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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all!<o:p></o:p></p>
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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…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Imagine that I have an event:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">My doubt: When does event A expires?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">One hour after it was inserted (time-based and without the “fireAllRules()” method call) or
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">by calling “fireAllRules()” method (event-based)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">T.I.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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