5:58 a.m.
Hi,
This is general question, is it possible to test individual rules in a rules file? And
using what, I am familiar with JUnit, but have seen Fit being used in examples.
regards
10:08 a.m.
Yes...
We've used a combination of JUnit, and Easymock to test individual
rules. At a very high level, we do the following:
- In the static setupBeforeClass() method we construct a
KnowledgeBuilder, load any necessary rule files, and construct a
KnowledgeBase using the KnowledgeBuilder.
- In the setup() method we initialize any create EasyMock
objects, create a KnowledgeSession, attach any globals and setup a
KnowledgeBase audit logger (KnowledgeRuntimeLoggerFactory),
- In the individual test we construct an ArrayList of Command
objects to do fact insertion, rule firing, and run a query (to extract
inserted or modified facts from the Working Memory) like so:
o Cmds.add (CommandFactory.newInsert(aFact))
o Cmds.add(CommandFactory.newFireAllRules())
o Cmds.add(CommandFactory.newQuery(xxx, yyyy));
- We batch execute the commands (see session.execute()) and use
the ExecutionResults to extract query results.
- Finally we use the JUnit framework to assert expectations
that come out of our ExecutionResults.
I've left a lot of details out, but if you do Javadoc lookups on the
API's I've mentioned above most of it should be clear.
We've written over 1,000 unit tests this way, and they run quite fast.
Macon
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Subject: [rules-users] Testing individual rules
Hi,
This is general question, is it possible to test individual rules in a
rules file? And using what, I am familiar with JUnit, but have seen Fit
being used in examples.
regards
10:15 a.m.
Thanks will look into it.
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Subject: Re: [rules-users] Testing individual rules
Yes...
We've used a combination of JUnit, and Easymock to test individual rules. At a very
high level, we do the following:
- In the static setupBeforeClass() method we construct a KnowledgeBuilder, load
any necessary rule files, and construct a KnowledgeBase using the KnowledgeBuilder.
- In the setup() method we initialize any create EasyMock objects, create a
KnowledgeSession, attach any globals and setup a KnowledgeBase audit logger
(KnowledgeRuntimeLoggerFactory),
- In the individual test we construct an ArrayList of Command objects to do fact
insertion, rule firing, and run a query (to extract inserted or modified facts from the
Working Memory) like so:
o Cmds.add (CommandFactory.newInsert(aFact))
o Cmds.add(CommandFactory.newFireAllRules())
o Cmds.add(CommandFactory.newQuery(xxx, yyyy));
- We batch execute the commands (see session.execute()) and use the
ExecutionResults to extract query results.
- Finally we use the JUnit framework to assert expectations that come out of our
ExecutionResults.
I've left a lot of details out, but if you do Javadoc lookups on the API's
I've mentioned above most of it should be clear.
We've written over 1,000 unit tests this way, and they run quite fast.
Macon
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To: rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org
Subject: [rules-users] Testing individual rules
Hi,
This is general question, is it possible to test individual rules in a rules file? And
using what, I am familiar with JUnit, but have seen Fit being used in examples.
regards
10:43 a.m.
You can also implement various listeners, (WorkingMemoryListener, AgendaEventListener, and
other such goodies in package org.drools.event) register them with your session, and make
assertions over the execution data they gather. You can track such things as:
Did rule A fire? How many times?
Did rule A fire on fact B?
You can even go down to the level of "did rule sequence A fire in the right
order?" assertions, but usually such tests are too brittle, and miss the point of
rules anyway. :)
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From: Asif Iqbal <Asif.Iqbal(a)infor.com>
Subject: Re: [rules-users] Testing individual rules
To: "Rules Users List" <rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org>
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 10:15 AM
Thanks will
look into it.
From:
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On Behalf Of
Pegram, Macon
Sent: 02
December 2009 16:08
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Users List
Subject: Re:
[rules-users] Testing
individual rules
Yes…
We’ve
used a combination of JUnit, and
Easymock to test individual rules. At a very high
level, we do the
following:
-
In
the
static setupBeforeClass() method we construct a
KnowledgeBuilder, load any
necessary rule files, and construct a KnowledgeBase using
the KnowledgeBuilder.
-
In
the
setup() method we initialize any create EasyMock objects,
create a
KnowledgeSession, attach any globals and setup a
KnowledgeBase audit logger
(KnowledgeRuntimeLoggerFactory),
-
In
the
individual test we construct an ArrayList of Command
objects to do fact
insertion, rule firing, and run a query (to extract
inserted or modified facts
from the Working Memory) like so:
o
Cmds.add
(CommandFactory.newInsert(aFact))
o
Cmds.add(CommandFactory.newFireAllRules())
o
Cmds.add(CommandFactory.newQuery(xxx,
yyyy));
-
We
batch
execute the commands (see session.execute()) and use the
ExecutionResults to
extract query results.
-
Finally
we use the JUnit framework to assert expectations that come
out of our
ExecutionResults.
I’ve
left a lot of details out, but if you
do Javadoc lookups on the API’s I’ve mentioned
above most of it should be
clear.
We’ve
written over 1,000 unit tests this
way, and they run quite fast.
Macon
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Hi,
This is general question, is it
possible to test
individual rules in a rules file? And using what, I am
familiar with JUnit, but
have seen Fit being used in examples.
regards
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11:05 a.m.
Thanks Greg, this is really helpful to me.
I do mostly functional tests on the rules that we use to drive our
games/models. As we trigger JMS messages within our rulebase; I use
the JMSTestCaseAdapter (JUnit 3 compatible) to capture sent messages
and ensure that functional conditions conform to what I expect.
Outside of that, my tests pretty much follow a similar format to that
suggested by Macon below, although I'm not using the simulation and
testing framework, just handles through my own Game objects (which do
the work of handling WorkingMemory, KnowledgeBase and fact
insertion). EasyMock sounds like a very useful suggestion for mocking
up the possibly complex graphs that are inserted into working memory.
Anyway, my two cents.
best wishes,
Andrew
On Dec 2, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Greg Barton wrote:
You can also implement various listeners, (WorkingMemoryListener,
AgendaEventListener, and other such goodies in package
org.drools.event) register them with your session, and make
assertions over the execution data they gather. You can track such
things as:
Did rule A fire? How many times?
Did rule A fire on fact B?
You can even go down to the level of "did rule sequence A fire in
the right order?" assertions, but usually such tests are too
brittle, and miss the point of rules anyway. :)
--- On Wed, 12/2/09, Asif Iqbal <Asif.Iqbal(a)infor.com> wrote:
> From: Asif Iqbal <Asif.Iqbal(a)infor.com>
> Subject: Re: [rules-users] Testing individual rules
> To: "Rules Users List" <rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org>
> Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 10:15 AM
>
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> Thanks will
> look into it.
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>
> From:
> rules-users-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org
> [mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org]
> On Behalf Of
> Pegram, Macon
>
> Sent: 02
> December 2009 16:08
>
> To: Rules
> Users List
>
> Subject: Re:
> [rules-users] Testing
> individual rules
>
>
>
>
>
> Yes…
>
>
>
>
>
> We’ve
> used a combination of JUnit, and
> Easymock to test individual rules. At a very high
> level, we do the
> following:
>
>
>
>
> -
> In
> the
> static setupBeforeClass() method we construct a
> KnowledgeBuilder, load any
> necessary rule files, and construct a KnowledgeBase using
> the KnowledgeBuilder.
>
> -
> In
> the
> setup() method we initialize any create EasyMock objects,
> create a
> KnowledgeSession, attach any globals and setup a
> KnowledgeBase audit logger
> (KnowledgeRuntimeLoggerFactory),
>
> -
> In
> the
> individual test we construct an ArrayList of Command
> objects to do fact
> insertion, rule firing, and run a query (to extract
> inserted or modified facts
> from the Working Memory) like so:
>
> o
> Cmds.add
> (CommandFactory.newInsert(aFact))
>
> o
> Cmds.add(CommandFactory.newFireAllRules())
>
>
> o
> Cmds.add(CommandFactory.newQuery(xxx,
> yyyy));
>
> -
> We
> batch
> execute the commands (see session.execute()) and use the
> ExecutionResults to
> extract query results.
>
> -
> Finally
> we use the JUnit framework to assert expectations that come
> out of our
> ExecutionResults.
>
>
>
>
> I’ve
> left a lot of details out, but if you
> do Javadoc lookups on the API’s I’ve mentioned
> above most of it should be
> clear.
>
>
>
>
> We’ve
> written over 1,000 unit tests this
> way, and they run quite fast.
>
>
>
>
> Macon
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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> [mailto:rules-users-bounces@lists.jboss.org] On
> Behalf Of Asif Iqbal
>
> Sent:
> Wednesday, December 02, 2009
> 6:59 AM
>
> To:
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>
> Subject:
> [rules-users] Testing
> individual rules
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> This is general question, is it
> possible to test
> individual rules in a rules file? And using what, I am
> familiar with JUnit, but
> have seen Fit being used in examples.
>
>
>
> regards
>
>
>
>
>
>
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