[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Closed: (JBRULES-1289) BRMS gives unusable error messages when validating DSL based rules

[Michael Neale (JIRA)]

     [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1289?page=all ]

Michael Neale closed JBRULES-1289.
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    Fix Version/s: 5.0.0-M1
       Resolution: Done

Thanks for reporting this, errors have been tightened. 
It is possible taht a bug in the compiler means that an exception is thrown rather then an error reported, but it is improved for now. 

> BRMS gives unusable error messages when validating DSL based rules
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>                 Key: JBRULES-1289
>                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-1289
>             Project: JBoss Drools
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: drools-brms
>    Affects Versions: 4.0.2
>            Reporter: Phil Verghese
>         Assigned To: Michael Neale
>             Fix For: 5.0.0-M1
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> The error messages that are shown when you click "Validate" when editing a business rule that uses a DSL in the BRMS are not user-friendly at all. If I make a small typo and misspell the name of an attribute (a very likely thing for a BRMS user to do), and click the Validate button, the error I get back is a big stack trace starting with "java.lang.RuntimeException: SNO: Conversion failed at org.codehaus.janino.UnitCompiler.numericPromotion(UnitCompiler.java) at ..." Nowhere in that stack trace is anything that gives a hint that
> the error is just a typo of an attribute name.
> Contrast this with the rather helpful error message I get if I make the same typo when editing a DRL rule: "Unable to create Field Extractor for 'overtimHours'". (The error is that I misspelled overtimeHours). 
> The BRMS needs to give the same type of helpful error message on validation errors when editing a DSL rule.

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