If it a java.util.Date then drools supports comparing them out of the box so you can just
do subObjcet.dateField >= now.
Just make sure you don't mix up instances of java.util.Date and java.sql.Timestamp (eg
if you have jpa code fetching object from the db) as sun in their wisdom made it that you
can't compare them with each other!
Thomas
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bounces(a)lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Slorg1
Sent: 23 September 2011 13:54
To: rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org
Subject: Re: [rules-users] Issue using global 'variable' with Drools 5.2 in DRL
Hi Wolfgang,
Thank you for answering, here is the rule rewritten but closer to reality:
// package
// imports
global java.util.Date now;
rule "MyRule"
salience 5
when
// Prevent rule activation for other offer types.
MyObject(type == Type.TYPE_SOUGHT)
$candidate : Candidate(
subObject.dateField != null && subObject.dateField.time >=
now.time)
then
// do something
end
A value for 'now' being set like so:
session.setGlobal("now", new Date()); // Date being the java.util.Date.
But I do not think that matters because 'compilation' fails at this point.
Thank you in advance for your time.
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