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color=#0000ff size=2>This isn't really anything to do with Drools
though.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Drools rules could simply use "from" to invoke methods on
a proxy that hides your mainframe connectivity (which would be the same for
any Java application).</FONT></SPAN></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>Mauricio
Salatino<BR><B>Sent:</B> 26 February 2009 12:16<BR><B>To:</B>
Prachi.Patil@patni.com; Rules Users List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [rules-users]
Drools connectivity with mainframes<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Probably you may need an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), like jboss
ESB to decouple the communication with a mainframe and add a lot of
flexibility to communicate with another systems too.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Prachi Patil <SPAN
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Can Drools connect to the
Mainframes or fetch data from the mainframe systems?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks!</SPAN></FONT></P>
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