Re: [rules-users] Firing Rules in Rule Flows

I have a fairly involved rule flow consisting of rule flow groups. I am trying to understand if the behavior I am seeing and my understanding of it are correct. The flow executes as exepected the first pass through, objects are inserted and the rules associated with the different nodes are executed. On the second pass through the flow various nodes are triggered but none of the ruleflow groups are activated/executed. My understanding of this is as follows: 1) The only way to have these ruleflow groups fire/execute again is to insert objects that cause a match or to fire all rules on the session again. 2) Constraints on split/join nodes are always evaluated and don't need to be activated which is different than the constraints on a given rule 3) Rules that don't have any constraints, i.e. they are always true will only execute once and will only execute with a call to fire all rules Assuming my understanding of what is going on correct I have the following questions: Q. My particular use case is really screen flow/business process, and it would be nice if I came to a node, that the rule was always evaluated, i.e. currently rules that always evaluate to true aren't fired more than once. For instance I have a node that simply instantiates a dialog and waits for user input and I always want to instantiate that dialog when I come to that node, regardless of the facts. Is there a way to achieve this without firing all rules again? Q. Is firing all rules within a rule flow a legitimate way of achieving the desired affect? Shouldn't the ruleflow-group associated with a node always be evaluated if the node is triggered? As it happens now, the rule flow gets stuck in an infinite loop as the node contraints are conitniously evaluated but the actual rule contraints are not. Seems inconsistent too me especially in the context of a business process/rule flow. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Firing-Rules-in-Rule-Flows-tp21489239p21489239.html Sent from the drools - user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users