That would be a valid use case. :)

   Edson

2011/2/7 Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun@gmail.com>
@Edson: What about logging?
-W

2011/2/7 Edson Tirelli <ed.tirelli@gmail.com>:
>
>    Usually you should not need to obtain the timestamp. What do you need it
> for? Remember you can always use temporal operators directly on events, no
> need to access the timestamp. Example:
> $that : Event1(
> Event2( this after $that )
>    Edson
>
> 2011/2/7 Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun@gmail.com>
>>
>> An insert call returns a fact handle . If this is of the class
>> org.drools.common.EventFactHandle you can call getStartTimestamp() and
>> other getters.
>>
>> This is not part of the stable API.
>>
>> .W
>>
>> On 7 February 2011 15:10, OlliSee <o.roess@seeburger.de> wrote:
>> >
>> > Yeah..the topic subject explains itself, I presume :)
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