Re: [rules-users] Working Memory and agenda-group

I am a fairly new Drools user and am trying to understand how working memory is segmented when using agenda groups.  I have an agenda-group that has focus set immediately from the session as follows with a few objects being inserted: ksession.insert(objectA); ksession.insert(objectB); ksession.getAgenda().getAgendaGroup("Foo").setFocus(); I have 2 rules simplified down to illustrate my confusion.  The first rule simply sets some default values evaluated in the second rule if objectA exists.  In the example that works I set the defaults in the RHS explicitly.  However I want to use these defaults from different agenda-groups, so when I put them in a function, the second rule never fires, the activation is created for the first rule but never the second.  Can someone tell me why the use of a function seems to alter the truth of the rule? THIS WORKS: declare SomeDefault   minValueA : Integer   minValueB : Double   maxValueB : Double end rule "Check Object A and Set Default"   agenda-group "Foo"   salience 100   when     $a : ObjectA()   then     default = new SomeDefault()     default.minValueA = 100     default.minValueB = 20.0     default.maxValueB = 20000.0     insert(default) end rule "Use the defaults"   agenda-group "Foo"   salience 100   when     $default : SomeDefault()   then     System.out.println("Default minA=" + $default.minValueA) end THIS DOES NOT WORK: declare SomeDefault   minValueA : Integer   minValueB : Double   maxValueB : Double end rule "Check Object A and Set Default"   agenda-group "Foo"   salience 100   when     $a : ObjectA()   then     insertDefault(drools.getWorkingMemory()) end rule "Use the defaults"   agenda-group "Foo"   salience 90   when     $default : SomeDefault()   then     System.out.println("Default minA=" + $default.minValueA) end function void insertDefault(WorkingMemory workingMemory) {   SomeDefault default = new SomeDefault();   default.setMinValueA(100);   default.setMinValueB(20.0);   default.setMaxValueB(20000.0);   workingMemory.insert(default); } In the latter (non-working) example the first rule activates and then drools returns, it never even attempts to try to fire the second rule.  However in the working example BOTH rules fire as I would expect.  I am guessing this is a simple misunderstanding on my part.  Any assistance in understanding why this nuance doesn't seem to work would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. MiKey _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users