[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Resolved: (JBRULES-2492) Classloader issue in OSGi environment

Classloader issue in OSGi environment ------------------------------------- Key: JBRULES-2492 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBRULES-2492 Project: Drools Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: drools-core (expert) Affects Versions: 5.0.1.FINAL Environment: Eclipse RCP (Equinox) Reporter: Cserveny Tamas Assignee: Mark Proctor Fix For: 5.2.0.M1 Drools creates for each property used in a rule file a new class. This class extends a Drools base class called "org.drools.base.extractors.BaseObjectClassFieldReader". For the creation it will only use the classloader that defined the asserted object, this has an implication: In case the classloader loaded the asserted object does not see the drools-core.jar then it will fail. Steps to preproduce: Create two bundles: "drools" and "entities" Assert an entity with is defined in the "entities" package and use at least one property. eg. rule "E!" when Entity( name == "E!" ) then end Workaround: Make sure that all classes in drools are visible in the entities. You can do that by: Add a dependency, Import the packages or by using the buddy loading policy settings. Desired solution: Currently the generated class is loaded by the ByteArrayClassLoader. This classloader has one parent defined. The solution should be to set a composite classloader as parent. This classloader would first try to load the class in the classloader currently set and the would try two other alternatives: 1. the classloader which defined one of the classes in the drools-core.jar 2. the classloader set in the PackafgeBuilder config. This would ensure that the drools packages would be found correctly without effecting current behaviour.