[rules-dev] BRMS/Guvnor Custom User Interface

[Asif Akram]

Hi,

    I am working on large peer-to-peer project in UK. The project is 
similar with typical peer-to-peer resource sharing but sharing mainly 
multimedia contents. Each resource will has policy attached to it, which 
will decide how other peers can use that resource. Though the project is 
peer-to-peer but I want a central repository for policies. BRMS/Guvnor 
meets our requirements but we need non-web based interaction with 
BRMS/Guvnor.

    I was wondering is it possible to have custom Swing GUI interacting 
with BRMS/Guvnor? Technically it should not be difficult but I am not 
sure where to start i.e.

implementing custom Servlet for communication between BRMS/Guvnor and GUI
using the RestAPI Servlet (I have no experience of Restful Web Services)
(or) implementing conventional Web Services (my preferred choice)

The custom Swing will only use BRMS/Guvnor as rules repository i.e. 
querying the repository, uploading new rules/packages or downloading the 
policies. Policies will be created elsewhere. Any suggestion and pointer 
will be helpful.

Cheers
Asif