Re: [rules-users] looping in drools

The "accumulates" should not be in the "then" part of a rule (see my previous email). That rule gave you two lists, in the variables $plus and $mins, that you can use in the consequence. If you need to process each file separately, you may want to do something like this: rule "new file" when FileData($old : fileOld, $new : fileNew, fileOld != fileNew) $newFile : String( this not memberOf $old ) from $new then // create new event for a new file : new Event(...) // add to list : Event.listOfEvents.add(...) end You'll need another rule for the files that have been removed. Notice that your Event class has no way to distinguish "added" from "removed" files, you may want to add a boolean or something there. Best Davide On 03/10/2014 07:04 PM, Sandhya Sree wrote: hi, im new to drools..im trying to create a project as follows. i have a class called Monitor which monitors a folder and creates two lists called fileOld( which is the list of filenames in that folder at time t1) and fileNew(which is the list of filenames in that folder at time t2). i have another class called FileData which contains two members fileOld and fileNew (list of strings) with getters,setters and constructor. fileOld and fileNew from Monitor Class are passed to FileData class. i also have another class called Event which is as follows: public class Event { public static String name; private File source; private Date timeStamp; public static List<Event> listOfEvents = new ArrayList<Event>(); public Event(String name, File source, Date timeStamp) { this.name = name; this.source = source; this.timeStamp = timeStamp; } public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } public File getSource() { return source; } public void setSource(File source) { this.source = source; } public Date getTimeStamp() { return timeStamp; } public void setTimeStamp(Date timeStamp) { this.timeStamp = timeStamp; } now i have to compare these two lists(fileOld and fileNew) in a rule file and if they are not equal i have to create an event object for every file added and deleted and put it in the List<Event> listOfEvents. here is my rule file: rrule "files are equal" when FileData( fileOld == fileNew) then System.out.println("files are equal"); end rule "files not equal" when FileData($old : fileOld, $new : fileNew, fileOld != fileNew) then accumulate( $s : String( this not memberOf $old ) from $new, $plus : collectList( $s ) ) accumulate( $t : String( this not memberOf $new ) from $old, $mins : collectList( $t ) ) System.out.println("files added:" + $plus ); System.out.println( "files deleted:" + $mins ); end how can i loop through each of the file added or deleted and create an Event Class object for every file added and deleted and finally add all the created objects to List<Event> listOfEvents.. Thanks. _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing listrules-users@lists.jboss.orghttps://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users