[rules-users] JBoss Rules IDE 3.1-M1 - Validating all *.xls files in source path?

[Michael Neale]

Bree, also check you are throwing enough memory at eclipse - with lots of
rules and code, if eclipse doesn't have enough and the GC has to work
overtime, it can really really suck.

On 4/17/07, Bree VanOss <breevanoss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> I actually like the basic concept of validating decision tables, my issue
> is that we have FIT tests (in Excel) in a separate source folder in our
> "rules project". These .xls files are falsely being identified as decision
> tables with a ton of problems. Validation also seems to take much longer
> than it does with the 3.0.x branch (like from 30 seconds in 3.0 to to 5
> minutes in 3.1 !?!?). Though the two issues may be related.
>
> A common way of dealing with this problem in Eclipse is to allow for
> ant-like "source path include/exclude" patterns.
>
> i.e. exclude test/**/*.xls
>
> For that matter it would be nice to have the same thing for standard DRL
> files. The validation of a large rule base can take some time and randomly
> results in exceptions much of the time. Once I've tested and verified a set
> of rules I could (optionally) exclude them from validation.
>
> I'll write this all up in the JIRA this evening.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Bree
>
>
>
> On 4/17/07, Michael Neale < michael.neale at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bree.
> >
> > Well, thats a new thing Kris threw in - cause people were asking for it.
> > It should only validate ones in the rules project itself - I assume that is
> > what you mean?
> >
> > If this is a problem for you, could you create a JIRA and state your
> > case? it may be a case of having an optional config dialog to setup where
> > .xls may live and where they dont.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Michael.
> >
> > On 4/17/07, Bree VanOss < breevanoss at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've started looking at the JBoss Rules 3.1-M1 Eclipse plugin to get
> > > an idea of how much migration work I have to look forward to.
> > >
> > > The first issue I ran into is that it appears the Drools Builder is
> > > validating every Excel (.xls) file I have in my source path. Is this a
> > > design decision and if so, how can I "hide" non-decision table .xls files
> > > from the Drools builder? I've tried excluding them from the Eclipse Source
> > > Path using a "source exclusion rule", but that didn't seem to work.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Bree
> > >
> > >
> > >
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