org.drools.agent.RuleAgent list() can produce lists containing strings consisting of whitechars only ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBRULES-1814 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBRULES-1814 Project: JBoss Drools Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public (Everyone can see) Components: drools-core Affects Versions: 5.0.0.M2 Reporter: Cezary Dendek Assignee: Mark Proctor static List list(String property) contains following lines (2 occurences): if ( current.trim() != "" ) { items.add( current ); } as it is object references comparision (not string itself) it can fail (in fact it depends on implementation of trim(): if it is not optimised to return empty string explicitly - which should be cached by JVM - it will return new empty string causing the bug) It should be written eg. in this way: if ( !"".equals(current.trim()) ) { items.add( current ); } -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira