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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am running 3.1-M1 and have (by way of example) two simple rules; A and B as follows:-</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">rule</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">"</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">A</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">"</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">when</FONT></B>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">$a1 : Attribute ( name == Constants.ATTRIBUTES_</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">A</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">, $pa : number )</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">$a2 : Attribute ( name == Constants.ATTRIBUTES_</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">B</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">, $nc : number )</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">$p : Process ( attributesList</FONT><B> <FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">contains</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> $a1, attributesList</FONT><B> <FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">contains</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> $a2 )</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">then</FONT></B>
<BR> <B> <FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">double</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> txy =</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">doSomeMaths($pa, $nc, $p)</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">;</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Attribute a =</FONT><B> <FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">new</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> Attribute(Constants.ATTRIBUTES_</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">C</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">, txy);</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">$p.addAttribute(a);</FONT>
<BR> <B> <FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">assertLogical</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">(a);</FONT>
<BR> <B> <FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">modify</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">($p);</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">System.out.println(</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">"</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Rule 'A' fired</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">"</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">);</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">end</FONT></B>
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<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">rule</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">"</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">B</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">"</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">when</FONT></B>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">$a1 : Attribute ( name == Constants.ATTRIBUTES_</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">C</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">, $txy : number)</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">$p : Process( attributesList</FONT><B> <FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">contains</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> $a1 )</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">// <-- Line causing rule not to activate</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">then</FONT></B>
<BR> <B> <FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">double</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> m =</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">doSomeMoreMaths($txy, $p)</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">;</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">System.out.println(</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">"</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Rule 'B' fired</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">"</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">);</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">end</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Process exposes an ArrayList of Attribute objects (each having a name\value pair). </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">When the content of the ArrayList held by Process is added to (Rule 'A') the next rule (Rule 'B') is not being activated.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can anybody provide any insight into how best a workaround can be engineered?</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">With kind regards,</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mike</FONT>
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