the object is of type FileData ( that contains fileOld and fileNew) On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:02 PM, rjr201 <rich.j.riley(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > What objects are you inserting into the session? > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/rules-users-problem-with-drools-tp40284... > Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users >

hi, im new to drools..im trying to create a project as follows. i have a class called Monitor which monitors a folder and creates two lists called fileOld( which is the list of filenames in that folder at time t1) and fileNew(which is the list of filenames in that folder at time t2). i have another class called FileData which contains two members fileOld and fileNew (list of strings) with getters,setters and constructor. fileOld and fileNew from Monitor Class are passed to FileData class. now i have to compare these two lists in a rule file and if they are not equal i have to print the lists of files added/ deleted. how to do this in drools. here is my rule file: rule "files are equal" when FileData(fileOld == fileNew) then System.out.println("files are equal"); end rule "files not equal" when not FileData(fileOld == fileNew) then System.out.println("files are not equal"); difference(FileData.getFileOld(),FileData.getFileNew()); end function void difference(List fileOld, List fileNew) { ArrayList<String> add = new ArrayList<String>(fileNew); add.removeAll(fileOld); System.out.println("files Added: " + add); ArrayList<String> remove = new ArrayList<String>(fileOld); remove.removeAll(fileNew); System.out.println("files Removed: " + remove); } but this displays the following error... Rule Compilation error : [Rule name='files not equal'] Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getFileOld() from the type FileData Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getFileNew() from the type FileData what can be done?? _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users

There are a few errors in the rules 1) not FileData( fileOld == fileNew ) will fire either 1) when there is a FileData with different lists OR 2) when there is no FileData at all in the workingMemory 2) the rule should not compile, unless fileOld and fileNew are STATIC fields of the class FileData. Is this the case? If so, why? The problem is that the rule will fire also when there is no FileData in the WM, so calling the function there is pointless Your rule should be rewritten as : (notice that the != operator is overloaded, so it correctly computes "not equals") FileData( fileOld != fileNew ) 3) To do what you want, you don't even need the function - if you prefer to use functions and code, consider dropping Drools. A possible rule-based approach to your problem is this: rule "Deltas" when FileData( $old : fileOld, $new : fileNew, fileOld != fileNew ) accumulate( $s : String( this not memberOf $old ) from $new, $plus : collectList( $s ) ) accumulate( $t : String( this not memberOf $new ) from $old, $mins : collectList( $t ) ) then System.out.println( $plus ); System.out.println( $mins ); end The other rule is fine. Best Davide On 02/28/2014 09:54 AM, Sandhya Sree wrote: hi, im new to drools..im trying to create a project as follows. i have a class called Monitor which monitors a folder and creates two lists called fileOld( which is the list of filenames in that folder at time t1) and fileNew(which is the list of filenames in that folder at time t2). i have another class called FileData which contains two members fileOld and fileNew (list of strings) with getters,setters and constructor. fileOld and fileNew from Monitor Class are passed to FileData class. now i have to compare these two lists in a rule file and if they are not equal i have to print the lists of files added/ deleted. how to do this in drools. here is my rule file: rule "files are equal" when FileData(fileOld == fileNew) then System.out.println("files are equal"); end rule "files not equal" when not FileData(fileOld == fileNew) then System.out.println("files are not equal"); difference(FileData.getFileOld(),FileData.getFileNew()); end function void difference(List fileOld, List fileNew) { ArrayList<String> add = new ArrayList<String>(fileNew); add.removeAll(fileOld); System.out.println("files Added: " + add); ArrayList<String> remove = new ArrayList<String>(fileOld); remove.removeAll(fileNew); System.out.println("files Removed: " + remove); } but this displays the following error... Rule Compilation error : [Rule name='files not equal'] Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getFileOld() from the type FileData Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getFileNew() from the type FileData what can be done?? _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing listrules-users@lists.jboss.orghttps://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