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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=176150617-22022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Can this not be achieved by using a Map's entrySet
property?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=176150617-22022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>$o : MyMapSubClass( entrySet contains 'myName'
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org
[mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Olenin,
Vladimir (MOH)<BR><B>Sent:</B> 22 February 2007 16:17<BR><B>To:</B> Rules
Users List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [rules-users] talking about new
features...<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Talking about new features to be
included in the new release, I think the most compelling might be the ability
to use Maps as facts (ie, from the point of view of a complete DROOLS newbie).
Technically POJO is a Map with some restricted functionality (can’t count
properties, check for property existence, etc). Is it really a big change? The
rule formulation will remain the same from what I understand and the LHS
like<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Map(name == ‘myName’)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Will simply mean any map object
which has a key ‘name’ and value for the key is ‘myName’. The ‘type matching’
feature would be kind of less useful in case Map fact is used, but this can
probably solved through introducing some default ‘type’ key which Map object
should have and in a very simplistic implementation just include ‘type’ as a
constraint.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Another alternative (which might
probably be more ‘backward compatible’ with existing implementation) is to
dynamically generate POJOs from Map definition. ‘type’ or ‘class’ key will
correspond to a full qualified class name, all other keys found in the map –
POJOs properties. Or ‘type’ can stay ‘anonymous’ – might be useful in some
cases as well….<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The ‘weakly defined’ fact objects
might be quite useful in some cases, eg when rules ‘cross cut’ business
domain. Kind of ‘dynamic rules’ </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Wingdings
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">J</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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