Hi Mike,
On 3/13/07, Mike Dougherty <mjdougherty(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
I am using JBoss Rules to validate entities before storing them in the
database. I therefore need a way to inform the calling code that the entity
which was asserted failed verification. The only way I have been able to
find that works is to assert an exception from within the rule file. For
example:
rule "user is 'miked'"
when
identity : Identity( username == "miked" )
then
assertLogical(new IllegalStateException("Entity failed verification."));
end
Then in the Java that fires the rule, I have:
workingMemory.fireAllRules();
for(Iterator i = workingMemory.getObjects(Exception.class).iterator();
i.hasNext(); ) {
System.out.println("Exception: "+i.next());
}
Which seems to be working OK. But I wanted to see if maybe there is a better
way to accomplish what I need.
Thanks for you help.
Mike
My approach would be to derive all objects that will be validated from
a superclass, e.g. ValidatedObject, which provides a boolean property
"validated".
Then you can set this property in your rules and later on display
warning/error messages for those objects that failed validation.
Best regards
Marcus