5.1
rule "lucky"
when
Putin: X()
then
modify( Putin ){...}
end
crashes with:
Exception in thread "main" [Error: was expecting type: java.util.Collection; but found type: null]
[Near : {... ( Putin ....}]
^
[Line: 1, Column: 9]
at org.mvel2.util.CompilerTools.expectType(CompilerTools.java:295)
at org.mvel2.ast.Fold.<init>(Fold.java:70)
at org.mvel2.compiler.AbstractParser.nextToken(AbstractParser.java:961)
at org.mvel2.compiler.ExpressionCompiler._compile(ExpressionCompiler.java:121)
at org.mvel2.compiler.ExpressionCompiler.compile(ExpressionCompiler.java:68)
at org.drools.rule.builder.dialect.mvel.MVELExprAnalyzer.analyzeExpression(MVELExprAnalyzer.java:86)
at org.drools.rule.builder.dialect.mvel.MVELDialect.analyzeBlock(MVELDialect.java:494)
at org.drools.rule.builder.dialect.java.JavaConsequenceBuilder.rewriteModify(JavaConsequenceBuilder.java:224)
...
This is, of course, not due to using exactly *that* name; it occurs if
(1) the bound name matches /^.+in$/ and
(2) there is, in "modify", white space between "in" and ")"
-W