[rules-users] Unresolved Object Reference

Ronald R. DiFrango ron.difrango at gmail.com
Fri Jul 6 11:03:54 EDT 2007


Edson,

Oh, this could be bad news then.  I do have cases where I have code like the
following:

detailLine: DetailLine(status != "Matched", ....other stuff....)

then

detailLine.setStatus("Matched")

What might the implications be then?

Ron

On 7/6/07, Edson Tirelli <tirelli at post.com> wrote:
>
>
>     Ronald,
>
>     You can't change constrained values of facts that are not shadowed.
>     Exemple: if you have a rule that does:
>
> Person( name == "someValue" )
>
>    If person is not shadowed, you can't change the name attribute while
> the object is in the working memory or you may get unexpected behavior from
> the engine. But for instance, if you don't constrain another attribute, like
> "age", you can change it without any problems.
>
>    []s
>    Edson
>
> 2007/7/5, Ronald R. DiFrango <ron.difrango at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Edson,
> >
> > That is indeed the case, XML Beans is generating final equals/hashCdoe
> > methods.  I have no idea why that is case.  I may post this over on the XML
> > Beans board.
> >
> > Is disabling the shadowing a problem from the rules execution point of
> > view?
> >
> > Finally, I guess I need to do a source build, can I find the
> > instructions somewhere on this?
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > On 7/5/07, Edson Tirelli < tirelli at post.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >    There was a problem with CGLIB proxies much similar to this... so
> > > probably the same problem.
> > >
> > >    What happens is that to shadow a fact, drools needs to extend the
> > > actual class being asserted, and override the equals and hashcode methods.
> > > So, the class can't be final, nor these methods can be final. Previously I
> > > wasn't checking for final on these methods and that was the reason for the
> > > error.
> > >
> > >    I fixed that in trunk. It means, if XML Beans are generating
> > > methods equals/hashCode as final, drools won't be able to shadow them (and
> > > so will automatically disable shadowing for them), but it will not raise the
> > > error anymore.
> > >
> > >    Let me know if it is still a problem for you in trunk.
> > >
> > >     []s
> > >     Edson
> > >
> > > 2007/7/5, Ronald R. DiFrango < ron.difrango at gmail.com >:
> > > >
> > > > All this sounds eerily similar to the problem I am reporting.  In
> > > > the 4.0 version I am getting the following exception on those inner
> > > > classes:
> > > >
> > > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.VerifyError: class
> > > > com.circuitcity.rtvcrms.impl.DetailLineDocumentImpl$DetailLineImplShadowProxyoverrides final method ã Ý*h '+ .û Ý*h '+
> > > >     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
> > > >     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620)
> > > >     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass (ClassLoader.java:465)
> > > >     at org.drools.rule.MapBackedClassLoader.fastFindClass(
> > > > MapBackedClassLoader.java:40)
> > > >     at org.drools.rule.MapBackedClassLoader.loadClass(
> > > > MapBackedClassLoader.java:59)
> > > >     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:251)
> > > >     at org.drools.reteoo.Rete$ObjectTypeConf.<init>(Rete.java:352)
> > > >     at org.drools.reteoo.Rete.assertObject(Rete.java:152)
> > > >     at org.drools.reteoo.ReteooRuleBase.assertObject(
> > > > ReteooRuleBase.java :190)
> > > >     at org.drools.reteoo.ReteooWorkingMemory.doInsert(
> > > > ReteooWorkingMemory.java:70)
> > > >     at org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.insert(
> > > > AbstractWorkingMemory.java:772)
> > > >     at org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.insert (
> > > > AbstractWorkingMemory.java:584)
> > > >     at
> > > > com.circuitcity.rtvcrms.rules.RtvDecisionEngine.processDetailLines(
> > > > RtvDecisionEngine.java:95)
> > > >     at com.circuitcity.rtvcrms.rules.RtvDecisionEngine.executeRules(
> > > > RtvDecisionEngine.java :64)
> > > >     at com.circuitcity.rtvcrms.test.MainBasedTester.main(
> > > > MainBasedTester.java:34)
> > > >
> > > > The catch is that XML Beans objects are auto generated based upon
> > > > and XSD and we have limited control over what gets generated.
> > > >
> > > > On 7/5/07, Narendra Valada < narendra.valada at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for your quick response.
> > > > >
> > > > > I cannot make the Outer class static and public since it is not an
> > > > > inner class.
> > > > >
> > > > > In my example, I have two inner classes : Inner and InnerInner.
> > > > >
> > > > > Class Inner is enclosed by Outer and class InnerInner is enclosed
> > > > > by Inner. I get the "Unable to resolve object type"  error only on the
> > > > > "InnerInner" class and not on the "Inner" class.
> > > > >
> > > > > Both the inner classes are defined as non-static.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Narendra
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 7/5/07, Mark Proctor <mproctor at codehaus.org > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > you need to make your Outer class static and public. Look at the
> > > > > > sample generated with a new drools project, that uses a static public class.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mark
> > > > > > Narendra Valada wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * **Hello,*
> > > > > > * *
> > > > > > *I am getting an "Unable to resolve object type" error on
> > > > > > certain XML Bean generated inner classes. I get this error only on inner
> > > > > > classes that have been defined within other inner classes. Please see
> > > > > > example below. *
> > > > > > * *
> > > > > > *Is this a known limitation of JBoss Rules (I am using JBOSS
> > > > > > Rules 3.0.6) or the JANINO compiler?*
> > > > > > * *
> > > > > > *Thanks.*
> > > > > > *
> > > > > >
> > > > > > package
> > > > > > *
> > > > > > *com.sample;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > public
> > > > > > class Outer{     public class Inner {     public boolean inner =
> > > > > > false;         public class InnerInner {
> > > > > >
> > > > > >         }
> > > > > >
> > > > > >      }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > **package*
> > > > > > com.sample *
> > > > > >
> > > > > > import
> > > > > > *com.sample.Outer1.Inner.InnerInner; *
> > > > > >
> > > > > > rule
> > > > > > *"Hello World 1" *when*
> > > > > >
> > > > > > InnerInner()
> > > > > > *then*
> > > > > >
> > > > > > System.out.println(
> > > > > > "");* *
> > > > > >
> > > > > > *end*
> > > > > >
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