z/OSMF with ACF2 and using Semeru v11 or v17 instead of java v8

Products

• ACF2 - z/OS

Issue/Introduction

 ERROR   ] SRVE0777E: Exception thrown by application class 'com.ibm.zoszmf.workflow.util.ExpressionUtilities.executeScripts:459'
 java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "javax.script.ScriptEngine.eval(java.lang.String)" because "<lxxx>" is null
      at com.ibm.zoszmf.workflow.util.ExpressionUtilities.executeScripts(ExpressionUtilities.java:459)
      at com.ibm.zoszmf.workflow.util.ExpressionUtilities.executeJavascripts(ExpressionUtilities.java:427)
      at com.ibm.zoszmf.workflow.util.ExpressionUtilities.executeExpression(ExpressionUtilities.java:305)
      at com.ibm.zoszmf.workflow.util.ExpressionUtilities.validateCondition(ExpressionUtilities.java:190)
      at com.ibm.zoszmf.workflow.workflow.WorkflowDefinition.popluateWorkflowSteps(WorkflowDefinition.java:1360)
      at com.ibm.zoszmf.workflow.workflow.WorkflowDefinition.popluateWorkflowSteps(WorkflowDefinition.java:1449)

These message thrown up during workflow processing

Environment

running Semeru11 or 16 instead of java 8

Resolution

Apply IBM Semeru maintenance PTFs UI96215 & UI97051 to resolve the problem.