Very interesting. I tried it too , I dont think its about the '==' because it seems to be working for eval( reason == 'override'). So it is more to do with having the eval method call.
Nice find. Not too sure if this is a bug, or if there is a reason why drools works this way.


Thanks

Jai

On Feb 7, 2008 5:43 PM, ST <super_thunder2@hotmail.com> wrote:
I got it working by using the inline eval expression.  The following is the
modified version of the rules.

rule "Remove smaller or non-overriden"
   dialect "java"
   when
       L : Response( $r : value && status != "override" )
       Response(  value > $r || eval (status.equals("override")) )
   then
       System.out.println("Retracting " + L);
       retract( L );
end

The Response class has two fields one is value and the other is status.  For
convenience, I added a constructor where the first parameter is the value and
the second is the status.  I have added the following objects into the working
memory for testing.

       final Response response1 = new Response(5,"override");
       final Response response2 = new Response(6,"not override");
       final Response response3 = new Response(7,"not override");
       final Response response4 = new Response(8,"not override");
       session.insert( response1 );
       session.insert( response2 );
       session.insert( response3 );
       session.insert( response4 );

       session.fireAllRules();

The result shows that the object, Response(5,"override"), is the only one left
after the all activated rules have been evaluated.

I am not sure why "==" does not work in this example.  Is this a known bug?



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