[rules-users] Basic rules question

[Wendy Mungovan]

Q2:
  So the rule would be something like:

rule "RAM type"
  when
     $product: Product(type == "laptop");
 then
     //you are looking for the best way to set valid RAM types in the then part 
of the rule?
    $product.setRamType("DDR");
    //or
   $product.setValidRamOptions( getValidRamOptions("DDR"));
 end

where getValidRamOptions would be a custom function included through 'import 
function' so you can then load the choices from some where else.  Or if 
RamOptions were an object in memory you could have a rule like:

rule "RAM type"
  when
     $product: Product(type == "laptop");
     $ramOptions: RAMOptions(type == "DDR");

 then
   $product.setValidRamOptions( $ramOptions.getList());
 end




Wendy




________________________________
From: Abhay B. Chaware <Abhay.Chaware at kpitcummins.com>
To: Rules Users List <rules-users at lists.jboss.org>
Sent: Fri, May 6, 2011 8:33:53 AM
Subject: Re: [rules-users] Basic rules question

Q1.   Thanks , that makes sense. 
Q2.   I am trying to modify facts, based on events. So in the example given, I 
am saying if user selects "laptop" then only "DDR" type RAM should be available 
to choose from, in the RAM category.

Thanks
abhay
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From: rules-users-bounces at lists.jboss.org [rules-users-bounces at lists.jboss.org] 
On Behalf Of Wendy Mungovan [w.mungovan at yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 5:47 PM
To: Rules Users List
Subject: Re: [rules-users] Basic rules question

Abhay,
  Q1:  I think that this will depend on how many different products you have.  
If there is a small number it is more straight forward to have a rule for each 
one (so the 2nd option).  This allows all you logic to be in one place.  If 
there are a large number of products and writing a rule for each one is 
intractable you probably would want to look into some generalizations of the 
rules.  Is that helpful?

  Q2: I'm not quite sure what you are getting at in Q2.  Are you trying to write 
validation rules or rules that are modifying the facts?

Wendy

________________________________
From: Abhay B. Chaware <Abhay.Chaware at kpitcummins.com>
To: "rules-users at lists.jboss.org" <rules-users at lists.jboss.org>
Sent: Fri, May 6, 2011 4:59:46 AM
Subject: [rules-users] Basic rules question

Hi

I am a newbie to rule based applications and trying to get the concept of rules. 
I have couple of questions about rules to start with, not specifically about 
Drools though.

Q1 - Should rules be data/model specific or can/should they be generic or both
==========================================================
e.g.
If selected product “TYPE” is “laptop”, then category “RAM” should have all 
“DDR” type items compatible ( selecting items matching certain property )
OR
If selected product is “IBM T42”, then category “RAM” should have “512MB DDR” , 
“1024MB DDR”, “2048MB DDR”  compatible. ( assigning individual items in rules )
OR
Combination of both


Q2 – How should be the data modeled in above case
==========================================================
e.g.
in product master, each item ( e.g. T40, T42 ) should have a “TYPE” ( e.g. 
desktop or laptop ) , all items in category “RAM” should have a “TYPE” ( e.g. 
DDR ) and then control the assignment of RAM options to the PRODUCT through Rule 
using “DDR” type ?
OR
in product master, each item ( e.g. T40, T42 ) should have a “TYPE” ( e.g. 
desktop or laptop ) , all items in category “RAM”  should have a 
“compatibleProduct” column ( e.g. desktop or laptop ) and control the assignment 
of RAM to PRODUCT through “dynamic” rules by selecting all the RAMs by passing 
the “TYPE” of the product to the database handler.

Am I making my point clear ?

Thanks
Abhay

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