Re: [droolers] Behaviour of conditions

[bob mcwhirter]

> Maybe I have misunderstood things, but I think this is a bit odd.
> 
> If I have a method getName() in a java object and use that as a
> condition, like this:
>       <cond>
>               someObject.getName().equals("");
>       </cond>
> 
> and then modify that object in the actions of another rule, like this:
> 
>       <then>
>               someObject.setName("foo");
>               modifyObject(someObject);
>       </then> 
> 
> then the truth of the empty string condition can be modified by
> inserting and removing System.out.println()'s in the getName()/setName()
> methods.
> Perhaps I'm going at this the wrong way, but this behaviour feels odd to
> me.
> 
> Should I do things some other way or is this some kind of bug?

Not certain that I follow you, but what you're doing is legal.

I'm mostly confused when you speak of println()s, but I see
none in the example, and don't know how they could modify the
truth of anything.

Could you try to explain it again, and hopefully I can better
answer the question.

        -bob


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