[rules-users] Re: IllegalAccessError in shadow classes

In Drools 3.0 we did not need to shadow as we hade a more complicated algorithm that maintained more references allowing for asymetrical behaviour - however I couldn't get the algorithm to perform with Jess like performance and it used a lot more memory. I dropped Drools 4.0 back to how Jess does it with shadow facts and symmetrical assert/retract. For Drools 5.0 I have re-written the algorithm and have managed to get asymettrical behaviour with actual performance increases, not losses. This is now in a branch and I hope to merge into trunk soon.