[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (DROOLS-1483) Support default expiration for events

[Jochen Welle (JIRA)]

Jochen Welle created DROOLS-1483:
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             Summary: Support default expiration for events
                 Key: DROOLS-1483
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/DROOLS-1483
             Project: Drools
          Issue Type: Feature Request
         Environment: Drools >= 6.5 in STREAM mode
            Reporter: Jochen Welle
            Assignee: Edson Tirelli


We would like to be able to specify a "default" expiration offset for events. The default expiration offset should be used if the inferred expiration offset is infinite.

Benefits would be:
* Expiration is guaranteed: either after the specified offset or after the inferred offset.
* Rule authors are not required to include a temporal constraint in all rules.
* Event classes can be designed if the rules are not yet known.

The current behavior of @Expires (fixed expiration offset) could be the default and an optional attribute could be added to enable the new behavior.
{code:java}
@Role(Type.EVENT)
@Expires(value = "10m")  // fixed expiration offset or
@Expires(value = "10m", type="fixed")  // fixed expiration offset
public class MyEvent {
...
{code}
New behavior:
{code:java}
@Role(Type.EVENT)
@Expires(value = "10m", type="default")  // new feature
public class MyEvent {
...
{code}

The goal is to have automatic event lifetime/memory management at all times. At the moment either a fixed expiration offset has to be set, which is only possible after analysing all rules and determining the expiration offset manually. Or every rule must include some temporal constraint, which is sometimes a tough burden on the rule author.

This feature is related to:
* [link DROOLS-1227|https://issues.jboss.org/browse/DROOLS-1227]
* [link DROOLS-586|https://issues.jboss.org/browse/DROOLS-586]



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