[rules-users] unmarshal global variable

Gentlepeople, I am fairly new to Drools and have what I hope is a simple question. I am attempting to marshal (serialize) a Drools knowledge session and then unmarshall it. The marshalling works but the unmarshalling fails with a null pointer exception. The error is apparently with unmarshalling a global variable in the session. The session is created from a spreadsheet (decision table). This spreadsheet has two RuleTables. The first of these exists solely so that I can enter some constants into the session, specifically the name and price of the product the spreadsheet is dealing with. The second ruletable is where the rules are specified. The exception occurs when unmarshalling the first rule in the first rule table. If, as a test, I eliminate the first rule table, then I can successfully marshal and unmarshall the session. The marshalling is done using the following, simplified, code: Marshaller marshaller = MarshallerFactory.newMarshaller(kbase); File droolsSessionFile = new File(MARSHAL_FILE); foStream = new FileOutputStream(droolsSessionFile); baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); marshaller.marshall(baos, ksession); baos.writeTo(foStream); and the unmarshalling is done like this: Marshaller marshaller = MarshallerFactory.newMarshaller(pricingProcessor.getKnowledgeBase()); FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(MARSHAL_FILE); StatefulKnowledgeSession ksession = marshaller.unmarshall(fis); So, where did I go wrong? Perhaps I need to deal with the global variable differently, perhaps by putting it in the knowledgeBase before I unmarshall the session? Thank you for any help. Alex Ormond -- View this message in context: http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/unmarshal-global-variable-tp4021375.html Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com.