[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (DROOLS-167) Inaccurate comparison because of String to Double coercion

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RH Bugzilla Integration updated DROOLS-167:
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        Bugzilla Update: Perform
    Bugzilla References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974364

    
> Inaccurate comparison because of String to Double coercion
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DROOLS-167
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/DROOLS-167
>             Project: Drools
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>    Affects Versions: 6.0.0.Beta3
>            Reporter: Toshiya Kobayashi
>            Assignee: Mark Proctor
>
> If you compare String fields which consist of many digits, it may be wrongly evaluated due to String to Double coercion and Double's inaccuracy.
> The following test doesn't fire the rule.
> {code:java}
> import org.drools.compiler.Person;
> rule R1
>   when
>     $p : Person( name < "90201304122000000000000017" )
>   then
> end
> {code}
> {code:java}
> ksession.insert( new Person( "90201304122000000000000015", 38 ) );
> {code}
> In Drools 6.0.0.beta3, the coercion is done by org.mvel2.math.MathProcessor
> {code:java}
> public strictfp class MathProcessor {
> ...
>   private static Object _doOperations(int type1, Object val1, int operation, int type2, Object val2) {
>     if (operation < 20) {
>       if (((type1 > 49 || operation == EQUAL || operation == NEQUAL) && type1 == type2) ||
>               (isIntegerType(type1) && isIntegerType(type2) && operation >= BW_AND && operation <= BW_NOT)) {
>         return doOperationsSameType(type1, val1, operation, val2);
>       }
>       else if ((type1 > 99 && (type2 > 99))
>           || (operation != 0 && isNumber(val1) && isNumber(val2))) {
>         return doPrimWrapperArithmetic(getNumber(val1, type1),
>             operation,
>             getNumber(val2, type2), true, box(type2) > box(type1) ? box(type2) : box(type1));
>       }
> ...
>   private static Double getNumber(Object in, int type) {
>     if (in == null)
>       return 0d;
>     switch (type) {
> ...
>       case DataTypes.STRING:
>         return Double.parseDouble((String) in);
> ...
> {code}

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