[rules-users] app-dev 'toe in water' help please

Hey all, I'm trying to dip some toes into the water with Drools, and have an application that would be a good start but having some understanding/lacking an appropriate example issue. The application context, let's say, is Mortgages, and already using the Mortgage rules that are stored in a running instance of Guvnor. Going back to 'toe in water', lets assume that all 'facts' are loaded on call (so nothing is pre-loaded, all data to run a rule is supplied at the time the rule is called). This is to make it easier to get started without jumping all-in just yet ;-) Using the mortgage business rule 'CreditApproval' that is already loaded into Guvnor, I can see passing the Application object, with the creditRating field/fact to a rule. However, instead of populating and returning a loanApplication object, how would I return just the decision/end result of a rule if it was only one value (the approved/not approved decision) from the java app? KnowledgeBase is loaded from the java app, but struggling with StatefulKnowledgeSession versus StatelessKnowledgeSession and how to simply get back the rule decision value (again, preferably without a specific object if it is only one value)? I'm also looking to only fire/execute one rule at a time for now until we get comfortable - any help for an app developer trying to ease their way into drools? Sorry if I not overly clear, still trying to learn the appropriate terminology :-) -Darren -- View this message in context: http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/app-dev-toe-in-water-help-please-tp3249... Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com.