[rules-users] Use only first matching rule

[nechukin]

This could be an option. I will give a try.

Thank you.


Dr. Gernot Starke wrote:
> 
> Georgy,
> 
> one (simple) way to achieve this is to assert a "stop"-fact on the  
> right-hand-side
> of the executing rule (e.g. by setting an appropriate attribute)  AND  
> querying that attribute on the LHS of every rule.
> 
> Example (pseudo-code)
> 
> rule 1
>    when (business-conditions...)
> 	st: StopFact ( done == false )
>    then
>          st.setDone( true ); // make ALL other rules fail
>          // all other actions...
> end
> 
> IMHO this is expressive in a way that the "single-rule-only" approach  
> is clearly visible in all rules...
> 
> But: Don't forget to set the StopFact to "not-done" after evaluation...
> 
> regards from Cologne,
> Gernot
> 

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