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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We have an issue when we want to use special characters in a
rule parameter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For example, if we use french accents like é or è, the
following exception is raised during drl file loading : <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'>line 1:8: unexpected char: 0xE9</span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at org.drools.semantics.java.parser.JavaLexer.nextToken(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>JavaLexer.java:611</span></font></u><font size=2
color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at antlr.TokenBuffer.fill(</span></font><u><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>TokenBuffer.java:69</span></font></u><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at antlr.TokenBuffer.LA(</span></font><u><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>TokenBuffer.java:80</span></font></u><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at antlr.LLkParser.LA(</span></font><u><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>LLkParser.java:52</span></font></u><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at org.drools.semantics.java.parser.JavaRecognizer.unaryExpressionNotPlusMinus(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>JavaRecognizer.java:4778</span></font></u><font
size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at
org.drools.semantics.java.parser.JavaRecognizer.unaryExpression(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>JavaRecognizer.java:4636</span></font></u><font
size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at
org.drools.semantics.java.parser.JavaRecognizer.multiplicativeExpression(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>JavaRecognizer.java:4479</span></font></u><font
size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at
org.drools.semantics.java.parser.JavaRecognizer.additiveExpression(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>JavaRecognizer.java:4419</span></font></u><font
size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at org.drools.semantics.java.parser.JavaRecognizer.shiftExpression(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>JavaRecognizer.java:4350</span></font></u><font
size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at
org.drools.semantics.java.parser.JavaRecognizer.relationalExpression(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>JavaRecognizer.java:4216</span></font></u><font
size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at
org.drools.semantics.java.parser.JavaRecognizer.equalityExpression(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>JavaRecognizer.java:4156</span></font></u><font
size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> at
org.drools.semantics.java.parser.JavaRecognizer.andExpression(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>JavaRecognizer.java:4119</span></font></u><font
size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:red'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red'> at
org.drools.semantics.java.parser.JavaRecognizer.exclusiveOrExpression(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>JavaRecognizer.java:4082</span></font></u><font
size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:red'>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We are using Drools 2.5 with JDK 1.4.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Is it possible to use special characters in a rule parameter</span></font> ?
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If yes, what is our mistake ?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Mickaël<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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