[rules-users] Re: wrapping drools api?

[Arjun Dhar]

Mark Proctor <mproctor <at> codehaus.org> writes:

> 
> thomaskukofka <at> web.de wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > some people write about wrapping the Drools API with an own access API 
> > for integration in the application.
> > Sorry for the perhaps stupid question, but what is the reason for 
> > this? Does this only make sense if  I'm thinking about changing the 
> > rule engine one day?
> yes they do this for rule engine independance.
> > If I'm not intending to change the rule engine from Drools to another, 
> > so isn't it the same if the developpers has to use the native Drools 
> > API or an self-written access API?
> >
> > Regards
> > Tom
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People also do it to shield against backward compatibility issues even with the 
same engine.

Taking nothing away from Drools, but over the past many version changes there 
have been issues migrating. Wrapping may not stop it but one can always put 
checks and balances there so the rest of the application and effective JUnit 
testing can be done layer by layer.

Regards,
Arjun
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