Release Notes for JBoss Drools

Includes versions: 4.0.5 4.0.6 4.0.7

Feature Request

• [ JBRULES-1307 ] Update and expand documentation for decision tables to show actual uses for all keywords
• [ JBRULES-1338 ] DirectoryScanner should only take into account relevant files
• [ JBRULES-1473 ] Add a configuration parameter to allow Drools to dump all generated java source code
• [ JBRULES-1532 ] Import decision table into jBRMS application
• [ JBRULES-1577 ] BeforeActivationFireEvent.toString() should print out activation number
• [ JBRULES-1590 ] ShadowProxuUtils and org.hibernate.collection.PersistentSet

Bug

• [ JBRULES-1111 ] Final methods of POJO's aer never evaluated
• [ JBRULES-1216 ] log4j.xml contained in drools-repository.jar
• [ JBRULES-1286 ] Incorrect information in section 2.5.7.3. Agenda Filters
• [ JBRULES-1315 ] Rule that uses a 'collect' and 'from' clause together causes problem
• [ JBRULES-1327 ] drools-ant task and java.lang.ClassCastException: org.drools.reteoo.ReteooRuleBase
• [ JBRULES-1329 ] RuleBase.removeRule() prevents other rules from being applied
• [ JBRULES-1330 ] Using RuleBase in multithread application server environment
• [ JBRULES-1357 ] RuleBuildContext does not initialize package of rule
• [ JBRULES-1388 ] Eval error when using multiple declarations
• [ JBRULES-1389 ] using eval after using or causes ClassCastException
• [ JBRULES-1392 ] Rules behave incorrectly (randomly) in multi-threaded environment
• [ JBRULES-1414 ] Cannot build from source -- missing directory or pom file
• [ JBRULES-1415 ] Certain uses of from causes NullPointerException in WorkingMemoryLogger
• [ JBRULES-1423 ] ObjectFactory$ObjectEqualsComparator.equals throws NPE if second arg is null
• [ JBRULES-1426 ] NPE in ObjectFactory$ObjectEqualsComparator
• [ JBRULES-1428 ] ClassCastException when comparing BigDecimal fields
• [ JBRULES-1429 ] NPE in ObjectEqualsComparator
• [ JBRULES-1435 ] NPE if rule checks a Long field for null, and a fact is passed in with Long field that is NOT null.
• [ JBRULES-1436 ] Filescanner throws NPE when there's a compile error.
• [ JBRULES-1438 ] FactTemplate Property Access leads to RuleBuilder Exception
• [ JBRULES-1443 ] retract of Fact Template leads to NPE
• [ JBRULES-1446 ] ClassCastException when iterating over an array using "from"
• [ JBRULES-1447 ] Parser error when using keyword operators
• [ JBRULES-1448 ] MVELDataProver throws nullpointer on null return value from expression
• [ JBRULES-1451 ] LHS expression comparing a Boolean to a String does not fail but always returns true
• [ JBRULES-1453 ] boss.seam.Component) - Exception calling component @Destroy method: repository
• [ JBRULES-1456 ] Or using DSL language
• [ JBRULES-1459 ] parser/scanner bug: "unterminated literal"
• [ JBRULES-1464 ] Comilation error : 'Syntax error on token ",", delete this token' when referencing a global in an accumulate block
• [ JBRULES-1467 ] Concurrency errors when parsing strings to dates in rules
• [ JBRULES-1472 ] Problem when mixing alpha and beta constraints in a composite constraint
• [ JBRULES-1477 ] User exception thrown from inside a rule always causes a stackTrace to console
• [ JBRULES-1479 ] Exception compiling rules
• [ JBRULES-1480 ] Potential multithreaded problem in MVELClassFieldExtractor
• [ JBRULES-1481 ] Stop actionQueue recursion in working memory
• [ JBRULES-1482 ] Bug with ReeteoRuleBase and merged package
• [ JBRULES-1484 ] Mvel, constructor and package access
• [ JBRULES-1487 ] access to store property in MapBackedClassLoader should be synchronized
• [ JBRULES-1489 ] Working Memory deserialization causes NPE
• [ JBRULES-1490 ] org.drools.util.AbstractHashTable$SingleIndex is not serializable
• [ JBRULES-1491 ] java.io.NotSerializableException: org.drools.util.AbstractHashTable$SingleIndex
• [ JBRULES-1492 ] NPE caused by non-shadowed deep object access
• [ JBRULES-1501 ] Multiples modify causes variable duplication exception
• [ JBRULES-1503 ] Errors on rulebase serialization scenarios
• [ JBRULES-1505 ] Fix CCE when using nested accessors to compare Date values
• [ JBRULES-1506 ] RuleAgent will not read binary packages from Apache HTTP Server
• [ JBRULES-1507 ] Objenesis too heavily used
• [ JBRULES-1508 ] NPE in MVELDataProvider
• [ JBRULES-1510 ] ObejnesisFactory.getStaticObjenesis() doesn't set OBJENESIS_INSTANCE
• [ JBRULES-1512 ] UnsupportedOperationException when calling addPackage on rulebase
• [ JBRULES-1515 ] Boolean negation operator doesn't work
• [ JBRULES-1517 ] NumberFormatException in ObjectEqualsComparator.equals
• [ JBRULES-1519 ] Regression on alpha composite constraints
• [ JBRULES-1521 ] ClassNotFound when deserializing rulebase
• [ JBRULES-1522 ] Accumulate and Collect memories are not Serializable
• [ JBRULES-1525 ] MVELCalendarCoercionTest and MVELDateCoercionTest do not passed on 4.0.x
• [ JBRULES-1526 ] MVEL org/mvel/integration/impl/LocalVariableResolverFactory
• [ JBRULES-1527 ] URL for Eclipse plugin outdated in install doc
• [ JBRULES-1533 ] WorkingMemoryLogger implementations should take WorkingMemoryEventManager as a constructor
• [ JBRULES-1534 ] Eclipse MANIFEST.MF files reference the incorrect name for mvel
• [ JBRULES-1542 ] the nested type org.drools..... cannot be referenced by it's binary name
• [ JBRULES-1543 ] tests failing with JANINO
• [ JBRULES-1556 ] Modify is not normalising activations, which is impacting lock-on-active
• [ JBRULES-1558 ] || in conditional element causes exception
• [ JBRULES-1560 ] Add support to quoting commas in decision tables
• [ JBRULES-1564 ] Salience does not work for sequential mode
• [ JBRULES-1566 ] Documentation on update()
• [ JBRULES-1568 ] Java debug not working with multiple rule files
• [ JBRULES-1572 ] sometimes getting ClassFieldExtractor error
• [ JBRULES-1574 ] Unable to open DSL file in BRMS (Exception)
• [ JBRULES-1575 ] Guided editor missing "and less than (or equal to)" option in drop-down list
• [ JBRULES-1576 ] Cannot download model assets from BRMS using Internet Explorer 7
• [ JBRULES-1578 ] Guided rules report error due to incorrect quotes around rule attribute values
• [ JBRULES-1580 ] BRMS ruleflow upload page incorrectly states that .rf files should be uploaded
• [ JBRULES-1581 ] Invalid dialect name causes NullPointerException in BRMS and Eclipse plug-in rule editor
• [ JBRULES-1583 ] Heap and scheduled Activations
• [ JBRULES-1593 ] 4.0.x and trunk build fails as eclipse.org GEF download location has moved
• [ JBRULES-1594 ] Collect result pattern no constrained by bounded variables
• [ JBRULES-1597 ] Eclipse DroolsBuilder hangs due to MVEL error on "object.var1 matches $var2"

Task

• [ JBRULES-1502 ] update example to use modify block as default
• [ JBRULES-1513 ] Drools 4.0.5 release

Patch

• [ JBRULES-1452 ] Improved NullPointerException messages
• [ JBRULES-1485 ] Fixes to the documentation

Release

• [ JBRULES-1600 ] Release Drools v4.0.7