[rules-users] How does no-loop work?

[Mark Proctor]

Srinath Perera wrote:
> Hi All;
>
> I was trying to use no-loop to avoid rule being triggered recursively. 
> However for following rule, when there are more than one one object of 
> type DataProduct, no-loop attribute has no effect.
>
> rule "Collect"
>     no-loop true
>     when
>         q: Query();
>         buffer : java.util.Vector();
>         d: DataProduct();
>     then
>         q.addDataProduct(d);
>         update(q);
> end
>
> But on the other hand when there are only one object of type 
> DataProduct in the system, the no-loop works. Is this expected 
> behavior or have I uncovered a bug?
It only stops the current selected data from being executed recursively 
on the current rule. Try using lock-on-active, see the manual for more 
details and the conways game of life example for it's usage.
>
> Thanks
> Srinath
>
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