Hello everybody:<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m trying to write rules in which fact int attributes and fact String attributes should be compared in condition elements. When I compare them, let&#39;s say from int to String,</div>

<div><br></div><div>rule</div><div> when</div><div>     Fact1($intAttr : attrInt1)</div><div>     Fact2(attrString == $intAttr)</div><div>....</div><div><br></div><div>the rule seems to behave OK, whereas when I compare them from String to int,</div>

<div><br></div><div><div>rule</div><div> when</div><div>     Fact1($stringAttr : attrString1)</div><div>     Fact2(attrInt == $stringAttr)</div><div>....</div></div><div><br></div><div>I get a RuntimeDroolsException( &quot;Conversion to long not supported from java.lang.String&quot;).</div>

<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve taken a look at the code which throws the exception, BaseObjectClassField.getLongValue() and found that it only accepts Number and Date objects to be converted to long.</div><div><br></div><div>
...</div><div><div>        if ( value instanceof Number ) {</div><div>            return ((Number) value).longValue();</div><div>        } else if ( value instanceof Date ) {</div><div>            return ((Date) value).getTime();</div>
<div>        }</div></div><div>...</div><div><br></div><div>Is it possible to add String to long conversion via Long.parseLong(str) or is there any reason not to allow this conversion?.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you again for your time.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Manuel Ortiz.</div>