[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Resolved: (JBRULES-513) Auto compile of XLS found in rule projects

[Kris Verlaenen (JIRA)]

     [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-513?page=all ]

Kris Verlaenen resolved JBRULES-513.
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    Fix Version/s: 3.1-m1
       Resolution: Done

The IDE now automatically parses all *.xls files in a Drools project and reports any errors in the problem view.

I don't see any need for determining the exact row or column for the IDE, because I don't think I can open an xls file on a particular row.  If error messages contain row or column references, they are automatically shown to the user as well, so I think it might be better to improve error messages directly.

The current implementation only supports Microsoft Excel style decision tables, if anyone would like support for the comma separated values format (*.csv) and provide me with some example of such a decision table so I can test it, I can easily add support for those as well.

Errors that are encountered not during translation of the decision table to a rule set but when parsing and compiling this rule set will probably be kind of cryptic, since they refer to errors in the generated rule set, which is not visible to the user.  They are nevertheless shown because they usually contain useful information.  In the future, it might be better to allow the user to see the generated rule as well (like in a separate tab of the decision table editor), similar as to what we intend to do with DSL rules (show the expanded rule read-only in a separate tab).

> Auto compile of XLS found in rule projects
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>                 Key: JBRULES-513
>                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBRULES-513
>             Project: JBoss Rules
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: Eclipse IDE
>            Reporter: Michael Neale
>         Assigned To: Kris Verlaenen
>             Fix For: 3.1-m1
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> Would be nice if .xls files are in a rules project, that the IDE will try and "compile" them, reporting any errors in the error view (it is possible to get row numbers as well, with some text magic - as the row number should be in the rule name - but the errors could be more serious in which case row numbers are not known).

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