The current version of Drools does not support dynamic changes in "type
declarations" and I don't see this changing anytime soon. The reason is that
not only the actual fact would require changes, but the actual knowledge
base would require changes as several nodes might be referencing the old
class.
So, to update a fact type you need to recreate the knowledge base. This
is the same, BTW, than changing one of your fact classes in your application
jars... you need to recompile the knowledge base or you will end up with
class cast exceptions, sooner or later.
Edson
2011/2/14 delete <boyun.yuriy(a)gmail.com>
Hi.
I have such declaration of type
declare Contact
firstName : String
end
then I want to add new property to this type. so the next version is
declare Contact
firstName : String
newField : String
end
this type declaration is in separate drl file.
then I add this new type to current KnowledgeBase.
but when I execute knowledgeBase.getFactType("test.package",
"Contact");
I get old version of Contact.
During debugging I found the place where is should be upgraded in the
KnowledgeBase.
org.drools.common.AbstractRuleBase.mergePackage
there is
// merge the type declarations
if ( newPkg.getTypeDeclarations() != null ) {
// add type declarations
for ( TypeDeclaration type :
newPkg.getTypeDeclarations().values() ) {
// @TODO should we allow overrides? only if the class is not
in use.
if ( !pkg.getTypeDeclarations().containsKey(
type.getTypeName() ) ) {
// add to package list of type declarations
pkg.addTypeDeclaration( type );
}
}
}
so according this comments it's not possible to upgrade Type on the fly.
Am I missing something?
Does someone had such problems or know the workaround.
Thanks in advance,
Yuriy
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