JVM 1.4.2.17 incompatible w/ SPML 2.0 ?

Question

Hi All,
(apologies for any redundancy, this same inquiry is posted with a slightly different title under {color:#0000ff}Sun Java System Identity Manager{color})
We are experiencing severe problems with an online portal application as we attempt to upgrade our JVM from version 1.4.2.15 to 1.4.2.17
We believe we may have found a previously-undiscovered incompatibility between Java 1.4.2.17 (released November 2007) and SPML 2.0 (released November 2006).
The problem is described below; any help with this issue would be enourmously appreciated.
The problematic jar was retrieved from:
{color:#0000ff}http://www.openspml.org/{color}
Problem jar (within the download):
{color:#0000ff}openspml2-toolkit.jar{color}
Problem class (within the jar):
{color:#0000ff}SpmlClient2.class{color}
Problem method (within the class):
{color:#0000ff}public java.lang.String send (java.lang.String xml) throws org.openspml.v2.util.Spml2Exception{color}
In a side-by-side comparison with all other factors held constant, this method worked fine with JVM 1.4.2.15 and failed with JVM 1.4.2.17. The only change made was to repoint the applications JAVA_HOME from the old JVM to the new one.
The error thrown by the 'send' method is as follow:
{color:#0000ff}org.openspml.v2.util.Spml2Exception: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
at org.openspml.v2.client.Spml2Client$SimpleSOAPClientAdapter.send(Spml2Client.java:98)
at org.openspml.v2.client.Spml2Client.send(Spml2Client.java:263)
at org.openspml.v2.client.Spml2Client.send(Spml2Client.java:220)
at com.webmethods.portal.spml.client.spmlClient.send(spmlClient.java:243)
at com.webmethods.portal.spml.client.spmlClient.wmLookup(spmlClient.java:306)
at com.webmethods.portal.spml.client.spmlClient.execute(spmlClient.java:171)
at com.webmethods.portal.portlet.wm_saml.SAML.checkUserID(SAML.java:286)
at ui.portlets.wm_saml._default._jspService(_default.java:76)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.presentation.handlers.Jsp.render(Jsp.java:288)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.presentation.handlers.Jsp.render(Jsp.java:228)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.portlet.beans.JspPortletBean.generateContent(JspPortletBean.java:120)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.portlet.beans.JspPortletBean.getContentInternal(JspPortletBean.java:70)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.portlet.beans.BasicPortletBean.getContent(BasicPortletBean.java:142)
at com.webmethods.portal.mech.portlet.impl.PortletMechanics.getPortletContent(PortletMechanics.java:91)
at com.webmethods.portal.mech.storage.page.PortletHelper.renderContent(PortletHelper.java:354)
at com.webmethods.portal.mech.storage.page.PortletHelper.renderContent(PortletHelper.java:326)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.presentation.renderers.DefaultRenderer.renderPageContent(DefaultRenderer.java:286)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.presentation.renderers.DefaultRenderer.render(DefaultRenderer.java:188)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.presentation.PresentationManager.handlePres(PresentationManager.java:355)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.dispatch.DispatchManager.pres(DispatchManager.java:586)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.dispatch.DispatchManager.handle(DispatchManager.java:426)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.dispatch.DispatchManager.handleDispatch(DispatchManager.java:340)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.impl.PortalServlet.service(PortalServlet.java:176)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:356)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$Chain.doFilter(WebApplicationHandler.java:342)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.impl.NTLMFilter.doFilter(NTLMFilter.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$Chain.doFilter(WebApplicationHandler.java:334)
at com.webmethods.portal.framework.impl.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:41)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$Chain.doFilter(WebApplicationHandler.java:334)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler.dispatch(WebApplicationHandler.java:286)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:567)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1723)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationContext.handle(WebApplicationContext.java:514)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1673)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:879)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:783)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:945)
at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:800)
at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:201)
at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:289)
at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:454)
Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:134)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:183)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(BufferedInputStream.java:222)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:277)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTPHeader(HttpClient.java:828)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.parseHTTP(HttpClient.java:772)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:629)
at org.openspml.v2.client.SimpleSOAPClient.sendAndReceive(SimpleSOAPClient.java:121)
at org.openspml.v2.client.Spml2Client$SimpleSOAPClientAdapter.send(Spml2Client.java:95)
... 41 more{color}
Many Thanks in Advance,
James H

Answer 1

EJP wrote:
That version has been at End of Life for nearly 3 years. See here. Use a currently supported product.That probably also requires an upgrade of Weblogic. There comes a time where you have to bite the bullet and take that step, you cannot run on this old crud forever, especially if your application grows in size and requirements.
BUT, you are not only running an old version of Java (1.4), you are also running an old minor update version of it (08). You may want to upgrade to at least the latest minor update version which is 1.4.2_30.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javasebusiness/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase14-419411.html#j2sdk-1.4.2_30-sol-JPR