<div><br></div> By default, Drools does not start any internal thread, so that you can embed it in non-multithread applications or in JEE containers. That means that the actual release of events in such cases depends on triggers. In your example, after 1h has passed, whenever something happens to the session (a new rule is fired, a new event is inserted, the session clock is advanced, etc), the event will be expired as part of the action. Remember though that it only happens when running in STREAM mode. In CLOUD mode, event garbage collection does not make sense and will not happen.<div>
<br></div><div> Edson<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/3/16 Makewise - Vitor Rui Mendonça <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Vitor.Mendonca@brisa.pt">Vitor.Mendonca@brisa.pt</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’ve got a really basic doubt… I’ve read several documentation regarding it but I think I need some advice here…</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Imagine that I have an event:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";color:#960000">declare</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";color:black"> A</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";color:black"> @role( event )</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";color:black"> @expires( 1h )</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On my Java code, I call “fireAllRules()” method every time that I put an event into the working memory.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">My doubt: When does event A expires?</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><span>a)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">One hour after it was inserted (time-based and without the “fireAllRules()” method call) or
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<p><span lang="EN-US"><span>b)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">by calling “fireAllRules()” method (event-based)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">T.I.A.</span></p>
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