I do not understand the difference between the Janino and Eclipse options for rules compilation. The documentation only says that there are two options, and the javadocs don't really go any further. Can someone provide more detail? My questions include: *) Why would I prefer one over the other? *) What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? *) In what situations is it necessary to use Janino? Which ones require Eclipse? *) Can I use the Eclipse compiler if I'm building rules outside of Eclipse (eg. dynamically generated rules in a web application)? *) I've read that the Eclipse compiler provides some sort of Java 1.5 compatibility/autoboxing/mumble-mumble. What's that about? I'll try to put the answers together into something that can be added to the manual (as soon as the manual is again buildable, see http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-672). Thanks. -- Dirk Bergstrom dirk(a)juniper.net _____________________________________________ Juniper Networks Inc., Computer Geek Tel: 408.745.3182 Fax: 408.745.8905 _______________________________________________

I do not understand the difference between the Janino and Eclipse options for rules compilation. The documentation only says that there are two options, and the javadocs don't really go any further. Can someone provide more detail? My questions include: *) Why would I prefer one over the other? *) What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? *) In what situations is it necessary to use Janino? Which ones require Eclipse? *) Can I use the Eclipse compiler if I'm building rules outside of Eclipse (eg. dynamically generated rules in a web application)? *) I've read that the Eclipse compiler provides some sort of Java 1.5 compatibility/autoboxing/mumble-mumble. What's that about? I'll try to put the answers together into something that can be added to the manual (as soon as the manual is again buildable, see http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-672). Thanks.