This is in Drools 4.0.7 I have a class called SatManager with a field: ArrayList<Satellite> listOfOverheadSats That has an appropriate getter method. I have a relatively simple rule that goes something like this: when $sat : Satellite(isOverhead == true) $sm : SatManager($ls : listOfOverheadSats not contains $sat) then $ls.add($sat); My problem is that Drools doesn't understand that the ArrayList has been modified, therefore this rule always fires on the same satellite if the sat object changes in any other way. I've tried adding: update($sm); To the consequence, but that only caused the rule to re-fire infinitely -- even with the no-loop keyword applied. So my question is how does Drools manage its knowledge of changes to Collections embedded in fact objects? The documention for the 'contains/not contains' keyword did not explain this. I'm really stumped here. Allen F. Bagwell e-mail: afbagwe(a)sandia.gov phone: 505/284-4517 fax: 505/ 844-7886 Ask your doctor if medical advice from a TV commercial is right for you. _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users

From: Edson Tirelli <tirelli(a)post.com&gt; Subject: Re: [rules-users] Problem using 'not contains' To: "Rules Users List" <rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org&gt; Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 6:16 PM Allen, I am not sure what is happening, because the correct way is to call a modify/update on $sm: when $sat : Satellite(isOverhead == true) $sm : SatManager($ls : listOfOverheadSats not contains $sat) then $ls.add($sat); update( $sm ); end This should not loop because of the condition itself, since now the "not contains" condition will be false and will prevent the loop. Can you double check there isn't another rule that is causing the loop? Otherwise, please open a JIRA. Regarding the question, drools manages collections as attributes in the same way it manages any other kind of "Object" attribute. Although, in drools 4, shadow facts do a shallow copy on collection attributes that sometimes require some care when working with evals(). But this is not your case. []s Edson 2009/4/20 Bagwell, Allen F <afbagwe(a)sandia.gov&gt; > > This is in Drools 4.0.7 > > I have a class called SatManager with a field: > > ArrayList<Satellite> listOfOverheadSats > > That has an appropriate getter method. > > I have a relatively simple rule that goes something like this: > > when > $sat : Satellite(isOverhead == true) > $sm : SatManager($ls : listOfOverheadSats not contains $sat) > then > $ls.add($sat); > > My problem is that Drools doesn't understand that the ArrayList has been > modified, therefore this rule always fires on the same satellite if the sat > object changes in any other way. > > I've tried adding: > > update($sm); > > To the consequence, but that only caused the rule to re-fire infinitely -- > even with the no-loop keyword applied. > > So my question is how does Drools manage its knowledge of changes to > Collections embedded in fact objects? The documention for the 'contains/not > contains' keyword did not explain this. > > I'm really stumped here. > > Allen F. Bagwell > e-mail: afbagwe(a)sandia.gov > phone: 505/284-4517 > fax: 505/ 844-7886 > > Ask your doctor if medical advice from a TV commercial is right for you. > > > > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > > -- Edson Tirelli JBoss Drools Core Development JBoss, a division of Red Hat @ www.jboss.com _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users