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  1. Drools
  2. DROOLS-1175

Accumulates: sum(Long), sum(BigDecimal), sum(Integer) and sum(BigInteger)

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    • Feature Request
    • Resolution: Done
    • Major
    • 7.0.0.Beta2
    • 6.4.0.Final
    • core engine
    • None
    • NEW
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    Description

      Currently, when summing longs in an accumulate, we get something like this:

      when ...
            $t : Number(...) from accumulate(...,
                  sum($p.getLongWeight()))
      then scoreHolder.addHard($t.longValue());
      

      This has 3 problems:

      • Loss of precision: the long sum `1881617265586265321L` will incorrectly return `1.88161726558626534E18`, so `13` too much! The BigDecimal sum of `0.09` and `0.01` will also be incorrect.
      • Loss of performance: Summing with a Double total is significantly slower than summing with a Long total or an Integer total.
      • Example complexity (minor, not all of us agree on this argument): the use of `Number` is an abstraction that doesn't bring any value to the use case. It's worthless complexity.

      Solution proposal A) for 7.0 as discussed with Mario:
      Based on the argument type to the sum function, the compiler selects a different sum function implementation. This is similar to java overloading mechanism, where `System.out.println(1)` selects a different method implementation than `System.out.println(2.0)`.

      Support sum(Long):

      when ...
            $t : Long(...) from accumulate(...,
                  sum($p.getLongWeight()))
      then scoreHolder.addHard($t);
      

      and sum(BigDecimal):

      when ...
            $t : BigDecimal(...) from accumulate(...,
                  sum($p.getBigDecimalWeight()))
      then scoreHolder.addHard($t);
      

      and also support sum(Integer) and sum(BigInteger).
      If this works well, we can consider it for other functions as well in a different jira issue.

      Special case 1: sum(Number) should default to sum(Double) for backwards compatibility.

      when ...
            $t : Number(...) from accumulate(...,
                  sum($p.getNumberWeight()))
      then scoreHolder.addHard($t.doubleValue());
      

      Not-so-special case 2: to sum integers into a long total, the user should just use:

            $t : Long(...) from accumulate(...,
                  sum((long) $p.getIntWeight()))
      

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              mfusco@redhat.com Mario Fusco
              gdesmet@redhat.com Geoffrey De Smet (Inactive)
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