Hi Smitha, <br><br>Rewrite the rule as follows :- <br><br><div><font size="2">rule "Rule1"</font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">when</font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">$Position1 : Position ( name matches "POS-RPT_0_1" )
<br>then <br></font></div><div><font size="2">$Position.setColor("red");<br></font><font size="2"></font><div><font size="2">end</font></div><font size="2"> </font><br>Note : You had something called util, unless it is a global, it will not work.
<br></div><br>-Krishnan. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Smitha Bhat</b> <<a href="mailto:bhat_smitha@yahoo.com">bhat_smitha@yahoo.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>Hi,</div> <div>I am new to JBoss rules. I have a .drl as given below:</div> <div> </div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">rule "Rule1"</font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">when
</font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">$Position1 : Position()</font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">eval($Position1.getName() contains "POS-RPT_0_1")</font></div><font size="2">
</font><div><font size="2">then</font></div><font size="2"> </font><div></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">util.setColor($Position1, "red");</font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">
end</font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2"> </font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">Before firing the rules, I assert my object as </font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">
</font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">posIn = new Position(name,<br> id,<br> symbolCode,<br> lonDouble,<br> latDouble,<br> elevDouble,<br> reportDate,<br> this);<br> workingMemory.assertObject
( posIn );<br> workingMemory.fireAllRules(); </font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2"> </font></div><font size="2"> </font><div><font size="2">I get the following error.</font></div><font size="2"> </font>
<div><font size="2"> </font></div><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2"> <div>org.drools.rule.InvalidRulePackage: Rule Compilation error The left-hand side of an assignment must be a variable Syntax error on token "contains", invalid AssignmentOperator
</div></font><font size="2"></font><font color="#ff0000" size="2"> </font></font><div><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2">at org.drools.rule.Package.checkValidity(Unknown Source)</font></font></div><font size="2">
<font color="#ff0000" size="2"> </font></font><div><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2">at org.drools.common.AbstractRuleBase.addPackage(Unknown Source)</font></font></div><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2">
</font></font><div><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2"> </font></font></div><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2"> </font></font><div><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2">What is wrong with my drl? I have a Utilities class that I have defined as global.
</font></font></div><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2"> </font></font><div><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2"> </font></font></div><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2"> </font></font><div>
<font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2">Thanks</font></font></div><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2"><span class="ad"> <div> </div></span></font></font><span class="ad"><p>
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