<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Robert,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>1.) I did some illustration around a HelloWorld example on <A href="http://rbs.gernotstarke.de/samples/samples/hellorules.html">http://rbs.gernotstarke.de/samples/samples/hellorules.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There's no code to download - but the explanation might be helpful.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>2.) An excellent explanation on the mechanisms of a production rule engine is given in the ruleworks user guide, look here: </DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.ruleworks.co.uk/uguide/rwug1.html">http://www.ruleworks.co.uk/uguide/rwug1.html</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It explains the recognize-match-act cycle (which is called differently in JBoss-Drools, but works VERY similar)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>3.) Use a debugger to step through the simple Drools examples... use the DebugEventListener to get detailed info on rule</DIV><DIV>activation & execution...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>enjoy,</DIV><DIV>Gernot</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>Am 05.08.2007 um 18:54 schrieb Robert Burdick:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Hello All:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">I’m still finding the samples that I’ve come across far too obtuse to easily illustrate how JBoss Rules works. I really need the worlds simplest working example (no missing code files as in many of the examples) with a tutorial / description that really explains what’s going on. You’ve all been through this: can anyone share how they got going?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">rules-users mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:rules-users@lists.jboss.org">rules-users@lists.jboss.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users">https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Dr. Gernot Starke</DIV><DIV>Doing IT Right</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>---</DIV><DIV>Willi-Lauf Allee 43, D-50858 Köln</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:gs@gernotstarke.de">gs@gernotstarke.de</A>, </DIV><DIV> +49 (0) 177 - 728 2570</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.gernotstarke.de">http://www.gernotstarke.de</A></DIV><DIV>Blog: <A href="http://it-and-more.blogspot.com">http://it-and-more.blogspot.com</A></DIV><DIV>****************************************</DIV><DIV>Das freie Portal für Software-Architekten:</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.arc42.de">http://www.arc42.de</A></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>