if i have several levels of java beans, the Date is not working. example: m:Message( first.second.date > "01-jan-2007" ) receive exceptions such as: Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String at java.util.Date.compareTo(Date.java:112) at org.mvel.math.IEEEFloatingPointMath.doOperationNonNumeric(IEEEFloatingPointMath.java:111) at org.mvel.math.IEEEFloatingPointMath._doOperations(IEEEFloatingPointMath.java:90) at org.mvel.math.IEEEFloatingPointMath.doOperation(IEEEFloatingPointMath.java:41) at org.mvel.util.ParseTools.doOperations(ParseTools.java:798) at org.mvel.ast.BinaryOperation.getReducedValueAccelerated(BinaryOperation.java:20) at org.mvel.MVELRuntime.execute(MVELRuntime.java:88) at org.mvel.CompiledExpression.getValue(CompiledExpression.java:108) at org.mvel.MVEL.executeExpression(MVEL.java:230) at org.drools.base.mvel.MVELPredicateExpression.evaluate(MVELPredicateExpression.java:36) at org.drools.rule.PredicateConstraint.isAllowed(PredicateConstraint.java:210) --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.