Drools application throws ClassNotFoundException when using "mvel" as a dialect

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Issue

  • Drools application sporadically throws the following exception stack when using the "mvel" dialect for rules :

    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: some/application/Class
         at ASMAccessorImpl_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.getValue(Unknown Source)
         at org.mvel2.optimizers.dynamic.DynamicGetAccessor.getValue(DynamicGetAccessor.java:66)
         at org.mvel2.ast.ASTNode.getReducedValueAccelerated(ASTNode.java:99)
         at org.mvel2.ast.BinaryOperation.getReducedValueAccelerated(BinaryOperation.java:102)
         at org.mvel2.ast.BinaryOperation.getReducedValueAccelerated(BinaryOperation.java:102)
         at org.mvel2.ast.BinaryOperation.getReducedValueAccelerated(BinaryOperation.java:102)
            at org.mvel2.compiler.ExecutableAccessor.getValue(ExecutableAccessor.java:41)...Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: some.application.Class
         at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)
         at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
         at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:319)
         at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:330)
         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:254)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:402)
    

Environment

  • JBoss Business Rules Management System [BRMS] Platform 5.0.2, 5.1.0.GA

  • Community Drools 5.0.1

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