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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi, <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I get a similar error to pedrof&#8217;s:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>java.lang.StackOverflowError</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at
java.io.ObjectStreamClass$FieldReflector.getPrimFieldValues(</span><u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>ObjectStreamClass.java:1907</span></u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at
java.io.ObjectStreamClass.getPrimFieldValues(</span><u><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>ObjectStreamClass.java:1184</span></u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at
java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteFields(</span><u><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>ObjectOutputStream.java:1494</span></u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at
java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(</span><u><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>ObjectOutputStream.java:1474</span></u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at
java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(</span><u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>ObjectOutputStream.java:1392</span></u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(</span><u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>ObjectOutputStream.java:1150</span></u><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>...<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>Ad infinitum<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>I&#8217;m wondering if anyone else has got this error?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>All I&#8217;m doing is serializing the rule base:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>ByteArrayOutputStream
out = </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#7F0055'>new</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> ByteArrayOutputStream();</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>ObjectOutputStream
oOut = </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#7F0055'>new</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> ObjectOutputStream(out);</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; oOut.writeObject(</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0000C0;background:
silver;mso-highlight:silver'>ruleBase</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>);</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; oOut.flush();</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; oOut.close();<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>Any ideas? Maybe it&#8217;s some kind of circular reference
problem... <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>Rene<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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