I have this lying around, appears to work with 5.1.1 and later. SpreadsheetCompiler.compile is not in the stable API, but has been stable in 5.x. import org.drools.decisiontable.InputType; import org.drools.decisiontable.SpreadsheetCompiler; private void testSpreadsheet( String drPath ){ File dtf = new File( dtPath ); InputStream is; try { is = new FileInputStream( dtf ); SpreadsheetCompiler ssComp = new SpreadsheetCompiler(); String s = ssComp.compile( is, InputType.XLS ); System.out.println( "=== Begin generated DRL ===" ); System.out.println( s ); System.out.println( "=== End generated DRL ===" ); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } } On 18/06/2013, dfreeman(a)gio.com.au <dfreeman(a)gio.com.au&gt; wrote:

On 19/06/2013, dfreeman(a)gio.com.au <dfreeman(a)gio.com.au&gt; wrote: I've just checked the 5.5.0 source file of org.drools.decisiontable.SpreadsheetCompiler and there's no @[Dd]eprecated around. But calling the spreadsheet compiler isn't "interrogating a Knowledge Base"...? -W

I see "discouraged access", which is not "deprecated". It's a gimmick to tell you when you are moving onto unstable ground. -W On 19/06/2013, JimK <jkinneman(a)triad.rr.com&gt; wrote: