You can create a rule with a timer to update Current with the required
frequency.

rule "set current"
   timer (int: 1s 1s)
   no-loop
when
   $c: Current()
then
   modify( $c ){ setXYZ(whatever) }
end

On 11/03/2014, Ioannis Christodoulou <io.christod@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot for the prompt reply and the detailed example!
> It took me some time but I managed to convert it to a working xls decision
> table.
>
> Now, I wanted to figure out how to automatically update the Current object
> regularly, in order to re-calculate the rules over time.
> My application is a java ee one. Would creating a @schedule on a singleton
> method be a good solution, or is there another better advice for it?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Ευχαριστώ πολύ,
>    Ιωάννης Χριστοδούλου
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Wolfgang Laun
> <wolfgang.laun@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> As you have Level with a field date, you can access that point in time in
>> milliseconds, using getTimeInMillis(). For the current time, you might
>> insert an object of class Current with a member now of class Calendar.
>>
>> rule closest
>> when
>>     Current( $now: now )
>>     $level: Level( $value == 2, $date: date )
>>     not $x: Level( Math.abs( $x.getDate().getTimeInMillis() -
>> $now.getTimeInMillis() ) < Math.abs( $date.getTimeInMillis() -
>> $now.getTimeInMillis() ) )
>> then
>>     // $level is the Level fact closest to Current with a level of 2
>> end
>>
>> Untested. If the long expression gives you trouble, try enclosing it in
>> eval(...).
>> -W
>>
>>
>> On 11 March 2014 18:14, JChrist <io.christod@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> I was messing with drools v6.0.1.Final the past week and I have not been
>>> able to completely understand how to integrate the rule engine to my
>>> specification.
>>>
>>> For the needs of my project, I want to regularly insert some data in the
>>> engine, similar to the following:
>>> class Level { double value;Calendar date; }
>>> this class contains some values at specific time points (both in the
>>> past
>>> and in the future).
>>>
>>> I would like to be able create a decision table based on the "current"
>>> time
>>> (plus or minus a variable offset) and the value of the closest Level to
>>> that
>>> time point.
>>>
>>> For example, assuming it is '2014-11-03 19:10:00' and the level objects
>>> in
>>> the session currently are:
>>> '1.0 2014-11-03 18:00:00' and '2.0 2014-11-03 19:00:00',
>>>
>>> I would want a rule to say that if current level value is 2.0 then do
>>> some
>>> stuff and it would make a match.
>>>
>>> I would really appreciate any help on how to overcome this issue, as
>>> well
>>> as
>>> any good examples/tutorials regarding this.
>>>
>>> Kind regards.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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