private Accumulator[] buildExternalFunctions(
      final RuleBuildContext context,
      final AccumulateDescr accumDescr,
      MVELDialect dialect,
      Map<String, Declaration> decls,
      Map<String, Declaration> sourceOuterDeclr,
      BoundIdentifiers boundIds,
      boolean readLocalsFromTuple) {
    Accumulator[] accumulators;
    List<AccumulateFunctionCallDescr> functions = accumDescr.getFunctions();

    accumulators = new Accumulator[functions.size()];
    // creating the custom array reader
    InternalReadAccessor arrayReader = new SelfReferenceClassFieldReader(Object[].class, "this");

    int index = 0;
    Pattern pattern = (Pattern) context.getDeclarationResolver().peekBuildStack();
    for (AccumulateFunctionCallDescr func : functions) {
      // build an external function executor
      AccumulateFunction function =
          context.getConfiguration().getAccumulateFunction(func.getFunction());
      if (function == null) {
        // might have been imported in the package
        function =
            context
                .getKnowledgeBuilder()
                .getPackage()
                .getAccumulateFunctions()
                .get(func.getFunction());
      }
      if (function == null) {
        context.addError(
            new DescrBuildError(
                accumDescr,
                context.getRuleDescr(),
                null,
                "Unknown accumulate function: '"
                    + func.getFunction()
                    + "' on rule '"
                    + context.getRuleDescr().getName()
                    + "'. All accumulate functions must be registered before building a resource."));
        return null;
      }

      final AnalysisResult analysis =
          dialect.analyzeExpression(
              context,
              accumDescr,
              func.getParams().length > 0 ? func.getParams()[0] : "\"\"",
              boundIds);

      MVELCompilationUnit unit =
          dialect.getMVELCompilationUnit(
              func.getParams().length > 0 ? func.getParams()[0] : "\"\"",
              analysis,
              getUsedDeclarations(decls, analysis),
              getUsedDeclarations(sourceOuterDeclr, analysis),
              null,
              context,
              "drools",
              KnowledgeHelper.class,
              readLocalsFromTuple,
              MVELCompilationUnit.Scope.CONSTRAINT);

      accumulators[index] = new MVELAccumulatorFunctionExecutor(unit, function);
      // if there is a binding, create the binding
      if (func.getBind() != null) {
        if (context
            .getDeclarationResolver()
            .isDuplicated(context.getRule(), func.getBind(), function.getResultType().getName())) {
          if (!func.isUnification()) {
            context.addError(
                new DescrBuildError(
                    context.getParentDescr(),
                    accumDescr,
                    null,
                    "Duplicate declaration for variable '"
                        + func.getBind()
                        + "' in the rule '"
                        + context.getRule().getName()
                        + "'"));
          } else {
            Declaration inner =
                context.getDeclarationResolver().getDeclaration(context.getRule(), func.getBind());
            Constraint c =
                new MvelConstraint(
                    Collections.singletonList(context.getPkg().getName()),
                    accumDescr.isMultiFunction()
                        ? "this[ " + index + " ] == " + func.getBind()
                        : "this == " + func.getBind(),
                    new Declaration[] {inner},
                    null,
                    IndexUtil.ConstraintType.EQUAL,
                    context
                        .getDeclarationResolver()
                        .getDeclaration(context.getRule(), func.getBind()),
                    accumDescr.isMultiFunction()
                        ? new ArrayElementReader(arrayReader, index, function.getResultType())
                        : new SelfReferenceClassFieldReader(function.getResultType(), "this"),
                    true);
            ((MutableTypeConstraint) c).setType(Constraint.ConstraintType.BETA);
            pattern.addConstraint(c);
            index++;
          }
        } else {
          Declaration declr = pattern.addDeclaration(func.getBind());
          if (accumDescr.isMultiFunction()) {
            declr.setReadAccessor(
                new ArrayElementReader(arrayReader, index, function.getResultType()));
          } else {
            declr.setReadAccessor(
                new SelfReferenceClassFieldReader(function.getResultType(), "this"));
          }
        }
      }
      index++;
    }
    return accumulators;
  }
  @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);
    }
  }
  public void build(final RuleBuildContext context, String consequenceName) {

    // pushing consequence LHS into the stack for variable resolution
    context.getBuildStack().push(context.getRule().getLhs());

    try {
      MVELDialect dialect = (MVELDialect) context.getDialect(context.getDialect().getId());

      final RuleDescr ruleDescr = context.getRuleDescr();

      String text =
          (Rule.DEFAULT_CONSEQUENCE_NAME.equals(consequenceName))
              ? (String) ruleDescr.getConsequence()
              : (String) ruleDescr.getNamedConsequences().get(consequenceName);

      text = processMacros(text);

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

      AnalysisResult analysis =
          dialect.analyzeBlock(
              context,
              context.getRuleDescr(),
              dialect.getInterceptors(),
              text,
              new BoundIdentifiers(
                  DeclarationScopeResolver.getDeclarationClasses(decls),
                  context.getPackageBuilder().getGlobals(),
                  null,
                  KnowledgeHelper.class),
              null,
              "drools",
              KnowledgeHelper.class);

      if (analysis == null) {
        // something bad happened, issue already logged in errors
        return;
      }

      final BoundIdentifiers usedIdentifiers = analysis.getBoundIdentifiers();

      final Declaration[] declarations = new Declaration[usedIdentifiers.getDeclrClasses().size()];
      String[] declrStr = new String[declarations.length];
      int j = 0;
      for (String str : usedIdentifiers.getDeclrClasses().keySet()) {
        declrStr[j] = str;
        declarations[j++] = decls.get(str);
      }
      Arrays.sort(declarations, SortDeclarations.instance);
      for (int i = 0; i < declrStr.length; i++) {
        declrStr[i] = declarations[i].getIdentifier();
      }
      context.getRule().setRequiredDeclarationsForConsequence(consequenceName, declrStr);
      MVELCompilationUnit unit =
          dialect.getMVELCompilationUnit(
              text,
              analysis,
              declarations,
              null,
              null,
              context,
              "drools",
              KnowledgeHelper.class,
              false);

      MVELConsequence expr = new MVELConsequence(unit, dialect.getId());

      if (Rule.DEFAULT_CONSEQUENCE_NAME.equals(consequenceName)) {
        context.getRule().setConsequence(expr);
      } else {
        context.getRule().addNamedConsequence(consequenceName, expr);
      }

      MVELDialectRuntimeData data =
          (MVELDialectRuntimeData)
              context.getPkg().getDialectRuntimeRegistry().getDialectData("mvel");
      data.addCompileable(context.getRule(), expr);

      expr.compile(data);
    } catch (final Exception e) {
      copyErrorLocation(e, context.getRuleDescr());
      context.addError(
          new DescrBuildError(
              context.getParentDescr(),
              context.getRuleDescr(),
              null,
              "Unable to build expression for 'consequence': "
                  + e.getMessage()
                  + " '"
                  + context.getRuleDescr().getConsequence()
                  + "'"));
    }
  }