Re: [rules-users] Salience & activation-group

Good question, not sure it is documented properly at the moment, I think it is the extends keyword, but you can't easily use it anyway as you want the inverse of the other rule (regex doesn't match) rather than the regex does match. Thomas From: rules-users-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org [mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Java Bean Sent: 06 December 2011 16:35 To: Rules Users List Subject: Re: [rules-users] Salience & activation-group Or do the check for both parts in both rules , or use inheritance, but the easiest way would probably be to just have it return null if the number isn't valid - at least if you are just doing in comparisons. How do I use inheritance in Drools ? ________________________________ From: "Swindells, Thomas" <TSwindells@nds.com<mailto:TSwindells@nds.com>> To: Rules Users List <rules-users@lists.jboss.org<mailto:rules-users@lists.jboss.org>> Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [rules-users] Salience & activation-group No salience controls the order of the activations firing. There is no ordering of evaluating rules because rules aren't evaluated. Instead the rules clauses are transposed into a RETE graph which evaluates each clause as the necessary data is available. If two rules share a clause then they may share a node in the RETE graph. The RETE graph is evaluated as deeply as possible in order to produce the current list of possible activations. The activations are then sorted by salience and filtered by agenda-group. The top of the list is taken and fired. If any other pending activations have the same activation-group those pending activations are then removed. (It's a lot more complicated than that as you have things such as lock on active, no-loop, etc but it hopefully makes it make a little more sense. Or do the check for both parts in both rules , or use inheritance, but the easiest way would probably be to just have it return null if the number isn't valid - at least if you are just doing in comparisons. Thomas ************************************************************************************** This message is confidential and intended only for the addressee. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the postmaster@nds.com<mailto:postmaster@nds.com> and delete it from your system as well as any copies. The content of e-mails as well as traffic data may be monitored by NDS for employment and security purposes. To protect the environment please do not print this e-mail unless necessary. NDS Limited. Registered Office: One London Road, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 4EX, United Kingdom. A company registered in England and Wales. Registered no. 3080780. VAT no. GB 603 8808 40-00 ************************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users@lists.jboss.org<mailto:rules-users@lists.jboss.org> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users