[rules-users] "factorize" rules

[Wolfgang Laun]

@dev: When will "extends" for rules be documented in the proper place?

@John: There is a feature doing just that:

rule pre_conditions_for_rules
when
   condition0
then end

rule "Rule 1" extends pre_conditions_for_rules
   ruleflow-group "work"
when
  //...

-W

On 20/09/2012, John Dujon <johndujon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to make my rules more readable and wonder wether or not we can
> factorize rules for a particular ruleflow-group. As an example, I would
> like to convert this:
>
> // begin rules
> rule "Rule 1"
>      ruleflow-group "work"
> when
>   condition 0
>   condition1
> then
>   doSomething();
>
> rule "Rule 2"
>      ruleflow-group "work"
> when
>   condition0
>   condition2
> then
>   doSomethingElse();
>
> // end rules
>
> to the following
>
> // begin rules
>
> pre_conditions_for_rules
>   ruleflow-group "work"
>   condition0
>
> rule "Rule 1"
>      ruleflow-group "work"
> when
>   condition1
> then
>   doSomething();
> end
>
> rule "Rule 2"
>      ruleflow-group "work"
> when
>   condition2
> then
>   doSomethingElse();
> end
>
> // end rules
>
>
> Thank you for your time. I apologize in advance if that does not make
> sense, as I am new to drools
>
> John
>