[rules-users] a keyword as attribute name..

[Mark Proctor]

this is fixed in trunk, but it won't make it into the 3.0.x series.

Mark
Holla wrote:
> unfortunately one of the facts (which is provided others) has an attribute
> "duration", and rules are not getting compiled...
>
> rule "Duration Check"
> when
>     ThirdPartyFact( duration > 40 )
> then
>     ...
> end
>
>
> Drools (3.0.4) documentation says:
> "There are some reserved keywords that are used in the rule language. It is wise
> to avoid collisions with these words when naming your domain objects,
> properties, methods, functions and so on that are used in the rule text. The
> following list are words that you should try and avoid in the rule contents if
> possible (often times it will work fine, but in some cases the rules may be
> parsed incorrectly)"
>
> especially the last sentence is very confusing.. it does not rule out
> possibility attribute names like "duration". even eclipse plugin does not report
> an error!! but compiling with package builder failed saying "Unexpected token
> 'duration'" :(
>
> i feel Drools should always allow attributes with name same as that of a
> keyword. duration is a very common name... or at least the documentation &
> plugin should strictly disallow such usage.
>
>
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