[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (JBRULES-3057) Misleading error message for missing constructor

Misleading error message for missing constructor ------------------------------------------------ Key: JBRULES-3057 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBRULES-3057 Project: Drools Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: drools-compiler (expert) Affects Versions: 5.2.0.CR1 Reporter: Wolfgang Laun Assignee: Edson Tirelli Fix For: 5.4.0.Beta1 If an undeclared constructor is called in a consequence, a very strange error message is produced: - error text is "Failed to compileShared" ("Shared" is not used by the app) - The message part meant ot identify the location of the error is misleanding, e.g., Near : {... p3.setName( "Paul" ); ....} with the marker ("^") pointing to "Paul". public static class Person { private String name; public Person(String name){ this.name = name; } public String getField1() { return field1; } public void setName( String name ) { this.name = name; } public String getName() { return name; } } @Test public void testExistsIterativeModifyBug() { String str = ""; str += "package org.simple "; str += "import Person "; str += "rule xxx "; str += "when "; str += "then "; str += " Person = new Person() "; str += "end "; KnowledgeBase kbase = loadKnowledgeBaseFromString( str ); assertFalse( kBuilder.hasErrors() ); StatefulKnowledgeSession ksession = kbase.newStatefulKnowledgeSession(); ksession.fireAllRules(); ksession.dispose(); }