7:36 p.m.
Hi,
I have a number of complex business objects which contain lists of objects
which also contain lists of objects
For example:
public class Object1 {
private List<Object2> objList;
private Object3 object3;
}
public class Object2 {
private List<Object4> objList2;
private Object5 object5;
}
How would I test my rules against all the objects in objList2?
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8 p.m.
use the 'from' keyword to work with collections, or flatten your objects.
Mark
JimmyM wrote:
Hi,
I have a number of complex business objects which contain lists of objects
which also contain lists of objects
For example:
public class Object1 {
private List<Object2> objList;
private Object3 object3;
}
public class Object2 {
private List<Object4> objList2;
private Object5 object5;
}
How would I test my rules against all the objects in objList2?
8:39 p.m.
Will the 'from' CE iterate over each object within objList2?
for example
when
$o1 : Object1()
$o2 : Object2(objList.field1 != null) from $o1.object2
then
#do something
end
or will i need to flatten out each list and deal with each object
separately?
Mark Proctor wrote:
use the 'from' keyword to work with collections, or flatten your objects.
Mark
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1:56 a.m.
Apologies as i wasn't clear that Object2 is defined and created within
Object1.
Therefore to get to objList2, i need to flatten Object1, which means i need
to insert each object of objList1 in the list separately, but some of my
objects contain many objects which contain many lists of objects so it would
be rather difficult to flatten every single object out.
Is there a way that i can use the from method to cycle through lists within
lists?
JimmyM wrote:
Will the 'from' CE iterate over each object within objList2?
for example
when
$o1 : Object1()
$o2 : Object2(objList2.field1 != null) from $o1.object2
then
#do something
end
or will i need to flatten out each list and deal with each object
separately?
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5:52 a.m.
JimmyM wrote:
Will the 'from' CE iterate over each object within objList2?
for example
when
$o1 : Object1()
$o2 : Object2(objList.field1 != null) from $o1.object2
then
#do something
end
make sure the 'from' expression returns a collection, then this will do
what you want.
or will i need to flatten out each list and deal with each object
separately?
Mark Proctor wrote:
> use the 'from' keyword to work with collections, or flatten your objects.
>
> Mark
>
>
7 p.m.
There was an error in the sample code i posted earlier.
objList should have been objList2
$o2 : Object2(objList2.field1 != null) from $o1.object2
this also returns the error "unable to resolve property: field1"
Mark Proctor wrote:
make sure the 'from' expression returns a collection, then this will do
what you want.
also when i use this instead (java.util.Arraylist has been imported):
$o2 : ArrayList(objList2.field1 != null) from $o1.object2
the error is:
unable to resolve property: unable to resolve token: objList2.field1
I've inserted only the base object (object1) into working memory.
For some reason i cant access attributes deeper than object 2.
What am i doing wrong?
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10:10 p.m.
JimmyM wrote:
There was an error in the sample code i posted earlier.
objList should have been objList2
$o2 : Object2(objList2.field1 != null) from $o1.object2
I assume that objList2 is a collection? If so how can you access a field
on a collection, you can't. $o1.object2 is returning an object
not a collection, which means it'll pattern match against that single
object. Remember I said that the 'from' expression must
return a collection, if necessary you'll need to chain the 'from's.
this also returns the error "unable to resolve property:
field1"
Mark Proctor wrote:
>
> make sure the 'from' expression returns a collection, then this will do
> what you want.
>
>
>
also when i use this instead (java.util.Arraylist has been imported):
$o2 : ArrayList(objList2.field1 != null) from $o1.object2
the error is:
unable to resolve property: unable to resolve token: objList2.field1
I've inserted only the base object (object1) into working memory.
For some reason i cant access attributes deeper than object 2.
What am i doing wrong?
7:03 p.m.
There was an error in the sample code i posted earlier.
objList should have been objList2
$o2 : Object2(objList2.field1 != null) from $o1.object2
this also returns the error "unable to resolve property: field1"
Mark Proctor wrote:
make sure the 'from' expression returns a collection, then this will
do
what you want.
also when i use this instead (java.util.Arraylist has been imported):
$o2 : ArrayList(objList2.field1 != null) from $o1.object2
the error is:
unable to resolve property: unable to resolve token: objList2.field1
I've inserted only the base object (object1) into working memory.
For some reason i cant access attributes deeper than object 2.
What am i doing wrong?
For some reason my previous post did not link to the thread, so this is a
repost.
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