5.1<br><br>rule "lucky"<br>when<br> Putin: X()<br>then<br> modify( Putin ){...}<br>end<br><br>crashes with:<br>Exception in thread "main" [Error: was expecting type: java.util.Collection; but found type: null]<br>
[Near : {... ( Putin ....}]<br> ^<br>[Line: 1, Column: 9]<br> at org.mvel2.util.CompilerTools.expectType(CompilerTools.java:295)<br> at org.mvel2.ast.Fold.<init>(Fold.java:70)<br> at org.mvel2.compiler.AbstractParser.nextToken(AbstractParser.java:961)<br>
at org.mvel2.compiler.ExpressionCompiler._compile(ExpressionCompiler.java:121)<br> at org.mvel2.compiler.ExpressionCompiler.compile(ExpressionCompiler.java:68)<br> at org.drools.rule.builder.dialect.mvel.MVELExprAnalyzer.analyzeExpression(MVELExprAnalyzer.java:86)<br>
at org.drools.rule.builder.dialect.mvel.MVELDialect.analyzeBlock(MVELDialect.java:494)<br> at org.drools.rule.builder.dialect.java.JavaConsequenceBuilder.rewriteModify(JavaConsequenceBuilder.java:224)<br>...<br><br>
This is, of course, not due to using exactly *that* name; it occurs if<br>(1) the bound name matches /^.+in$/ and<br>(2) there is, in "modify", white space between "in" and ")" <br><br>-W<br>
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