Re: [rules-users] convert drl file to rf?

I think that Mario Fusco is working on a metadata framework, a set of API that will allow to expose information about the rules. With that, it will be possible to build something like what you mentioned. Unfortunately, the problem is not as simple as one might think: as Wolfgang pointed out, too, there is no unique way to transform a set of rules into a graph. You may want a graph of the partial rule ordering induced by salience, but that won't help too much at runtime (for that, you may prefer a snapshot of the activations in the agenda). You may want a dependency graph of the rules, to see which one may insert (retract) facts relevant for the activation of another. You may even want a better graphical representation of the RETE network, to see where sharing kicks in. We are also planning to unify and improve the concept of *-group, so you may want to see the ordering and dependencies between the groups themselves. This is work in progress even now, any suggestion, more detailed requirement or contribution will be welcome and might speed up the implementation process. Of course, if you take the suggestion of writing your own workflow to control the rule flow, you can work around the issue, as you would be the one imposing the ordering precisely :) Best Davide Final remark: DRL rules are compiled in a RETE, which is a graph. So, although VERY fine-grained, it could be possible to view a DRL file as a graph, as well as authoring the "rules" graphically, by composing the RETE manually. There should be some rule editor+engine which takes this approach in the market, but of course this would be appropriate for very small scale rule projects. -- View this message in context: http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/rules-users-convert-drl-file-to-rf-tp40... Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users