RE: [rules-users] missing parameters in the fact object

Facts are simply POJO's so you can only achieve in a rule that you could in Java. I assume (given the presumably simplified example below) that you have a super class Shape and subclasses Rectangle and Cube that extend Shape. Therefore I think your separate "twodimensional" and "threedimensional" rules should reference the subclasses and not the super class (as a call to Shape.getVolume() would fail in Java). I don't think Drools performs subclass conversion on LHS patterns!?!?! _____ From: rules-users-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org [mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Jai Vasanth Sent: 06 February 2008 00:14 To: Rules Users List Subject: [rules-users] missing parameters in the fact object Hi, I am using agenda groups to pick sets of rules to fire based on an attribute value. The presence or absence of other attributes is dependent on the value of this attribute based on which I select a particular agenda group. Here is an example rule "ABC" when Shape( type = "rectangle" ) then drools.setFocus("twodimensional") end rule "PQR" when Shape( type = "cube" ) then drools.setFocus("threedimensional") end rule "area threshold" agenda-group "twodimensional" when Shape( area > 20 ) then System.out.println ("large object" ); end rule "volume threshold" agenda-group "threedimensional" when Shape( volume > 20 ) then System.out.println ("large object" ); end Suppose if my shape object is a rectangle, then it wouldnt have the volume attribute. In this case when we try to run these rules it would throw a NoSuchElementException. Is there a way to avoid this? Agenda groups help us fire the RHSs conditionally, Is there a way by which I can conditionally fire LHS of certain sets of rules ? Thanks Jai