I think you may want to use a global here:<br><br>global ErrorMetaData errorMetadata;<br><br><p><font face="Arial" size="2">rule "new error"</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">when </font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">$error : Error (state == NEW_ERROR)</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">then</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">(search workingmemory if this error was already registered)</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">if (found)</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">{</font>
<br> errorMetadata<font face="Arial" size="2">.setLastTimestamp(currentTimestamp)</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">retract($error);</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">}</font>
<br><font face="Arial" size="2">end</font></p><p><br></p><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Framewala, Ashfaq Y</b> <<a href="mailto:Ashfaq.Framewala@gs.com">Ashfaq.Framewala@gs.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi, </font>
</p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">I am working on a system where I need to correlate few error conditions happening in the network infrastructure. I have gone through the documentation for Jboss rules engine (Drools) and I am planning to use it for the correlation purpose.
</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Can anyone let me know a way in which I can get an object from workingmemory in the "then" part of the rule? For e.g., I need the following</font></p>
<br>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">rule "new error"</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">when </font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">$error : Error (state == NEW_ERROR)</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">then</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">(search workingmemory if this error was already registered)</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">if (found)</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">{</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">$errFromWorkingMemory.setLastTimestamp(currentTimestamp)</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">retract($error);</font>
<br> <font face="Arial" size="2">}</font>
<br><font face="Arial" size="2">End</font>
</p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks,</font>
<br><font face="Arial" size="2">Ashfaq</font>
</p>
<p>
<br>
</p>
</div>
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