7:29 p.m.
On 29/11/2010 22:31, Michael Neale wrote:
I think that goes back to an attempt to let people use different
words/languages without i18n - so probably a bad idea.
Unless people object, I propose getting rid of that behaviour and
cleaning it up to be keywords - AS LONG AS if they put in a non valid
keyword, the error shows a list of what *is* valid so they can then
correct it.
One thing to remember is the Drools codebase is mature, like 8 years or
something now. There are lots of half implemented things or semi
implemented things that are not documented or intended for end user use :)
Partly that's beacuse you start working on an idea and never get it
finished, but the code still lives on as you always intend to come back
to it, but you never do.
Mark
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Wolfgang Laun
<wolfgang.laun(a)gmail.com <mailto:wolfgang.laun@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Michael,
I just discovered ActionType.addNewActionType, where the code
tries to follow some
(now) completely undocumented principle, where columns can be
identified by single
letters, the first one of the action type. This is in conflict
with the documentation,
where only full-fledged keywords are permitted.
There are some undocumented keywords, e.g., DESCRIPTION. Using
this results
in a duration attribute (which is deprecated anyway). This can be
fixed, but then
the description is entered "as is"; it should have a leading '#'.
Clear out all undocumented things? Or fix them properly and
document them?
What is it to be?
-W
On 28 November 2010 23:33, Michael Neale <michael.neale(a)gmail.com
<mailto:michael.neale@gmail.com>> wrote:
nice work..
yes "syntax cushioning" is the best term I have heard for this.
I am sure your enhancements would be welcome.
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Wolfgang Laun
<wolfgang.laun(a)gmail.com <mailto:wolfgang.laun@gmail.com>> wrote:
I have, at long last, overcome my disinclination against
spreadsheets and played around a bit.
As one of the incentives (perhaps the main one) for this
kind of rule authoring appears to be a "syntax" cushioning
by spreadsheet entries, I feel that additional
simplifications might be appreciated. Therefore, I have
modified some classes in org.drools.decisiontable.parser,
to achieve the following, in the area of RuleSet entries:
* All entries are now repeatable, either by adding
more cells to the right of "import" than just one
(with a comma-separated list) or by writing more
that one "Import" row.
* Same for "Variables", "Functions" and
"Queries".
* All tags ("Import",...) are case insensitive and
immune against leading and trailing spaces.
* Some user errors don't cause NPE; they throw an
exception with an explanatory message
Opinions, please, and should I just release this, or would
someone care to have a look and test it?
-W
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