632 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
OpenJ9 - 085a542
OMR - 9f28c98
IBM - 68444b7)
JCL - 20230329_01 based on Oracle jdk8u371-b11

The same version of code with Aspose 24.1 works on Windows with Java 1.8.0_261.

Please advise.

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@sachingusain
We have opened the following new ticket(s) in our internal issue tracking system and will deliver their fixes according to the terms mentioned in Free Support Policies.

Issue ID(s): WORDSJAVA-2935

You can obtain Paid Support Services if you need support on a priority basis, along with the direct access to our Paid Support management team.

3

The issues you have found earlier (filed as WORDSJAVA-2935) have been fixed in this Aspose.Words for Java 24.4 update.

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The issues you have found earlier (filed as WORDSJAVA-2935) have been fixed in this Aspose.Words for Java 24.4 update.

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We still see the same error with the 24.4 version too

com.aspose.words.internal.zzWwP: Exception on self test: Array index out of range: 32: EC
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zzYAH.zzZva(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zzyp.zzZva(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zzyp.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Class.forNameImpl(Native Method)
	at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:332)
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zz4w.zzmp(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zz4w.zzYch(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zz4w$zzZva.run(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zz4w.zzAf(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zzZmu$zzZhv.<init>(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zzZmu$zzZva.zzZva(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zzWwJ.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zzy9.zzZhv(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.internal.zzy9.zzIB(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.zzYDj.zzIB(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.zzYDj.zzZhv(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.zzYDj.zzZva(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.zzWUs.zzZva(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.zzWUs.zzXo5(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.zzWUs.zzY62(Unknown Source)
	at com.aspose.words.zzWUs.zzH(Unknown Source)
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@maheibm Starting from 24.4 version we added a new aspose-words-24.3-jdk17ibm.jar with older version of bc-fips. So please make sure you are using a correct JAR on your side.

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@alexey.noskov Thanks for the quick response, can you please tell me which version to use now ? and a link to the same to test it

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@maheibm Please, use a special jdk17ibm JAR. It can be found here or using maven:

...
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
  <artifactId>aspose-words</artifactId>
  <version>24.4</version>
  <classifier>jdk17ibm</classifier>
</dependency>
...
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Is there any plan to release IBM JAR alongside the standard monthly releases?

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@sachingusain IBM JAR is included in versions 24.4, 24.5 and 24.6.

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Are there any plans to merge changes specific for IBM J9 to the regular JDK JAR so we have just one Aspose Words JAR instead of two separate - one for IBM Java and other for standard JDK?

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@sachingusain We will consult with our team and provide you more information.

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Hi @sachingusain

All problem started when we updated BouncyCastle library from 1.0.2.3 to 1.0.2.4
Our old version of Aspose.Words.jar uses bc-fips.1.0.2.3 and work with IBM VM without problem.
All newest version of Aspose.Words.jar uses bc-fips.1.0.2.4 and have problem with IBM VM.

BouncyCastle library will fix this problem in version 1.0.2.5
before that I will build aspose.words.jdk17.jar with bc-fips.1.0.2.4 and rebuild aspose.words.jdk17ibm.jar with bc-fips.1.0.2.3

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@maheibm, @sachingusain,

please note that the latest release of Aspose.Words for Java 24.09 has updated the bc-fips library to the latest version. As a result, aspose-words-24.9-jdk16.jar and aspose-words-24.9-jdk17.jar, as well as future releases, will work in the IBM environment. Therefore, we are discontinuing aspose-words-XX.X-jdk17ibm.jar.

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@alexey.maslov Thank you very much for updating us with this information.

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