[rules-users] Guvnor Cache Error with Seam

[Robert Morse]

Not sure if this is a Seam or Drools issue, but....
Under Seam 2.2.0.GA, JBoss 5.1.0.GA, and Drools 5.0.1.GA and Guvnor,  
changes to rules within Guvnor followed by a rule build within Guvnor  
doesn't seem to be reflected back to Seam or the associated cache  
directory.

Under Seam, I've defined one rule agent as:

	<drools:rule-agent name="securityRules"
		url="http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/org.drools.guvnor.Guvnor/package/cdmsSecurity/LATEST 
"
		local-cache-dir="/usr/local/jboss/server/default/data/guvnor/cache/"  
poll="30"/>
	<drools:managed-working-memory
		name="securityWorkingMemory" auto-create="true"
		rule-base="#{securityRules}" />

Clearing the cache and starting up JBoss, everything works fine.  If I  
make a rule change in Guvnor, and rebuild the rules, I'll typically get:

08:34:24,343 ERROR [STDERR] RuleAgent(default) INFO (Thu Oct 22  
08:34:24 MDT 2009): Applying changes to the rulebase.
08:34:24,343 ERROR [STDERR] RuleAgent(default) EXCEPTION (Thu Oct 22  
08:34:24 MDT 2009): null. Stack trace should follow.
08:34:24,343 ERROR [STDERR] java.lang.NullPointerException
08:34:24,343 ERROR [STDERR] 	at  
org.drools.reteoo.ReteooBuilder.removeRule(ReteooBuilder.java:235)
08:34:24,344 ERROR [STDERR] 	at  
org.drools.reteoo.ReteooRuleBase.removeRule(ReteooRuleBase.java:366)
08:34:24,344 ERROR [STDERR] 	at  
org.drools.common.AbstractRuleBase.removeRule(AbstractRuleBase.java:712)
08:34:24,344 ERROR [STDERR] 	at  
org.drools.common.AbstractRuleBase.removePackage(AbstractRuleBase.java: 
640)
08:34:24,344 ERROR [STDERR] 	at  
org.drools.agent.PackageProvider.removePackage(PackageProvider.java:44)
08:34:24,344 ERROR [STDERR] 	at  
org.drools.agent.PackageProvider.applyChanges(PackageProvider.java:80)
08:34:24,344 ERROR [STDERR] 	at  
org.drools.agent.RuleAgent.refreshRuleBase(RuleAgent.java:397)
08:34:24,344 ERROR [STDERR] 	at org.drools.agent.RuleAgent$2.run 
(RuleAgent.java:516)
08:34:24,344 ERROR [STDERR] 	at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop 
(Timer.java:512)
08:34:24,344 ERROR [STDERR] 	at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java: 
462)

The application will hang indefinitely when calling fireAllRules().

Restarting the server fixes the problem.   If I never rebuild the  
rules, or restart the server after rebuilding the rules, this problem  
never surfaces.
Changing the poll value doesn't appear to alter anything.



The human mind is an iterative processor, it never does anything right  
the first time.  What it does well is to make improvements on every  
iteration (deMarco)



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