<br> All,<br><br> We just released Drools v4.0.7. <br> This is an important bugfix release because it has the cumulative fixes from the version 4.0.5 and 4.0.6 that were rolled back. We strongly advise you all to update.<br>
<br> We would like to thank all the people that helped us, testing, developing, providing patches, ideas and recommendation, and special to the ones that answered our call for tests. <br><br> Bellow you can find the cumulative release notes for Drools version 4.0.5, 4.0.6 and <a href="http://4.0.7.">4.0.7.</a><br>
<br> Happy drooling,<br> Edson<br><br>-- <br> Edson Tirelli<br> JBoss Drools Core Development<br> Office: +55 11 3529-6000<br> Mobile: +55 11 9287-5646<br> JBoss, a division of Red Hat @ <a href="http://www.jboss.com">www.jboss.com</a><br>
<br><br><h1>Release Notes for JBoss Drools</h1>
<h3>Includes versions:
4.0.5
4.0.6
4.0.7
</h3>
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<h2>Feature Request</h2>
<ul><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1307">JBRULES-1307</a> ]
Update and expand documentation for decision tables to show actual uses for all keywords
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1338">JBRULES-1338</a> ]
DirectoryScanner should only take into account relevant files
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1473">JBRULES-1473</a> ]
Add a configuration parameter to allow Drools to dump all generated java source code
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1532">JBRULES-1532</a> ]
Import decision table into jBRMS application
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1577">JBRULES-1577</a> ]
BeforeActivationFireEvent.toString() should print out activation number
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1590">JBRULES-1590</a> ]
ShadowProxuUtils and org.hibernate.collection.PersistentSet
</li></ul>
<h2>Bug</h2>
<ul><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1111">JBRULES-1111</a> ]
Final methods of POJO's aer never evaluated
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1216">JBRULES-1216</a> ]
log4j.xml contained in drools-repository.jar
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1286">JBRULES-1286</a> ]
Incorrect information in section <a href="http://2.5.7.3">2.5.7.3</a>. Agenda Filters
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1315">JBRULES-1315</a> ]
Rule that uses a 'collect' and 'from' clause together causes problem
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1327">JBRULES-1327</a> ]
drools-ant task and java.lang.ClassCastException: org.drools.reteoo.ReteooRuleBase
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1329">JBRULES-1329</a> ]
RuleBase.removeRule() prevents other rules from being applied
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1330">JBRULES-1330</a> ]
Using RuleBase in multithread application server environment
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1357">JBRULES-1357</a> ]
RuleBuildContext does not initialize package of rule
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1388">JBRULES-1388</a> ]
Eval error when using multiple declarations
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1389">JBRULES-1389</a> ]
using eval after using or causes ClassCastException
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1392">JBRULES-1392</a> ]
Rules behave incorrectly (randomly) in multi-threaded environment
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1414">JBRULES-1414</a> ]
Cannot build from source -- missing directory or pom file
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1415">JBRULES-1415</a> ]
Certain uses of from causes NullPointerException in WorkingMemoryLogger
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1423">JBRULES-1423</a> ]
ObjectFactory$ObjectEqualsComparator.equals throws NPE if second arg is null
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1426">JBRULES-1426</a> ]
NPE in ObjectFactory$ObjectEqualsComparator
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1428">JBRULES-1428</a> ]
ClassCastException when comparing BigDecimal fields
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1429">JBRULES-1429</a> ]
NPE in ObjectEqualsComparator
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1435">JBRULES-1435</a> ]
NPE if rule checks a Long field for null, and a fact is passed in with Long field that is NOT null.
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1436">JBRULES-1436</a> ]
Filescanner throws NPE when there's a compile error.
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1438">JBRULES-1438</a> ]
FactTemplate Property Access leads to RuleBuilder Exception
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1443">JBRULES-1443</a> ]
retract of Fact Template leads to NPE
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1446">JBRULES-1446</a> ]
ClassCastException when iterating over an array using "from"
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1447">JBRULES-1447</a> ]
Parser error when using keyword operators
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1448">JBRULES-1448</a> ]
MVELDataProver throws nullpointer on null return value from expression
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1451">JBRULES-1451</a> ]
LHS expression comparing a Boolean to a String does not fail but always returns true
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1453">JBRULES-1453</a> ]
boss.seam.Component) - Exception calling component @Destroy method: repository
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1456">JBRULES-1456</a> ]
Or using DSL language
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1459">JBRULES-1459</a> ]
parser/scanner bug: "unterminated literal"
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1464">JBRULES-1464</a> ]
Comilation error : 'Syntax error on token ",", delete this token' when referencing a global in an accumulate block
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1467">JBRULES-1467</a> ]
Concurrency errors when parsing strings to dates in rules
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1472">JBRULES-1472</a> ]
Problem when mixing alpha and beta constraints in a composite constraint
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1477">JBRULES-1477</a> ]
User exception thrown from inside a rule always causes a stackTrace to console
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1479">JBRULES-1479</a> ]
Exception compiling rules
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1480">JBRULES-1480</a> ]
Potential multithreaded problem in MVELClassFieldExtractor
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1481">JBRULES-1481</a> ]
Stop actionQueue recursion in working memory
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1482">JBRULES-1482</a> ]
Bug with ReeteoRuleBase and merged package
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1484">JBRULES-1484</a> ]
Mvel, constructor and package access
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1487">JBRULES-1487</a> ]
access to store property in MapBackedClassLoader should be synchronized
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1489">JBRULES-1489</a> ]
Working Memory deserialization causes NPE
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1490">JBRULES-1490</a> ]
org.drools.util.AbstractHashTable$SingleIndex is not serializable
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1491">JBRULES-1491</a> ]
java.io.NotSerializableException: org.drools.util.AbstractHashTable$SingleIndex
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1492">JBRULES-1492</a> ]
NPE caused by non-shadowed deep object access
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1501">JBRULES-1501</a> ]
Multiples modify causes variable duplication exception
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1503">JBRULES-1503</a> ]
Errors on rulebase serialization scenarios
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1505">JBRULES-1505</a> ]
Fix CCE when using nested accessors to compare Date values
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1506">JBRULES-1506</a> ]
RuleAgent will not read binary packages from Apache HTTP Server
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1507">JBRULES-1507</a> ]
Objenesis too heavily used
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1508">JBRULES-1508</a> ]
NPE in MVELDataProvider
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1510">JBRULES-1510</a> ]
ObejnesisFactory.getStaticObjenesis() doesn't set OBJENESIS_INSTANCE
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1512">JBRULES-1512</a> ]
UnsupportedOperationException when calling addPackage on rulebase
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1515">JBRULES-1515</a> ]
Boolean negation operator doesn't work
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1517">JBRULES-1517</a> ]
NumberFormatException in ObjectEqualsComparator.equals
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1519">JBRULES-1519</a> ]
Regression on alpha composite constraints
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1521">JBRULES-1521</a> ]
ClassNotFound when deserializing rulebase
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1522">JBRULES-1522</a> ]
Accumulate and Collect memories are not Serializable
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1525">JBRULES-1525</a> ]
MVELCalendarCoercionTest and MVELDateCoercionTest do not passed on 4.0.x
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1526">JBRULES-1526</a> ]
MVEL org/mvel/integration/impl/LocalVariableResolverFactory
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1527">JBRULES-1527</a> ]
URL for Eclipse plugin outdated in install doc
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1533">JBRULES-1533</a> ]
WorkingMemoryLogger implementations should take WorkingMemoryEventManager as a constructor
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1534">JBRULES-1534</a> ]
Eclipse MANIFEST.MF files reference the incorrect name for mvel
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1542">JBRULES-1542</a> ]
the nested type org.drools..... cannot be referenced by it's binary name
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1543">JBRULES-1543</a> ]
tests failing with JANINO
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1556">JBRULES-1556</a> ]
Modify is not normalising activations, which is impacting lock-on-active
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1558">JBRULES-1558</a> ]
|| in conditional element causes exception
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1560">JBRULES-1560</a> ]
Add support to quoting commas in decision tables
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1564">JBRULES-1564</a> ]
Salience does not work for sequential mode
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1566">JBRULES-1566</a> ]
Documentation on update()
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1568">JBRULES-1568</a> ]
Java debug not working with multiple rule files
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1572">JBRULES-1572</a> ]
sometimes getting ClassFieldExtractor error
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1574">JBRULES-1574</a> ]
Unable to open DSL file in BRMS (Exception)
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1575">JBRULES-1575</a> ]
Guided editor missing "and less than (or equal to)" option in drop-down list
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1576">JBRULES-1576</a> ]
Cannot download model assets from BRMS using Internet Explorer 7
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1578">JBRULES-1578</a> ]
Guided rules report error due to incorrect quotes around rule attribute values
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1580">JBRULES-1580</a> ]
BRMS ruleflow upload page incorrectly states that .rf files should be uploaded
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1581">JBRULES-1581</a> ]
Invalid dialect name causes NullPointerException in BRMS and Eclipse plug-in rule editor
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1583">JBRULES-1583</a> ]
Heap and scheduled Activations
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1593">JBRULES-1593</a> ]
4.0.x and trunk build fails as <a href="http://eclipse.org">eclipse.org</a> GEF download location has moved
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1594">JBRULES-1594</a> ]
Collect result pattern no constrained by bounded variables
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1597">JBRULES-1597</a> ]
Eclipse DroolsBuilder hangs due to MVEL error on "object.var1 matches $var2"
</li></ul>
<h2>Task</h2>
<ul><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1502">JBRULES-1502</a> ]
update example to use modify block as default
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1513">JBRULES-1513</a> ]
Drools 4.0.5 release
</li></ul>
<h2>Patch</h2>
<ul><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1452">JBRULES-1452</a> ]
Improved NullPointerException messages
</li><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1485">JBRULES-1485</a> ]
Fixes to the documentation
</li></ul>
<h2>Release</h2>
<ul><li>
[ <a href="http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1600">JBRULES-1600</a> ]
Release Drools v4.0.7
</li></ul><br>