[rules-dev] Resource getName getDescription

[Mark Proctor]

On 12/09/2011 06:36, Esteban Aliverti wrote:
> Ok, I thought #droolsdev was ok too. Sorry about that.
> The idea to have a 'name' and a 'description' attribute in <Resource> 
> elements inside a change-set is to tag them or to add them some 
> human-friendly information so you can refer to it not using the URL or 
> the name of the asset (could be duplicated in different packages), but 
> with a name and a description.
> These changes are 100% end-users oriented, that is why I put those 
> attributes in API. End users applications (like Guvnor) could take 
> advantages on these new attributes.
You can add them to the xml, and have that set them on the 
InternalResource. We can migrate to public apis over time, I just want 
people to take a much more conservative outlook on -api changes.

Mark
>
> So, a change-set now could look like this (the new attributes are not 
> mandatory):
>
> <change-set>
> <add>
> <resource *name="Loan Rules" description="Rules about loans"* 
> type="DRL" source="http://someHost:1234/someDRLResource.drl"/>
> <resource *name="Risk Rules" description="Rules about Risk 
> evaluation"* type="DRL" 
> source="http://someHost:1234/someOtherDRLResource.drl"/>
> </add>
> </change-set>
>
> These attributes can also be used in Spring's configuration:
>
> <drools:kbase id="kbase1" node="node1">
> <drools:resources>
> <resource *name="Loan Rules" description="Rules about loans"* 
> type="DRL" source="http://someHost:1234/someDRLResource.drl"/>
> <resource *name="Risk Rules" description="Rules about Risk 
> evaluation"* type="DRL" 
> source="http://someHost:1234/someOtherDRLResource.drl"/>
> </drools:resources>
> </drools:kbase>
>
> WDYT?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>
> Esteban Aliverti
> - Developer @ http://www.plugtree.com <http://www.plugtree.com>
> - Blog @ http://ilesteban.wordpress.com
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Mark Proctor <mproctor at codehaus.org 
> <mailto:mproctor at codehaus.org>> wrote:
>
>     Shoudn't name and description be on InternalResource, not on Resource?
>
>     I think it's time to put a restriction on changes to "-api". Feel free
>     to change core/compiler etc, but if you want to change -api we'll need
>     to propose it here.
>
>     Mark
>
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