I remember seeing a sample in jboss-esb sample where they were able to use xpath to query a xml file [sample extract] package com.jboss.soa.esb.routing.cbr #list any import classes here. import org.jboss.soa.esb.message.Message; import org.jboss.soa.esb.message.format.MessageType; expander XPathLanguage.dsl #declare any global variables here global java.util.List destinations; rule "Blue Routing Rule using XPATH" when xpathEquals "/Order/@statusCode", "0" then Log : "Blue Team"; Destination : "blue"; end Is it possible to use this approach to use a xml as input to drool vs java object ? Thanks, -Raghav -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-to-use-xml-file-instead-of-java-object---tp2502... Sent from the drools - user mailing list archive at Nabble.com.