[rules-users] Problem sharing declarative model between two packages

[Al]

I would like to be able to share a declarative model between two packages. 
When I attempt to do this by creating my model in Guvnor's Global Area and
then importing it into each package, I find that instances of the declared
types that are created by rules in one package are not recognized by rules
in the other package.

For example, suppose I create a model in the global area with a declared
type:

declare MyType
  field1: String
end

I then import this model into packages "p1" and "p2".  I add the following
rule into package "p1":

rule "create it"
when
  eval(true)
then
  MyType m = new MyType();
  insert(m);
end

and I add the following rule into package "p2":

rule "find it"
when
  $m : MyType()
then
  System.out.println("found it");
end

At runtime, the "create it" rule fires and inserts a "MyType" object. 
However, the "find it" rule never fires.

If I add a WorkingMemoryEventListener and look at exactly what is being
inserted, I can see that the "create it" rule is inserting an instance of
p1.MyType.  I assume that the "find it" rule is looking for an instance of
p2.MyType and that is why it never fires.

Is there a different way to accomplish this?  Or, are declarative models
simply not intended to be shared across packages?



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