@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public RuleConditionElement build(
      final RuleBuildContext context, final BaseDescr descr, final Pattern prefixPattern) {
    boolean typesafe = context.isTypesafe();
    try {
      final AccumulateDescr accumDescr = (AccumulateDescr) descr;

      if (!accumDescr.hasValidInput()) {
        return null;
      }

      final RuleConditionBuilder builder =
          (RuleConditionBuilder) context.getDialect().getBuilder(accumDescr.getInput().getClass());

      // create source CE
      final RuleConditionElement source = builder.build(context, accumDescr.getInput());

      if (source == null) {
        return null;
      }

      MVELDialect dialect = (MVELDialect) context.getDialect();

      Map<String, Declaration> decls =
          context.getDeclarationResolver().getDeclarations(context.getRule());
      Map<String, Declaration> sourceOuterDeclr = source.getOuterDeclarations();

      Map<String, Declaration> mergedDecl = new HashMap(decls);
      mergedDecl.putAll(sourceOuterDeclr);

      Map<String, Class<?>> declarationClasses =
          DeclarationScopeResolver.getDeclarationClasses(decls);
      declarationClasses.putAll(DeclarationScopeResolver.getDeclarationClasses(sourceOuterDeclr));

      BoundIdentifiers boundIds =
          new BoundIdentifiers(declarationClasses, context.getKnowledgeBuilder().getGlobals());
      boundIds.setDeclarations(mergedDecl);

      Accumulator[] accumulators;

      final boolean readLocalsFromTuple =
          PackageBuilderUtil.isReadLocalsFromTuple(context, accumDescr, source);

      if (accumDescr.isExternalFunction()) {
        // uses accumulate functions
        accumulators =
            buildExternalFunctions(
                context,
                accumDescr,
                dialect,
                decls,
                sourceOuterDeclr,
                boundIds,
                readLocalsFromTuple);
      } else {
        // it is a custom accumulate
        accumulators =
            buildCustomAccumulate(
                context,
                accumDescr,
                dialect,
                decls,
                sourceOuterDeclr,
                boundIds,
                readLocalsFromTuple);
      }

      List<Declaration> requiredDeclarations = new ArrayList<Declaration>();
      for (Accumulator acc : accumulators) {
        MvelAccumulator mvelAcc = (MvelAccumulator) acc;
        Collections.addAll(requiredDeclarations, mvelAcc.getRequiredDeclarations());
      }

      MVELDialectRuntimeData data =
          (MVELDialectRuntimeData)
              context.getPkg().getDialectRuntimeRegistry().getDialectData("mvel");

      Accumulate accumulate;
      if (accumDescr.isMultiFunction()) {
        accumulate =
            new MultiAccumulate(
                source,
                requiredDeclarations.toArray(new Declaration[requiredDeclarations.size()]),
                accumulators);
        int index = 0;
        for (Accumulator accumulator : accumulators) {
          data.addCompileable(
              ((MultiAccumulate) accumulate).new Wirer(index++), (MVELCompileable) accumulator);
          ((MVELCompileable) accumulator).compile(data, context.getRule());
        }
      } else {
        accumulate =
            new SingleAccumulate(
                source,
                requiredDeclarations.toArray(new Declaration[requiredDeclarations.size()]),
                accumulators[0]);
        data.addCompileable(
            ((SingleAccumulate) accumulate).new Wirer(), (MVELCompileable) accumulators[0]);
        ((MVELCompileable) accumulators[0]).compile(data, context.getRule());
      }

      return accumulate;
    } catch (Exception e) {
      DialectUtil.copyErrorLocation(e, descr);
      context.addError(
          new DescrBuildError(
              context.getParentDescr(),
              descr,
              e,
              "Unable to build expression for 'accumulate' : " + e.getMessage()));
      return null;
    } finally {
      context.setTypesafe(typesafe);
    }
  }