[rules-users] Convert logic to DRL rules

Bill Zhang billzhang2006 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 19 10:46:20 EST 2007


That's it, Edson. I'll give it a try and I'll let you know whether I make it.

Edson, I will appreciate if you can point to me where is the most
recent syntax document. Thanks.

I am not sure why I need to use bound variables ($lop:
lastOrderPrice). Can I write it in the following:

rule ...
when
   $person : ( Person( age > 35 | <25,
                              zipCode == "23546" | == "68570",
                              ( lastOrderPrice > 300 || totalOrderNumber >2 ))
                   or
                   Person( lastOrderCategory == "098" | == "109",
                               zipCode == "74567" | == "23756" ) )
then
   $person.setStatus( "KT" );
end



Thanks to everyone helping me. This is really a great community.

On 2/19/07, Edson Tirelli <tirelli at post.com> wrote:
>
>    Bill,
>
>    Your statement bellow can be written in 3.1M1 as:
>
> rule ...
> when
>    $person : ( Person( age > 35 | <25,
>                               zipCode == "23546" | == "68570",
>                               $lop: lastOrderPrice,
>                               $ton: totalOrderNumber,
>                               ( $lop > 300 || $ton >2 ))
>                    or
>                    Person( lastOrderCategory == "098" | == "109",
>                                zipCode == "74567" | == "23756" ) )
> then
>    $person.setStatus( "KT" );
> end
>
>     []s
>     Edson
>
> Bill Zhang wrote:
>
> > Hi Alex,
> >
> > Thank you for confirming this. Writing such a builder may take us a
> > lot of time because our business user is used to free style
> > Pascal-like authoring using quite complex logic. For example,
> >
> > IF
> > (
> > (
> >  (Person.Age > 35 OR Person.Age < 25) AND
> >  (Person.ZipCode =23546 or Person.ZipCode = 68590)
> > )
> > and
> > (
> >  (Person.LastOrderPrice > 300 OR
> >  (Person.TotalOrderNumber > 2)
> > )
> > )
> > OR
> > (
> > (
> >  (Person.LastOrderCategory in ("098", "109") ) AND
> >  (Person.ZipCode =74567 or Person.ZipCode = 23765)
> > )
> > and
> > (
> >  (Person.LastOrderPrice > 1000 OR
> >  (Person.TotalOrderNumber > 1)
> > )
> > )
> > ...
> >
> > THEN Person.Status = "KT";
> >
> > Before I set out to write the builder, I would like to know whether
> > the new syntax can handle the above logic? Also, where can I find
> > document for the new syntax?
> >
> > I am also trying to find some existing open source Java library to
> > "flatten out" these complex logic - to break these complex logic to
> > atomic ones that can be handled by Drools. Do you have any
> > recommendation?
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help.
> >
> > Bill Y.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/19/07, Alexander Varakin <avarakin at optonline.net> wrote:
> >
> >> We built a Rule Builder which creates drl with all possible
> >> combinations. In any case, drl syntax is not exactly business user
> >> friendly, so having such builder is not a bad idea.
> >> Simple Rule Builder can be implemented as an Excel spreadsheet, which
> >> can be easily parsed using POI library and then drl file produced.
> >>
> >> Steven Williams wrote:
> >> > Hi Bill,
> >> >
> >> > To implement your rules in 3.0.5 you would need to implement a rule
> >> > for  each combination of age and zipCode.
> >> >
> >> > $a : Person(age > 35 zipCode == 23546)
> >> > then
> >> > $a.setStatus("KT");
> >> >
> >> > $a : Person(age < 25, zipCode == 23546 )
> >> > then
> >> > $a.setStatus("KT");
> >> >
> >> > $a : Person(age > 35, zipCode == 68590)
> >> > then
> >> > $a.setStatus("KT");
> >> >
> >> > etc..
> >> >
> >> > Steve
> >> >
> >> > On 2/19/07, *Bill Zhang* <billzhang2006 at gmail.com
> >> > <mailto:billzhang2006 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >     So Alex, if I only want to use the old syntax that is in
> >> production,
> >> >     there is no way to implement my seemingly simple logic
> >> conditioning?
> >> >
> >> >     Thanks for your help.
> >> >
> >> >     On 2/18/07, Alexander Varakin < avarakin at optonline.net
> >> >     <mailto:avarakin at optonline.net>> wrote:
> >> >     > As far as I know this syntax is new and is available in SVN
> >> >     only, you
> >> >     > will have to wait till 3.1 is released or take source from SVN
> >> >     and build it.
> >> >     >
> >> >     > Bill Zhang wrote:
> >> >     > > Hi Steven,
> >> >     > >
> >> >     > > Thank you very much for your help. Really appreciate.
> >> >     > >
> >> >     > > I still got the same error, Unexpected token '|'. I did not
> >> >     see "|" in
> >> >     > > the document, only saw "||", which is supposed to be used with
> >> >     > > columns.
> >> >     > >
> >> >     > > Ye
> >> >     > >
> >> >     > > On 2/18/07, Steven Williams < stevenw at objectconsulting.com.au
> >> >     <mailto:stevenw at objectconsulting.com.au>> wrote:
> >> >     > >> Hi Bill,
> >> >     > >>
> >> >     > >> I think it should be:
> >> >     > >>
> >> >     > >> $a : Person(age > 35 | < 25, zipCode == 23546 | == 68590)
> >> >     > >>
> >> >     > >> Edson, Mark or Michael can probably confirm or correct the
> >> >     above syntax.
> >> >     > >>
> >> >     > >> Make sure you are running of the latest trunk.
> >> >     > >>
> >> >     > >> cheers
> >> >     > >> Steve
> >> >     > >>
> >> >     > >>
> >> >     > >> On 2/18/07, Bill Zhang <billzhang2006 at gmail.com
> >> >     <mailto:billzhang2006 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> >     > >> >
> >> >     > >> > I tried:
> >> >     > >> >
> >> >     > >> > $a : Person(age > 35 || age < 25, zipCode == 23546 || ==
> >> 68590)
> >> >     > >> >
> >> >     > >> > Errors:
> >> >     > >> > org.drools.rule.InvalidRulePackage : unknown:39:30
> >> >     > >> Unexpected token '||'
> >> >     > >> > unknown:39:40 mismatched token:
> >> >     > >> [@246,1040:1041='<=',<47>,39:40];
> >> >     > >> > expecting type '('
> >> >     > >> > unknown:39:92 mismatched token:
> >> >     > >> [@258,1092:1092='<',<46>,39:92];
> >> >     > >> > expecting type '('
> >> >     > >> >
> >> >     > >> > I also tried
> >> >     > >> >
> >> >     > >> > $a : Person(age > 35 | age < 25, zipCode == 23546 | ==
> >> 68590)
> >> >     > >> >
> >> >     > >> > Pretty much the same error.
> >> >     > >> >
> >> >     > >> > Based on the document, "||" is only valid for columns...
> >> >     > >> >
> >> >     > >> >
> >> >     > >> > On 2/17/07, Bill Zhang <billzhang2006 at gmail.com
> >> >     <mailto:billzhang2006 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> >     > >> > > Thank you Steve. But I got syntax error using the
> >> following.
> >> >     > >> > >
> >> >     > >> > > On 2/17/07, Steven Williams
> >> >     <stevenw at objectconsulting.com.au
> >> >     <mailto:stevenw at objectconsulting.com.au>> wrote:
> >> >     > >> > > > In trunk I think you can use connective constraints:
> >> >     > >> > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > $a : Person(age > 35 | < 25, zipCode == 23546 | ==
> >> 68590)
> >> >     > >> > > > then
> >> >     > >> > > > $a.setStatus("KT");
> >> >     > >> > > >
> >> >     > >> > > >
> >> >     > >> > > >
> >> >     > >> > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > On 2/18/07, Bill Zhang < billzhang2006 at gmail.com
> >> >     <mailto:billzhang2006 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > Hello,
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > I am a new Drools user trying to convert the
> >> >     following simple
> >> >     > >> logic
> >> >     > >> into
> >> >     > >> > > > DRL:
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > IF (Person.Age > 35 OR Person.Age < 25) AND
> >> >     (Person.ZipCode =
> >> >     > >> 23546
> >> >     > >> or
> >> >     > >> > > > > Person.ZipCode = 68590)
> >> >     > >> > > > > THEN
> >> >     > >> > > > > Person.Status = "KT";
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > I found that it is not easy to convert the above
> >> >     logic into
> >> >     > >> ONE DRL
> >> >     > >> rule.
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > I tried something like this
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > when
> >> >     > >> > > > > $a: Person(age>35) or Person (age<25)
> >> >     > >> > > > > $b: Person(Zipcode==23456) or Person (ZipCode ==
> >> 68590)
> >> >     > >> > > > > $c: $a and $b
> >> >     > >> > > > > Then
> >> >     > >> > > > > $c.setStatus("KT")
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > But looks like I can not use
> >> >     > >> > > > > $c: $a and $b
> >> >     > >> > > > > becaue in Drools, you can only bind variable to
> >> >     column, not
> >> >     > >> to other
> >> >     > >> > > > varaibles.
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > Please advise how to do this. I would imagine this
> >> >     should be
> >> >     > >> quite
> >> >     > >> > > > > simple, maybe I missed something quite obvious.
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > I know that I can write custom Java method to do
> >> >     this, but if
> >> >     > >> I do
> >> >     > >> > > > > that, I suppose I lose the power of RETEOO pattern
> >> >     matching
> >> >     > >> (pattern
> >> >     > >> > > > resuing,
> >> >     > >> > > > > etc.). So I prefer not to do that.
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > I also understand I can break the above logic into 4
> >> >     rules
> >> >     > >> and that
> >> >     > >> > > > > would be quite easy, but our business user is not
> >> used to
> >> >     > >> think in
> >> >     > >> > > > > that way. Also, we have more complex logic than the
> >> >     above. So
> >> >     > >> what I
> >> >     > >> > > > > want is to see if there is a way to convert this
> >> >     > >> > > > > kind of logic in ONE DRL rule.
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > Thanks in advance.
> >> >     > >> > > > >
> >> >     > >> > > > > Bill
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> >> >     > >> > > >
> >> >     > >> > > >
> >> >     > >> > > >
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> >> >     > >> > > >
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