Setting up KnowledgeBase using KnowledgeAgent which is pulling package from Guvnor. DRL declares type, which already exists in client model, with @role(event) and no fields. Get the following stack trace when inserting an object:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.drools.reteoo.ReteooFactHandleFactory.newFactHandle(ReteooFactHandleFactory.java:56)
at org.drools.common.AbstractFactHandleFactory.newFactHandle(AbstractFactHandleFactory.java:80)
at org.drools.common.AbstractFactHandleFactory.newFactHandle(AbstractFactHandleFactory.java:65)
at org.drools.common.NamedEntryPoint.createHandle(NamedEntryPoint.java:705)
at org.drools.common.NamedEntryPoint.insert(NamedEntryPoint.java:282)
at org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.insert(AbstractWorkingMemory.java:905)
at org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.insert(AbstractWorkingMemory.java:864)
at org.drools.impl.StatefulKnowledgeSessionImpl.insert(StatefulKnowledgeSessionImpl.java:255)
at john.DroolsError.runRules(DroolsError.java:48)
at john.DroolsError.main(DroolsError.java:40)

If the type is fully declared in the DRL, the NPE does not occur.

When compiling a DRL from a Change Set, the resulting package in the Knowledge Base does not contain declare'd types that do not contain fields; it only contains declares with at least one field. This results in a ClassObjectTypeConf with a typeDecl == null.