RE: [rules-users] equals not working properly

Hi, i have a strange problem.i have the rule like this package com.sample import com.sample.Message; rule "Hello World" dialect "mvel" when $m : Message( $message1 : message,$id1 : id ) $mdup : Message(id != $id1, this != $m) then System.out.println("Rule Fired_------>>>>>"+$id1+"::::"); end I override equals method in my Message Class. In the above rule if i put this==$m the equals method is not called by engine But if i put this!=$m it is called by Engine. In both the cases i have id=1 and id1=2. why it is behaving strange way Thanks and Regs Basha