[rules-users] NullPointerException when using RuleAgent

Hi, I have been trying to write the following code to automatically deploy any changes made to the rules. However i am getting nullpointerexception errors. I see many posts regarding this topic and have tried different options but the error won;t go away. public static void main(String[] args) { try { FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream("C:\\Users\\folderabc\\workspace\\Drools Sample\\bin\\Guvnor.properties"); Properties p = new Properties(); p.load(file); RuleAgent agent = RuleAgent.newRuleAgent(p); *<-- this is where it is failing* RuleBase rb = agent.getRuleBase(); WorkingMemory ksession = rb.newStatefulSession(); Car c = new Car("yellow", 2100); Driver d = new Driver("Isha", 18, c, "lets try it" ); ksession.insert(d); ksession.fireAllRules(); //logger.close(); } catch (Throwable t) { t.printStackTrace(); } } /Here are the errors i am getting on my console:/ java.lang.NullPointerException at org.drools.agent.RuleAgent.refreshRuleBase(RuleAgent.java:384) at org.drools.agent.RuleAgent.configure(RuleAgent.java:368) at org.drools.agent.RuleAgent.init(RuleAgent.java:268) at org.drools.agent.RuleAgent.newRuleAgent(RuleAgent.java:208) at org.drools.agent.RuleAgent.newRuleAgent(RuleAgent.java:168) at kijanowski.GuvnorTest.main(GuvnorTest.java:43) Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you -- View this message in context: http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/NullPointerException-when-using-RuleAge... Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com.