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<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">m getting the following error when I attempt to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">run my Drools application. I recently upgraded from Drools 5.0.1 and Guvnor 5.0.1 to 5.1.1 (for both).</FONT></SPAN><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">ve looked through the rules-users list and I found the issue with the XML Change</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Set</FONT> <FONT FACE="Calibri">(authent</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri">ication), which I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ve addressed (XML listed at the bottom), but I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m still getting the error. Does anyone have any ideas or can point me in a particular direction?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thanks</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Error:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">[2010:12:337 09:12:373:debug] KnowledgeAgent mapping resource=[ClassPathResource path='ruleflow.rf'] to KnowledgeDefinition=org.drools.ruleflow.core.RuleFlowProcess@2d89ba2a</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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">[2010:12:337 09:12:373:exception]</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"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">java.lang.RuntimeException</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">: KnowledgeAgent exception while trying to deserialize KnowledgeDefinitionsPackage </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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.impl.KnowledgeAgentImpl.addResourcesToKnowledgeBase(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KnowledgeAgentImpl.java:914</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.impl.KnowledgeAgentImp</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">l.rebuildResources(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KnowledgeAgentImpl.java:704</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.impl.KnowledgeAgentImpl.buildKnowledgeBase(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KnowledgeAgentImpl.java:584</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.impl.KnowledgeAgentImpl.applyChangeSet(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KnowledgeAgentImpl.java:185</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.impl.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KnowledgeAgentImpl.applyChangeSet(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KnowledgeAgentImpl.java:168</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at com.agencyawards2.RuleSessionProviderFactory.getSessionFactory(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">RuleSessionProviderFactory.java:102</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at com.agencyawards2.RuleSessionProviderFactory.getProvider(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">RuleSessionProviderFactory.j</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">ava:30</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at com.agencyawards2.RunRules.runRules(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">RunRules.java:25</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at com.agencyawards2.DroolsTest.main(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">DroolsTest.java:36</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Caused by:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U> <FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">java.lang.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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.process.core.impl.ProcessImpl.equals(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">ProcessImpl.java:134</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at java.util.HashMap.put(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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at java.util.HashSet.add(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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.impl.KnowledgeAgentImpl$RegisteredResourceMap.putDefinition(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KnowledgeAgentImpl.java:1150</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.impl.KnowledgeAgentImpl.addDefinitionMap</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">ping(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KnowledgeAgentImpl.java:1037</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.impl.KnowledgeAgentImpl.buildResourceMapping(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KnowledgeAgentImpl.java:496</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.impl.KnowledgeAgentImpl.buildResourceMapping(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KnowledgeAgentImpl.java:443</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">at org.drools.agent.impl.Knowl</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">edgeAgentImpl.addResourcesToKnowledgeBase(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">KnowledgeAgentImpl.java:912</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" 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="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">... 8 more</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 COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Change Set:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> </FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- <change-set xmlns="<A HREF="http://drools.org/drools-5.0/change-set">http://drools.org/drools-5.0/change-set</A>" xmlns:xs="<A HREF="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance</A>" xs:schemaLocation="<A HREF="http://drools.org/drools-5.0/change-set">http://drools.org/drools-5.0/change-set</A> drools-change-set-5.0.xsd"></FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- <add></FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> <resource source="<A HREF="http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/org.drools.guvnor.Guvnor/package/com.agencyawards2/LATEST">http://localhost:8080/drools-guvnor/org.drools.guvnor.Guvnor/package/com.agencyawards2/LATEST</A>" type="PKG" basicAuthentication="enabled" username="admin" password="admin" /> </FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </add></FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </change-set></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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