[rules-users] boolean == String?

Hi, I have an expression where I am comparing a Boolean to a String which I would expect to fail but the expression always returns true. Is this expected behaviour? I modified the Drools HelloWorldExample and changed the status from an int to a boolean. import org.drools.examples.HelloWorldExample.Message; rule "Hello World" when m : Message( status == "hello", message : message ) then System.out.println( message ); end public static class Message { public static final boolean HELLO = false; public static final boolean GOODBYE = true; private String message; private Boolean status; public Message() {} public String getMessage() { return this.message; } public void setMessage(final String message) { this.message = message; } public boolean getStatus() { return this.status; } public void setStatus(final boolean status) { this.status = status; } } final Message message = new Message(); message.setMessage( "Hello World" ); message.setStatus( Message.HELLO ); final StatefulSession session = ruleBase.newStatefulSession(); session.insert( message ); session.fireAllRules(); Thanks very much, Len