Hey guys, just stumbled over this code, it swallowes the root exception (which was some Classloading issue). Would be much better to throw it as root cause, so the developer can get a clue what's wrong... Or file a JIRA for it? Cheers Bernd -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- + private static void loadProvider() { + try { + // we didn't find anything in properties so lets try and us reflection + Class<DecisionTableProvider> cls = ( Class<DecisionTableProvider> ) Class.forName( "org.drools.decisiontable.DecisionTableProviderImpl" ); + setDecisionTableProvider( cls.newInstance() ); + } catch ( Exception e2 ) { + throw new ProviderInitializationException( "Provider org.drools.decisiontable.DecisionTableProviderImpl could not be set." ); + } [DEBUG] Trace org.drools.ProviderInitializationException: Provider org.drools.decisiontable.DecisionTableProviderImpl could not be set. at org.drools.compiler.DecisionTableFactory.loadProvider(DecisionTableFactory .java:36) at org.drools.compiler.DecisionTableFactory.getDecisionTableProvider(Decision TableFactory.java:25) at org.drools.compiler.DecisionTableFactory.loadFromInputStream(DecisionTable Factory.java:16) at org.drools.compiler.PackageBuilder.addKnowledgeResource(PackageBuilder.jav a:485) at org.drools.builder.impl.KnowledgeBuilderImpl.add(KnowledgeBuilderImpl.java :36) at com.oneandone.maven.plugins.CreateRulesPackageMojo.createDroolsPackage(Cre ateRulesPackageMojo.java:130) at com.oneandone.maven.plugins.CreateRulesPackageMojo.execute(CreateRulesPack ageMojo.java:75) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginMana ger.java:451) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLi fecycleExecutor.java:558) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal( DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:512) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLif ecycleExecutor.java:482) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFa ilures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:330) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(De faultLifecycleExecutor.java:227) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecyc leExecutor.java:142) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:336) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:129) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:287) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java: 39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorIm pl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)