Hi Frank,<br><br>thanks for your follow-up. <br><br>As much as I like source code generators, I must confess that I've come to dislike the generation of many almost identical chunks, e.g., varying only in literals.<br>
<br>This means that using templates without an "if" in the available macro language is a "weak" tool. Consequently, this triple layering isn't on my "tops" list. <br><br>Basically, I agree with your assessment, the only caveat being the level of complexity and extend that is convenient to achieve with a DSL.<br>
<br>Regards<br>Wolfgang<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 January 2012 17:08, FrankVhh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frank.vanhoenshoven@agserv.eu">frank.vanhoenshoven@agserv.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">
Hi,<br>
<br>
Sorry to have kept you waiting.<br>
<br>
If you use plain DRL, you have 1 source of information. If you use DSL, you<br>
add an extra source of information by inserting the data in it. Adding DSL<br>
on top of that, adds a third source of information in the form of a<br>
vocabulary.<br>
<br>
In theory, the more disperse your information, the more difficult it will be<br>
to maintain.<br>
<br>
Until now, I debugged all templates in the same way. Expand them all<br>
completely and have them outputted to a real DRL file. Than, debug the<br>
outputted file and make corrections in your template accordingly. Here,<br>
imho, there is not much difference in a DSLR template and a DRL template,<br>
provided that you have a stable DSL. This is not a debugging method that I<br>
particullary like, but it gets the job done.<br>
<br>
If you assess the difference between a DSLR and a DRL template, the only<br>
differentiator is the DSL. In that case it comes down to the question<br>
whether you have a stable DSL or not. If your DSL is mature, I would prefer<br>
DSLR over DRL for reasons of understandability to non-technical users.<br>
Unless your template is meant to be hidden from the user.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Frank<br>
<br>
<br>
laune wrote<br>
><br>
> OK, thanks for the confirmation.<br>
><br>
> Do you have any comments w.r.t. to usability during development<br>
> (debugging?!) and maintenance? The example is simple enough, but what's<br>
> your feeling?<br>
><br>
> -W<br>
><br>
> On 6 January 2012 08:46, FrankVhh &lt;frank.vanhoenshoven@&gt; wrote:<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> laune wrote<br>
>> ><br>
>> > What I suggested is a non-standard way of rule authoring, and I just<br>
>> think<br>
>> > that it is possible - I've never tried it.<br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
>> This should work. I tried it once with Drools 5.0, so I assume it is<br>
>> still<br>
>> OK.<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/file/n3637269/voc.dsl" target="_blank">http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/file/n3637269/voc.dsl</a> voc.dsl<br>
>> <a href="http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/file/n3637269/Sample.dst" target="_blank">http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/file/n3637269/Sample.dst</a> Sample.dst<br>
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