DD4T RTF issue on websphere

Question

We are facing issue in getting RTF text if we use any HTML tag in RTF(Simple text working fine in all conditions).

case 1. when i use simple one level text field as RTF in schema and use below code:

public String getzeroLevelRTF(GenericComponent comp) {
    String zerolevelrtf = "";
    if (comp != null && comp.getContent().containsKey(Constants.ZERO_LEVEL_RTF)) {
        if (comp.getContent().get(Constants.ZERO_LEVEL_RTF) instanceof XhtmlField) {
            XhtmlField xhtmlField = (XhtmlField) comp.getContent().get(Constants.ZERO_LEVEL_RTF);
            zerolevelrtf = getValueFromXhtmlField(xhtmlField);
        }
    }
    return zerolevelrtf;
}

Its working as expected on Tomcat but when it is deployed on Webshpere it returns empty string(only when i use any html tags in component otherwise for plain text its working fine on Webshpere also)

case 2.when i use RTF as component link in schema and use below code:

public String getcompLevelRTF(GenericComponent comp) {
    String complevelrtf = "";
    if (comp != null && comp.getContent().containsKey(Constants.COMP_LEVEL_RTF)) {
        if (comp.getContent().get(Constants.COMP_LEVEL_RTF) != null
                && comp.getContent().get(Constants.COMP_LEVEL_RTF) instanceof ComponentLinkField) {
            ComponentLinkField compLinked = (ComponentLinkField) comp.getContent().get(Constants.COMP_LEVEL_RTF);
            for (Object obj : compLinked.getValues()) {
                if (obj != null && obj instanceof GenericComponent) {
                    GenericComponent rtfComp = (GenericComponent) obj;
                    if (rtfComp.getContent().containsKey(Constants.RTF_DISCLAIMER)) {
                        XhtmlField xhtmlField = (XhtmlField) rtfComp.getContent().get(Constants.RTF_DISCLAIMER);
                        complevelrtf = getValueFromXhtmlField(xhtmlField);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return complevelrtf;
}

Its working as expected on Tomcat as well as on Webshpere.

Don't understand what i'm doing wrong in case 1.

Answer 1

make following changes in the file "dd4t-core/src/main/java/org/dd4t/core/util/XSLTransformer.java "

comment selected lines and restart server.

Answer 2

Often this kind of a bogus issue occurs when the local config points to one broker DB instance while the integration server points to another DB. Another reason: local config is set to read from Staging while the integration config is set to read Live. So make sure you are pointing to the same DB on your Tomcat and Websphere instances.