[rules-users] 5.3.0 CR1 has broken existing rules/flows

[Wolfgang Laun]

Just saw and fixed an invalid import for ConsequenceExceptionHandler.
-W


On 4 October 2011 18:00, Jamie <jshaw at llbean.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all of the feedback.  I haven't tried W's handler, but I'm
> planning to.  I did take Edson's advice and was able to get some more info.
>
> It appears to involve the interaction between 3 rules.  For background,
> this
> is a fraud detection application.  Under certain conditions, we need to
> look
> up additional customer information.  Some rules are run to determine
> whether
> the lookup is required and then another rule actually does the lookup.  In
> this case:
>
> Rule 021 says if the order is small, set the lookup flag to false
> Rule 042B says if the order is from a 'bad' country, set the lookup flag to
> true
> Rule 022 says if the lookup flag is true, do the lookup
>
> If rule 021 fires alone, then 022 does not fire and all is well.
> If rule 042B fires alone, then 022 fires and all is well.
> If 021 fires to turn off the lookup AND 042B fires to turn on the lookup,
> then 022 gets and NPE.
>
> As Edson suspected, the item is null and the 'rule' variable points to rule
> 021.
>
> I'm not sure if it matters, but each rules involved is in a different
> agenda
> group.
>
> As I mentioned, this works in 5.2.0.Final, but breaks in 5.3.0.CR1.
>
> Hope this helps pinpoint the issue.
>
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