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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=035244019-11122008>Based on current
implementation, the following methods I think should throw a exception,
something like: </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
class=035244019-11122008>ResourceNotFoundException</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>org.drools.compiler.PackageBuilder.addKnowledgeResource<SPAN
class=035244019-11122008>()</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>org.drools.builder.impl.KnowledgeBuilderImpl.add<SPAN
class=035244019-11122008>()</SPAN><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008><FONT face=Arial size=2>another option
might be to verify the validity of a Resource object at creation time and
make ResourceFactory factory methods throw <SPAN
class=035244019-11122008>ResourceNotFoundException.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=035244019-11122008></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=035244019-11122008>I believe the case of a "not found resource"
the user of the api should be "ecouraged" to
handle.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=035244019-11122008></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=035244019-11122008>Another case that might be needed to be handled could
be InvalidResource?</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=035244019-11122008></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=035244019-11122008>Let me know what you guys
think</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=035244019-11122008></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=035244019-11122008>Regards</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=035244019-11122008></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=035244019-11122008><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=035244019-11122008>--zoly</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>