"ClassCastException" when modifying a fact involved in an 'or' condition in BRMS 6.3.x

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Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS (BRMS) 6.3.0

Issue

A ClassCastException error is thrown by trying to use OR condition in when part of a rule as follows:

rule "sample"
    no-loop
    when
       $tx: (Text (id=='foo') or Text (id=='bar')) 
       $m: Message()
    then
       modify($m) {setText($tx)};
end

The root cause is a ClassCastException:

Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sample.Message cannot be cast to org.drools.core.common.InternalFactHandle
    at org.drools.core.base.DefaultKnowledgeHelper.update(DefaultKnowledgeHelper.java:398)

The same rule works well with BRMS 6.2 libraries.

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in Red Hat JBoss BRMS Update 1. Please apply it or any latest update for 6.3.x and try again.

A workaround for previous versions would be to split the rules into two rules or use || instead as follows:

$tx: Text (id=='foo' || id=='bar')

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