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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">m using the example code from the Red Hat Magazine</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> -</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://magazine.redhat.com/2008/08/12/jboss-drools-how-to-tuning-guvnor-part-1/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://magazine.redhat.com/2008/08/12/jboss-drools-how-to-tuning-guvnor-part-1/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> -</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">to try to get the sample code to wor</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">k, but I keep getting the following error:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Exception in thread "main"</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U> <FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">java.lan</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">g.NullPointerException</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at java.util.Properties$LineReader.readLine(Unknown Source)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at java.util.Properties.load0(Unknown Source)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at java.util.Properties.load(Unknown Source)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.RuleAgent.loadFromProperties(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">RuleAgent.java:299</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.RuleAgent.newRuleAgent(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">RuleAgent.java:256</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at test.GuvnorTest.main(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">GuvnorTest.java:15</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">It appe</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri">ars to be unable to find my</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">‘</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Guvnor.properties</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> file, but I have it in the classpath (I actually have</FONT> <FONT FACE="Calibri">it in several different places on my C: drive as I tried to figure out why it couldn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t find it). Does anyone have any thoughts on what</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s wrong here?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">d appreciate any</FONT> <FONT FACE="Calibri">guidance. It seems like this should be a simple answer but I haven</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t been able</FONT> <FONT FACE="Calibri">to figure it out.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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