[rules-users] Drools KB Object hierarchy Serilisation and Deserialisation thread safety issue

adarsh.chaini at hsbcib.com adarsh.chaini at hsbcib.com
Fri Dec 13 14:39:55 EST 2013


Hi,

We  have found that  some of the drools classes are not thread safe and 
hence causing the whole KB serialisation  and deserialisation  issues  in 
a highly concurrent  distributed cluster.

The below is an example of one of the instances we have come across where 
the  usage of a  non thread safe collection as instance variables has 
caused the issue.

Could someone look into this and advise:

1) If this has been reported /identified and logged somewhere  as an issue 
already 
2)If  there has been  any fix to problems like this in  later versions of  
5.3.0.Final ?.
3)If not fixed already what  is the process to initiate a fix.

Caused by: java.io.InvalidObjectException: Illegal mappings count: -1
        at java.util.HashMap.readObject(HashMap.java:1130)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
        at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(
ObjectStreamClass.java:1004)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(
ObjectInputStream.java:1891)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(
ObjectInputStream.java:1796)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(
ObjectInputStream.java:1348)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370
)
        at org.jbpm.workflow.core.DroolsAction.readExternal(
DroolsAction.java:61)
        at 
org.jbpm.workflow.core.impl.DroolsConsequenceAction.readExternal(
DroolsConsequenceAction.java:49)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readExternalData(
ObjectInputStream.java:1835)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(
ObjectInputStream.java:1794)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(
ObjectInputStream.java:1348)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370
)
        at org.drools.rule.JavaDialectRuntimeData.readExternal(
JavaDialectRuntimeData.java:182)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readExternalData(
ObjectInputStream.java:1835)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(
ObjectInputStream.java:1794)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(
ObjectInputStream.java:1348)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370
)
        at java.util.HashMap.readObject(HashMap.java:1155)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
        at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(
ObjectStreamClass.java:1004)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(
ObjectInputStream.java:1891)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(
ObjectInputStream.java:1796)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(
ObjectInputStream.java:1348)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370
)
        at org.drools.rule.DialectRuntimeRegistry.readExternal(
DialectRuntimeRegistry.java:59)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readExternalData(
ObjectInputStream.java:1835)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(
ObjectInputStream.java:1794)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(
ObjectInputStream.java:1348)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370
)
        at org.drools.rule.Package.readExternal(Package.java:197)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readExternalData(
ObjectInputStream.java:1835)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(
ObjectInputStream.java:1794)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(
ObjectInputStream.java:1348)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370
)
        at java.util.HashMap.readObject(HashMap.java:1155)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
        at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(
ObjectStreamClass.java:1004)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(
ObjectInputStream.java:1891)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(
ObjectInputStream.java:1796)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(
ObjectInputStream.java:1348)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370
)
        at org.drools.common.AbstractRuleBase.readExternal(
AbstractRuleBase.java:270)
        at org.drools.reteoo.ReteooRuleBase.readExternal(
ReteooRuleBase.java:223)
        at org.drools.impl.KnowledgeBaseImpl.readExternal(
KnowledgeBaseImpl.java:116)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readExternalData(
ObjectInputStream.java:1835)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(
ObjectInputStream.java:1794)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(
ObjectInputStream.java:1348)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370
)
        at com.hsbc.gbm.dsl.domain.DSLRuleSet$Serializer.createInstance(
DSLRuleSet.java:328)
        at com.hsbc.gbm.dsl.domain.DSLRuleSet$Serializer.createInstance(
DSLRuleSet.java:1)
        at com.hsbc.gbm.dsl.domain.AbstractSerializer.deserialize(
AbstractSerializer.java:144)

Thanks and regards,

Adarsh CHAINI 
SENIOR LEAD DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST | HSBC Bank Plc
8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ, UK
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