[rules-users] Does when order matter?

[Ronald R. DiFrango]

All,

I was wondering [and maybe this has be answered before] ,but does the order
of the rules in the when clause matter?

For example I have the following:

        rtvHeader : RtvHeader( headerRtvNumber : rtvNumber )
        repaymentCode : RepaymentCode( actualCode : code, matchApprv != "Y"
)
        lineCharge : HeaderAdditionalCharge( rtvNumber == headerRtvNumber,
originalRepaymentCode == actualCode )

In my case there is a higher likelihood that I will have more RepaymentCodes
than RtvHeaders [1 of these guys] and likely less HeaderAdditionalCharge
objects.  So should the order be more like:

        rtvHeader : RtvHeader( headerRtvNumber : rtvNumber )
        lineCharge : HeaderAdditionalCharge( rtvNumber == headerRtvNumber,
originalRepaymentCode : originalRepaymentCode)
        repaymentCode : RepaymentCode( actualCode == originalRepaymentCode,
matchApprv != "Y" )

Or does it not really matter?

Thanks in advance,

Ron
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