OsdInterface Does Not Encode Negative Integers Correctly (Doc ID 2631793.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 26, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

On Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control (NCC) 12.0.2.0.0 version,

ACTUAL BEHAVIOR
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It is observed that Open Services Development Interface (OSD), no longer encodes negative integers. If the client provides a negative integer value, it's passed to NCC as "-1", or ff ff ff ff as mentioned below:

Sample Request:

Note: NCC 6.0.1 (Solaris) osdInterface, encodes the negative value correctly, so this appears that either since the 64 bit move, or the move from Solaris to Linux has caused an encoding issue with osdInterface.

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
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osdInterface should encode the negative integers correctly.

STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1. On NCC 12.0.2 Version, send a Recharge Request via OSD with a Negative amount.
2. Check the osdInterface.log(Parameter Encoding section) to see if it encodes the Negative Integer Value incorrectly or not.

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Cause

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