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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I get a NPE (in v4.0) when loading a rulebase with the following rule:-</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">"smurf"</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">when</FONT></B>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">$p1 : Property( $pminp : number )</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">$p2 : Property( $pmaxp : number )</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">$p3 : Property( $mlp : number < $pmin | > $pmaxp )</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">then</FONT></B>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">System.out.println(</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">"The smurf has landed!"</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">);</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#960000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">end</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If the rule uses literals in the multi-restriction connective field constraint it loads OK.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The stack trace isn't very helpful:-</FONT>
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<P><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">java.lang.NullPointerException</FONT></U>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at com.ford.finance.nges.rules.RuleEngineWrapper$WorkSpace.loadRulebaseFromDrl(</FONT><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">RuleEngineWrapper.java:506</FONT></U><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">)</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at com.ford.finance.nges.rules.RuleEngineWrapper$WorkSpace.loadRuleBase(</FONT><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">RuleEngineWrapper.java:472</FONT></U><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">)</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at com.ford.finance.nges.rules.RuleEngineWrapper$WorkSpace.<init>(</FONT><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">RuleEngineWrapper.java:64</FONT></U><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">)</FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at com.ford.finance.nges.rules.RuleEngineWrapper.getWorkSpace(</FONT><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">RuleEngineWrapper.java:582</FONT></U><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Would you like a new JIRA?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">With kind regards,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mike</FONT>
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