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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I
have an email validation regex where the mvel matches doesn’t seem to
work. I have created 2 rules where test1 uses the Java String matches and test2
uses the mvel matches. Test1 works but test2 doesn’t. I am using Drools
4.0.3 and JDK 1.6.0_02.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>rule</span></font></b><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><font size=1 color=green face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:green'>"Test1"</span></font><font
size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><b><font size=1 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>when</span></font></b><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><font
size=1 color=olive face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:olive'>// This works</span></font><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> email : String()</span></font><font
size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><b><font
size=1 color="#960000" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>eval</span></font></b><font
size=1 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>( !email.</span></font><b><font size=1
color="#960000" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>matches</span></font></b><font
size=1 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>( </span></font><font size=1 color=green
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:green'>"^[a-zA-Z0-9\\!\\#\\$\\%\\&\\'\\*\\+\\-\\/\\=\\?\\^\\_\\`\\{\\|\\}\\~]+(\\.[a-zA-Z0-9\\!\\#\\$\\%\\&\\'\\*\\+\\-\\/\\=\\?\\^\\_\\`\\{\\|\\}\\~]+)*@[a-zA-Z0-9]([a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]([a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}$"</span></font><font
size=1 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'> ) )</span></font><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><b><font size=1 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>then</span></font></b><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> System.out.println( </span></font><font
size=1 color=green face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:green'>"1-Invalid Email Address: "</span></font><font
size=1 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'> + email );</span></font><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>end</span></font></b><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>rule</span></font></b><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><font size=1 color=green face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:green'>"Test2"</span></font><font
size=1 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><b><font size=1 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>when</span></font></b><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><font
size=1 color=olive face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:olive'>// This doesn't work</span></font><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> email : String(
toString </span></font><b><font size=1 color="#960000" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000;font-weight:
bold'>not</span></font></b><font size=1 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> </span></font><b><font
size=1 color="#960000" face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>matches</span></font></b><font
size=1 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'> </span></font><font size=1 color=green
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:green'>"^[a-zA-Z0-9\\!\\#\\$\\%\\&\\'\\*\\+\\-\\/\\=\\?\\^\\_\\`\\{\\|\\}\\~]+(\\.[a-zA-Z0-9\\!\\#\\$\\%\\&\\'\\*\\+\\-\\/\\=\\?\\^\\_\\`\\{\\|\\}\\~]+)*@[a-zA-Z0-9]([a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]([a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}$"</span></font><font
size=1 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'> )</span></font><font size=1 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><b><font size=1 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>then</span></font></b><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> System.out.println( </span></font><font
size=1 color=green face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:green'>"2-Invalid Email Address: "</span></font><font
size=1 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'> + email );</span></font><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=1 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>end</span></font></b><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Here’s
the output using email addresses </span></font><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>x.x@x.com </span></font><font size=1 color=black><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>(valid)</span></font><font size=1
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><font size=1 color=black><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;color:black'>and</span></font><font size=1 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'> x.xx.com </span></font><font
size=1 color=black><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>(invalid)</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>:</span></font><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>test1-Invalid Email Address: x.xx.com</span></font><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>test2-Invalid Email Address: x.x@x.com</span></font><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=1 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>test2-Invalid Email Address: x.xx.com</span></font><font size=1
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
regex expressions are exactly the same. Am I doing something wrong here?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Len<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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