[rules-users] Best (better) practice question

[J. Michael Dean]

I have an application that classifies glucose levels in a patient,  
looks at the insulin dose, and provides advice.  Works reasonably well  
(using 4.07 and local drl file).  However, my "decision object" has a  
text field in it where the advice and explanation is put, by the  
relevant rules.  This means that the RHS always modifies the decision  
object, so no-loop does not prevent looping.  For this reason, I have  
created a "state object" that has a bunch of Booleans in it, and the  
RHS sets a flag as well as modifying the decision object.  This works.

My question is whether feeding a state object with a bunch of Booleans  
is really the right thing to do, or should I be asserting new facts  
(one fact object for each current Boolean).   I could have a "helper  
object" with inner classes that represent these facts.  It feels like  
I ought be be inserting and retracting facts rather than the approach  
I am using, but not sure it matters.

Thank you.

- Mike
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