Hello,
Regarding the session recreation, you're absolutely right, thanks!
Anyway, I still have a problem and I believe it's more a design thing. Let
me try to clarify it.
I have different types of facts, let's say:
* Types: FactA, FactB, FactC;
* A stateful session with rules operating on them;
* And a global variable, called output, which is a list of messages
generated as consequences of those rules;
* From time to time, I get notified that a fact of type FactA changed, then
I have to:
- retract all facts of type FactA from my working memory
- reload them from the database (with java beans being created)
- reinsert them in that stateful session
Now, let's say FactA(1) indicates a fact of type FactA and id = 1.
- Then, in the beginning, I insert FactA(1) and FactA(2) in my working
memory and fire the rules.
- I have several rules operating on different types of facts, but I'm
interested in one rule in particular which operates against FactA and reads
something like:
rule "test non existence"
when
not FactA( id == 4 )
then
output.add("there's no FactA id 4");
- This rule is fired and the message is added to my output object.
Later on, I have a notification that a FactA has changed, then I:
- retract all FactAs from my working memory
- clear all FactA-related messages from my output object
- reload FactAs (let's say now I have FactA(1), FactA(3), but NOT FactA(4))
- reinsert them in the WM
- fire the rules
The rule that checks that there's no FactA(4) doesn't refire. All other
rules operating against FactA do, and since I had removed all FactA-related
messages from my output object, this time I don't get the "there no FactA id
4" message in my output.
It sounds like a situation for a stateless session, but I actually have
several different rules, operating on different types of facts and don't
want to refire all rules, just because a fact of type A changed.
Maybe I should have an strategy of creating different sets of stateless
sessions. I'm not sure. Advice is really welcome!
Thanks again.
Leo.
2009/11/17 Edson Tirelli <ed.tirelli(a)gmail.com>
Leonardo,
First, I believer there is a misconception in your reasoning: creating
sessions is supposed to be much much cheaper than retracting all facts.
Creating a rulebase is heavier, because it requires compilation, but
creating a session is supposed to be very light by design. So, first thing
you should do is change that.
Regarding your question, if you insert:
SiteLanguage(language : languageCode)
t : SiteSpecialServiceType(type : specialServiceType)
The rule will activate and fire. If you don't, then the rule will not
match. That is how it is supposed to work.
Edson
2009/11/17 Leonardo Gomes <leonardo.f.gomes(a)gmail.com>
> Hi Guys,
>
> I have the following situation while running a stateful session with
> Drools 4.0.7:
>
> - I want to test that a fact with a given state doesn't exist;
> - It works fine
> - At a certain point I have to retract all facts and reinsert them at the
> stateful session - some of them actually changed and I don't want to
> recreate the session b/c it's expensive
> - Again the fact that didn't exist when I first created the session still
> doesn't exist
>
> ** Problem: This time the rule that verified the non-existence is not
> fired because I didn't insert any fact that would retrigger it.
>
> Rule example:
>
> rule "022"
>
> when
>
> SiteLanguage(language : languageCode)
> t : SiteSpecialServiceType(type : specialServiceType)
> not SiteLanguageSpecialServiceType(specialServiceType == type,
> languageCode == language)
> then
> <<consequence>>
> end
>
> How could I solve or workaround that?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Leo.
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