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| Using MQMHBUF overwrites message data |
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| hopsala |
 Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 4:28 am Post subject: Using MQMHBUF overwrites message data |
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So here's my scenario:
I am writing an MQ API Exit (yes, this is necessary, please let's put that discussion aside for now...), hooking into the PutBefore entry point.
Let's say that the user does an MQPUT with an RFH2 header, containing the property:
<usr><prop>1</prop></usr>.
What I want to do is increment the property value, so that the message on the queue will contain an RFH2 with:
<usr><prop>2</prop></usr>
(If the user does an MQPUT with the property in a message handle on MQPMO.MsgHandle, rather than injecting an RFH2 header directly into the buffer, then this becomes a lot easier. But in this case the RFH2 is injected into the buffer directly)
Here's a simplified code of what I'm trying to do:
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// convert RFH2 properties to message handle
MQBUFMH(&Hmsg... buflen, datalen, buffer...)
// get "prop" value from handle
i = MQINQMP(&Hmsg, "prop")
// increment "prop" within the handle
MQSETMP(&Hmsg, "prop", i+1)
// convert the handle back to RFH2 and put it into the message buffer
MQMHBUF(&Hmsg... buflen, datalen, buffer) |
However, after trying this I found that the resulting buffer of MQMHBUF *overwrites* existing message payload. So for example, if buffer is
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| {RFH2...helloworlddata} |
and the new RFH2 is longer (which it is), then MQMHBUF results in this buffer:
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| {longerRFH2...orlddata}. |
This is a problem. It means I need to manually discover where the payload starts, create a bigger buffer, and insert the new RFH2 right before the payload. It's possible, but it's quite messy, and who knows what edge cases I'll come across if I start traversing the buffer bit by bit (MQ versioning, RFH v1/v2, other RFH2 folders...)
Is expected behavior? I thought the whole purpose of MQMHBUF is to spare us building the buffer manually
I'm also wondering what this means for other RFH2 fields like jms/mcd etc. Will they be overwritten too?
Has anyone else come across this? There are no examples of MQMHBUF that I could find online or in the lit 
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Sun May 05, 2019 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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I believe you will need 2 buffers, the message properties handle and the message handle buffers. You will need to reset them both and determine the full length of data and properties.
You should then be able to update seemlessly any property...
You'd also have to verify that all the tasks done behind the scene on the put are also done when you run your exit... 
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| hughson |
| Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 9:51 am Post subject: Re: Using MQMHBUF overwrites message data |
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| hopsala wrote: |
However, after trying this I found that the resulting buffer of MQMHBUF *overwrites* existing message payload. So for example, if buffer is
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| {RFH2...helloworlddata} |
and the new RFH2 is longer (which it is), then MQMHBUF results in this buffer:
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| {longerRFH2...orlddata}. |
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That's because you are pointing it to the same buffer. MQMHBUF is only handling the Message Handle (MH) contents into a Buffer (BUF), not the whole message payload.
You must use a separate buffer.
Cheers,
Morag
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