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face=Calibri>Thomas,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Calibri>Everytime you update a fact in the WM, it is matched against all
the rules. An activation is created for all such matching
cases.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=383281611-10092008><FONT face=Calibri>In
your example whenever the fact is updated in Rule 2, two activations are
created, one for Rule 1 and one for Rule 2. Rule 2 doesn't get fired
because of no-loop clause.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=383281611-10092008><FONT face=Calibri>A
similar senario occurs when the fact is update in Rule1.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=383281611-10092008><FONT face=Calibri>You
may avoid looping by not updating the fact in the WM.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=383281611-10092008><FONT
face=Calibri>Pallav</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV><BR>
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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>thomas
kukofka<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4:25 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Rules Users List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [rules-users] looping
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hello,<BR><BR>I have an urgent problem with a rule that still
loops.<BR>I have attached a simplified self-containded example of the problem.
The example uses a generic fact object and lazy initialisation of the output
fact, the output fact(s) generated by the attached rule should be able to be
used by another rules (which I haven't attached) as input fact.<BR><BR>For the
attachement see the last post by me (same subject) !<BR><BR>I really would
appreciate any solution.<BR>Regards<BR>Thomas</DIV></DIV>
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