PLEASE READ CAREFULLY, AND UNTIL THE END.
These two files (foo/Foo.java, foo/foo.drl) are sufficient to
reproduce the bug, i.e., a diagnostic
Exception in thread "main" [Error: could not access field: named.NamedEntity.x]
[Near : {... x == 1 ....}]
^
followed by a hefty stack dump due to an insert of a Foo.
package foo;
/*** not public ***/ class Foo {
private int x = 1;
public int getX(){ return x; }
}
package foo;
rule "foo getX"
when
Foo( x == 1 )
then
System.out.println( "some Foo.x == 1" );
end
But note that the problem goes a little deeper. Remove the constraint,
and the rule fires:
rule "some Foo"
when
$foo: Foo()
then
System.out.println( "some Foo..." ); // works perfectly
end
But now try to print the matched Foo:
rule "show all Foo factss"
when
$foo: Foo()
then
System.out.println( "Foo: " + $foo );
end
Another dump:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to
access class named.NamedEntity from class
named.Rule_xxx_fd3f0f5f764b415691fbf49ce4def6d7DefaultConsequenceInvokerGenerated
at
named.Rule_xxx_fd3f0f5f764b415691fbf49ce4def6d7DefaultConsequenceInvokerGenerated.evaluate(Unknown
Source)
at
named.Rule_xxx_fd3f0f5f764b415691fbf49ce4def6d7DefaultConsequenceInvoker.evaluate(Unknown
Source)
at org.drools.common.DefaultAgenda.fireActivation(DefaultAgenda.java:1287)
at org.drools.common.DefaultAgenda.fireNextItem(DefaultAgenda.java:1221)
at org.drools.common.DefaultAgenda.fireAllRules(DefaultAgenda.java:1456)
at org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.fireAllRules(AbstractWorkingMemory.java:710)
at org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.fireAllRules(AbstractWorkingMemory.java:674)
at
org.drools.impl.StatefulKnowledgeSessionImpl.fireAllRules(StatefulKnowledgeSessionImpl.java:230)
at named.Main.execute(Main.java:83)
I DO understand why this happens (so please DON'T explain it to me).
HOWEVER, IF PACKAGE VISIBILITY CANNOT BE HANDLED (and I don't think it
can), IT SHOULD BE REFUTED WITH A PROPER DIAGNOSTIC.
-W