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What are the potential side effects of asserting objects during LHS
evaluation, specifically a FROM clause?
For example, using the example from the docs, let's assume that the
zipcode property is in fact a field that's calculated via business
rules. So, I'd like to perform just-in-time insertion of the person's
address and perhaps other objects as well necessary to the calculation.
In other words, I'd like to implicitly assert objects on-demand as
they're needed. For the curious, this is something that's possible in
Blaze Advisor using their is-needed rules, and for which I'm attempting
to find a corresponding capability in Drools.
I guess it comes down to the question of whether insertObject() is
reentrant. Anybody have a clue? Or another way of approaching this?
For reference, here's the documentation example using the from clause:
rule "validate zipcode"
when
Person( $personAddress : address )
Address( zipcode == "23920W") from $personAddress
then
# zip code is ok
end