RS02808: NPE USING DECISION ENGINE AND ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS IS TRUE

Operational Decision Manager V8.9.0.2: Interim Fix 5
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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Using any of the following conditions is true in the condition
  can throw below NPE using Decision Engine when build succeeds
  using Classic Rule Engine :
  
  java.lang.NullPointerException
      at com.ibm.rules.brl.bal.compilation.BootBomCodeBuilder.
  buildBinaryOperator(BootBomCodeBuilder.java:296)
      at com.ibm.rules.brl.bal.compilation.BalCodeBuilder.
  buildBinaryOperator(BalCodeBuilder.java:1797)
      at com.ibm.rules.brl.bal.compilation.BalCodeBuilder.
  buildSentence(BalCodeBuilder.java:1191)
      at com.ibm.rules.brl.bal.compilation.BalCodeBuilder.
  buildExpression(BalCodeBuilder.java:825)
      at com.ibm.rules.brl.bal.compilation.BalCodeBuilder.
  buildRule(BalCodeBuilder.java:279)
      at com.ibm.rules.studio.rve.builder.BALRuleCompiler.
  compileToCodeRule(BALRuleCompiler.java:56)
      at com.ibm.rules.studio.rve.builder.BusinessRuleCompiler.
  compile(BusinessRuleCompiler.java:118)
      at com.ibm.rules.studio.rve.builder.RVERuleCompiler.
  compileProjectElement(RVERuleCompiler.java:422)
      at com.ibm.rules.studio.rve.builder.RVERuleCompiler.compile(
  RVERuleCompiler.java:303)
      at ilog.rules.studio.model.builder.
  IncrementalRuleProjectBuilder.compile(
  IncrementalRuleProjectBuilder.java:1101)
      at ilog.rules.studio.model.builder.
  IncrementalRuleProjectBuilder.build(
  IncrementalRuleProjectBuilder.java:1052)
      at ilog.rules.studio.model.builder.
  IncrementalRuleProjectBuilder.build(
  IncrementalRuleProjectBuilder.java:312)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$2.run(
  BuildManager.java:734)
      at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:
  42)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(
  BuildManager.java:206)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(
  BuildManager.java:246)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager$1.run(
  BuildManager.java:299)
      at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:
  42)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.basicBuild(
  BuildManager.java:302)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.
  basicBuildLoop(BuildManager.java:358)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.BuildManager.build(
  BuildManager.java:381)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.doBuild(
  AutoBuildJob.java:143)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.events.AutoBuildJob.run(
  AutoBuildJob.java:241)
      at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• A Null pointer Exception is thrown when building a Rule project
  with rules having 'Any of the
  following conditions is true' with the Decision Engine  . The
  build succeeds with the Classic Rule Engine.
  The was a compilation issue.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code is fixed.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• 999
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WDS FOR RULES

• Fixed component ID

  5725B6903

Applicable component levels