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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thank you Mark,</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I added the error checking code as advised
:</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><font size=2 color="#3f7f5f" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#3F7F5F'>//read in the
source</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:
bold'>final</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> Reader source = </span></font><b><font
size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:bold'>new</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
InputStreamReader( HelloWorldExample.</span></font><b><font size=2
color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:bold'>class</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>.getResourceAsStream(
</span></font><font size=2 color="#2a00ff" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#2A00FF'>&quot;HelloWorld.drl&quot;</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
) );</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:
bold'>final</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> PackageBuilder builder = </span></font><b><font
size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:bold'>new</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
PackageBuilder();</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:windowtext'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><font size=2 color="#3f7f5f" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#3F7F5F'>//this will
parse and compile in one step</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><font size=2 color="#3f7f5f" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#3F7F5F'>//NOTE: There
are 2 methods here, the one argument one is for normal DRL.</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
builder.addPackageFromDrl( source );</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><font size=2 color="#3f7f5f" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#3F7F5F'>//get the
compiled package (which is serializable)</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:
bold'>final</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> Package pkg =
builder.getPackage();</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
PackageBuilderErrors pbe = builder.getErrors();</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DroolsError[] de = pbe.getErrors();</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:
bold'>for</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> (</span></font><b><font
size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:bold'>int</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
i = 0; i &lt; de.</span></font><font size=2 color="#0000c0" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0000C0'>length</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>;
i++) {</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span
style='background:silver'>System</span>.</span></font><i><font size=2
color="#0000c0" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:#0000C0;font-style:italic'>out</span></font></i><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>.println(</span></font><font
size=2 color="#2a00ff" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#2A00FF'>&quot;ERROR[&quot;</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>+i+</span></font><font
size=2 color="#2a00ff" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#2A00FF'>&quot;]:&quot;</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
+ de[i]);</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<span style='background:silver'>System</span>.</span></font><i><font size=2
color="#0000c0" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:#0000C0;font-style:italic'>out</span></font></i><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>.println(</span></font><font
size=2 color="#2a00ff" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#2A00FF'>&quot;pkg.getErrorSummary() : &quot;</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
+ pkg.getErrorSummary());</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><font size=2 color="#3f7f5f" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#3F7F5F'>//add the
package to a rulebase (deploy the rule package).</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:
bold'>final</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> RuleBase ruleBase =
RuleBaseFactory.<i><span style='font-style:italic'>newRuleBase</span></i>();</span></font></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
ruleBase.addPackage( pkg );</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And here is what I got:</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>pkg.getErrorSummary()
: null</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'>Exception in thread &quot;main&quot; </span></font><u><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</span></font></u><font size=2
color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'>: The rule called Hello World is not valid. Check for compile errors
reported.</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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.drools.common.AbstractRuleBase.addRule(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>AbstractRuleBase.java:363</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></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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.drools.reteoo.ReteooRuleBase.addRule(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>ReteooRuleBase.java:263</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></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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.drools.common.AbstractRuleBase.addPackage(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>AbstractRuleBase.java:293</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></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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.drools.examples.HelloWorldExample.readRule(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>HelloWorldExample.java:72</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></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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.drools.examples.HelloWorldExample.main(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>HelloWorldExample.java:21</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></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So basically &#8211; no errors&#8230;? Or &#8230;
am I showing errors correctly?</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also could you please specify what do you
mean under &#8220;java is invalid&#8221;. You mean JDK level? I am using JANINO
2.5.6 compiler in JVM 1.4 .. is this correct configuration?</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks again!</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-Sergey</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org
[mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Mark Proctor<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 08, 2007 10:17
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Rules Users List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [rules-users] problem
in rules 4.0.0.11754MR2</span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The consequence will be null if the java you used is
invalid. When you create the Package check the errors before adding it to the
rule base as you can get a lot more info. In fact thats good &quot;best
practice&quot; always verify that the package errors are emtpy before
attempting to use the package.<br>
<br>
Mark<br>
 Manukyan, Sergey wrote: </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi,</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am using JBoss Rules 4.0.0.11754MR2 in
an RAD 7.0 (Eclipse 3.2) environment.</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cannot make it work, even examples&#8230;</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Here is a message produces on all rules:</span></font><font
size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:red'> The rule called </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>&lt;here goes rule name&gt;</span></font><font size=2 color=red
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'> is not valid. Check for compile errors reported.</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Here is a full stack trace:</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</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'>Exception in
thread &quot;main&quot; </span></font><u><font size=2 color=navy
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</span></font></u><font size=2
color=red face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:red'>: The rule called Hello World is not valid. Check for compile errors
reported.</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'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
at org.drools.common.AbstractRuleBase.addRule(</span></font><u><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>AbstractRuleBase.java:363</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></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
at org.drools.reteoo.ReteooRuleBase.addRule(</span></font><u><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>ReteooRuleBase.java:263</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></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
at org.drools.common.AbstractRuleBase.addPackage(</span></font><u><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>AbstractRuleBase.java:293</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></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
at org.drools.examples.HelloWorldExample.readRule(</span></font><u><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>HelloWorldExample.java:72</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></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
at org.drools.examples.HelloWorldExample.main(</span></font><u><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'>HelloWorldExample.java:21</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></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>After digging it further I found that in
Rule class method isValid is being called defiend as followes:</span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><b><font
size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:bold'>public</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:
bold'>boolean</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <span style='background:
silver'><span style='-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial;-moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;background-attachment:scroll;
background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:50%'>isValid</span></span>() {</span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:
bold'>if</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> ( </span></font><b><font
size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:bold'>this</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>.</span></font><font
size=2 color="#0000c0" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#0000C0'>consequence</span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> ==
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:
bold'>null</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> || !isSemanticallyValid() )
{</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:
bold'>return</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font><b><font
size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:bold'>false</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
}</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><b><font size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:
bold'>return</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font><b><font
size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:bold'>true</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The debugger shows that </span></font><b><font
size=2 color="#7f0055" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#7F0055;font-weight:bold'>this</span></font></b><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>.</span></font><font
size=2 color="#0000c0" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#0000C0'>consequence </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>is null always! So rules are always not valid.</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Anyone saw this problem? Any idea how to
resolve it?</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks a lot!</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-Sergey</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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</span></font></pre><pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>rules-users mailing list</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="mailto:rules-users@lists.jboss.org">rules-users@lists.jboss.org</a></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users">https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users</a></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; </span></font></pre>

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