Inbound REST Fails With Error: Cannot convert Integration Object Hierarchy to XML Hierarchy.(SBL-EAI-04108),Integration component type 'xxx' is not a valid child type for component type 'yyy'.(SBL-EAI-04008) (Doc ID 2989577.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 27, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

After patching the environment from 19.7 to 23.10, an inbound REST call throws the following errors in EAIObjMgr*.log

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

1. Create a custom business service that takes as input a custom integration object named

TestAccountIO with integration Components

name AccountIC , xmltag AccountIC

name ContactIC , xmltag ContactIC

2. Code the business service to invoke EAI XML Converter, method IntObjHierToXMLDoc, and pass as input TestAccountIO.

3. Setup the business service to be invoked as an inboundd REST interface, by following the steps in this KM article:

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4. Use a testing tool such as Chrome Postman or SoapUI to invoke the REST service and pass the following structure as input:

Notice contactic is passed all in lower case, but is defined in the integration component name and XML tag properties as ContactIC instead:

5. This works fine in 19.7, but fails in 23.10

Changes

Update from 19.7 to 23.10

Cause

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