UnDefType cannot be resolved to a type

Hi, just installed OH 3.0 and I’m in the process of migrating some rules (and cleaning them up).
It seems I run into a problem with a check for an undefined state. In my script I check for UnDefType:
Example:

    if (itm_vva_ei_cl_req_hw.state instanceof UnDefType) // item is NULL but seems that check fails 
    {
      itm_vva_ei_cl_req_hw.postUpdate(0)                 // so this postupdate is not executed
    }
    g_vva_tst_cl_req_hw.members.forEach [item | if (! (item.state instanceof UnDefType) ) 
      { 
        rq_in = (item.state as Number).intValue 
      }
      rq_out = rq_out.intValue.bitwiseOr(rq_in.intValue)
    ]
    if ((itm_vva_ei_cl_req_hw.state as Number).intValue != rq_out.intValue)
    {
      itm_vva_ei_cl_req_hw.postUpdate(rq_out.intValue)   // So script fails here
    }

In my logfile I then find:

Script exe... failed: Could not cast NULL to java.lang.Number; line ...

in VScode I find in the problems tab

UnDefType cannot be resolved to a type

So, how do I get the “instanceof UnDefType” check working? I can check for “state == NULL” and "state == UNDEF) as a work around but that looks messy.

Tips / help appreciated.

Steven

I have absolutely no idea why but suddenly it started working… :thinking: :roll_eyes: :confounded:
I’ll keep an eye on it and see if I can reproduce if it shows up again.