Re: [rules-users] Some questions

Ravi Krishnamurthy wrote: > Hello: > Could some one give some input for the following questions > 1) Can drools read the datas for facts from Excel Use a 3rd party library like XLSBeans: http://amateras.sourceforge.jp/cgi-bin/fswiki_en/wiki.cgi?page=XLSBeans

> 2) is Nested rules is supported in Drools There are many ways to achieve the same effect. Use mail-archive and search the user mailing list and you'll read lots about ruleflow, agendagroups, semaphores etc. > 3) can rules communicate across .drl files rules do not communication, they match data and fire rules. > 4) is there support for looping and collection Drools has the most advanced LHS syntax than any other engine. with support for both collect and accumulate with accumulate functions - look into those. Any valid Java or MVEL statement can be used for the RHS. Mark > > Thanks in advance, > Ravi > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users