Improved NullPointerException messages -------------------------------------- Key: JBRULES-1452 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1452 Project: JBoss Drools Issue Type: Patch Security Level: Public (Everyone can see) Affects Versions: 4.0.4, 4.0.3, 4.0.2, 4.0.1, 4.0.0.GA, 4.0.0.MR3, 4.0.0.MR2 Reporter: mike mcmahon Fix For: 4.0.5 Currently, there are many places in drools-core which can (potentially) throw NullPointerException. The error message contains no information about which Rule or which item/property in working memory caused the NPE, and this makes it very difficult to fix the Rule or working memory data. The patch below (relative to 4.0.4) adds some valuable information to aid in fixing Rules. Index: org/drools/base/evaluators/DateFactory.java =================================================================== --- org/drools/base/evaluators/DateFactory.java (revision 18270) +++ org/drools/base/evaluators/DateFactory.java (working copy) @@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ } final Date value1 = (Date) extractor1.getValue( workingMemory, object1 ); final Date value2 = (Date) extractor2.getValue( workingMemory, object2 ); + if (null == value2) + throw new NullPointerException(extractor2.toString()); return value1.compareTo( value2 ) < 0; } @@ -342,6 +344,8 @@ } final Date value1 = (Date) extractor1.getValue( workingMemory, object1 ); final Date value2 = (Date) extractor2.getValue( workingMemory, object2 ); + if (null == value2) + throw new NullPointerException(extractor2.toString()); return value1.compareTo( value2 ) <= 0; } @@ -402,6 +406,8 @@ } final Date value1 = (Date) extractor1.getValue( workingMemory, object1 ); final Date value2 = (Date) extractor2.getValue( workingMemory, object2 ); + if (null == value2) + throw new NullPointerException(extractor2.toString()); return value1.compareTo( value2 ) > 0; } @@ -462,6 +468,8 @@ } final Date value1 = (Date) extractor1.getValue( workingMemory, object1 ); final Date value2 = (Date) extractor2.getValue( workingMemory, object2 ); + if (null == value2) + throw new NullPointerException(extractor2.toString()); return value1.compareTo( value2 ) >= 0; } Index: org/drools/rule/EvalCondition.java =================================================================== --- org/drools/rule/EvalCondition.java (revision 18270) +++ org/drools/rule/EvalCondition.java (working copy) @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ this.requiredDeclarations, workingMemory ); } catch ( final Exception e ) { - throw new RuntimeDroolsException( e ); + throw new RuntimeDroolsException( this.getEvalExpression() + " : " + e ); } } -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira