[rules-users] New in Drools, java.lang.NullPointerException at org.drools.reteoo.AccumulateNode.getFirstMatch(AccumulateNode.java:967)

[Manuel Ortiz]

Hi Wofgang:

Thank youvery much for your response. I was replaying to Mauricio when your
email has arrived. I hope the test case is useful.

Best regards,

Manuel Ortiz.


2011/3/31 Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun at gmail.com>

> Manuel,
>
> I have reported this (or a very similar) problem
> https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBRULES-2887  with a small example to
> reproduce.
>
> The stack trace is not identical, so please try to reproduce this with a
> small test case; it is bound to happen with a rule (Test Negativo Alarma
> Acceso Portal Ubicacion UM) that modifies some fact that is used in an
> "accumulate" phrase, (If this pattern is different from the one I gave, I'll
> raise the issue priority to "critical".)
>
> Cheers
> Wolfgang
>
>
> 2011/3/30 Manuel Ortiz <manuel.ortizramos at gmail.com>
>
>> Hello all!
>>
>> I am new in Drools but day by day, test by test, I think I get a bit more
>> knowledge of how the rule engine works from user point of view. I've been
>> adding rules to an alarm system, increasing the complexity and functionality
>> in several steps. Unfortunately in the last step I found the following
>> NullPointerException inside the rule engine...
>>
>> java.lang.NullPointerException
>> at org.drools.reteoo.AccumulateNode.getFirstMatch(AccumulateNode.java:967)
>> at
>> org.drools.reteoo.AccumulateNode.modifyLeftTuple(AccumulateNode.java:329)
>>  at
>> org.drools.reteoo.SingleLeftTupleSinkAdapter.propagateModifyChildLeftTuple(SingleLeftTupleSinkAdapter.java:239)
>> at
>> org.drools.reteoo.AccumulateNode.evaluateResultConstraints(AccumulateNode.java:640)
>>  at
>> org.drools.reteoo.AccumulateNode.assertObject(AccumulateNode.java:270)
>> at org.drools.reteoo.BetaNode.modifyObject(BetaNode.java:312)
>>  at
>> org.drools.reteoo.CompositeObjectSinkAdapter.doPropagateModifyObject(CompositeObjectSinkAdapter.java:460)
>> at
>> org.drools.reteoo.CompositeObjectSinkAdapter.propagateModifyObject(CompositeObjectSinkAdapter.java:428)
>>  at org.drools.reteoo.AlphaNode.modifyObject(AlphaNode.java:160)
>> at
>> org.drools.reteoo.CompositeObjectSinkAdapter.doPropagateModifyObject(CompositeObjectSinkAdapter.java:460)
>>  at
>> org.drools.reteoo.CompositeObjectSinkAdapter.propagateModifyObject(CompositeObjectSinkAdapter.java:428)
>> at org.drools.reteoo.ObjectTypeNode.modifyObject(ObjectTypeNode.java:263)
>>  at
>> org.drools.reteoo.EntryPointNode.modifyObject(EntryPointNode.java:172)
>> at
>> org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.update(AbstractWorkingMemory.java:1442)
>>  at
>> org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.update(AbstractWorkingMemory.java:1349)
>> at
>> org.drools.base.DefaultKnowledgeHelper.update(DefaultKnowledgeHelper.java:183)
>>  at
>> org.drools.base.DefaultKnowledgeHelper.update(DefaultKnowledgeHelper.java:196)
>> at
>> es.simcasva.alarmas.rules.Rule_Test_Negativo_Alarma_Acceso_Portal_Ubicacion_UM_0.defaultConsequence(Rule_Test_Negativo_Alarma_Acceso_Portal_Ubicacion_UM_0.java:18)
>>  at
>> es.simcasva.alarmas.rules.Rule_Test_Negativo_Alarma_Acceso_Portal_Ubicacion_UM_0DefaultConsequenceInvoker.evaluate(Rule_Test_Negativo_Alarma_Acceso_Portal_Ubicacion_UM_0DefaultConsequenceInvoker.java:44)
>>  at
>> org.drools.common.DefaultAgenda.fireActivation(DefaultAgenda.java:917)
>> at org.drools.common.DefaultAgenda.fireNextItem(DefaultAgenda.java:856)
>>  at org.drools.common.DefaultAgenda.fireAllRules(DefaultAgenda.java:1071)
>> at
>> org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.fireAllRules(AbstractWorkingMemory.java:785)
>>  at
>> org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.fireAllRules(AbstractWorkingMemory.java:751)
>> at
>> org.drools.impl.StatefulKnowledgeSessionImpl.fireAllRules(StatefulKnowledgeSessionImpl.java:218)
>>
>> I've been trying to find the problem, and found a strange interaction
>> between three rules that makes the null pointer to appear. The alarm system
>> has many rules now and it is difficult to simplify the scenario, so I just
>> would like to know what is the funcion of AccumulateNode object in order to
>> have an idea of the NullPointerException possible cause.
>>
>> Can anyone help me?
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your time.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Manuel Ortiz.
>>
>>
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