Thanks Mark. What do you mean by package scoped? In my scenario I have all rules with same package declaration but in various .DRL files. Is it possible I create common function in one file and use them in others? If yes, please write some code to explain it. We do not want to use Java static method as we have 2 different projects, one for authoring the rules and another business application will use the rules. By creating faction in Java classes add dependencies for the rules. We will need to deploy Java classes with the rules. Mark Proctor wrote: -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-create-global-functions--tp23031639p23049316... Sent from the drools - user mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

You can use multiple drl files in one KnowledgeBase using KnowledgeBuilder.add. So, you can put your common functions in one drl file and reuse it with each of your other drl files. This is true for drools 4.x as well. ________________________________ From: David Sinclair [mailto:dsinclair@chariotsolutions.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:01 AM To: Rules Users List Subject: Re: [rules-users] How to create global functions? Package scoped means that the function can only be used within the same rule package. The package may be split across multiple DRLs, but as long as in the same package, all would be able to access the function. See documentation for more info https://hudson.jboss.org/hudson/job/drools/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/ trunk/target/docs/drools-expert/html_single/index.html#d0e4032 On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:32 PM, dhai <sdhari(a)hotmail.com&gt; wrote: Thanks Mark. What do you mean by package scoped? In my scenario I have all rules with same package declaration but in various .DRL files. Is it possible I create common function in one file and use them in others? If yes, please write some code to explain it. We do not want to use Java static method as we have 2 different projects, one for authoring the rules and another business application will use the rules. By creating faction in Java classes add dependencies for the rules. We will need to deploy Java classes with the rules. Mark Proctor wrote: various .drl consequences helper Java can import -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-create-global-functions--tp23031639p2304931 6.html Sent from the drools - user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users