[rules-users] Are rule-contents testable ?

[Mark Proctor]

Adhikari, Ram wrote:
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> Hi All,
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>             I've been playing with BRMS (4.x) for some time & found it 
> very interesting & useful. Wondering if the BRMS system has (or if 
> there's plan in 5.x) testing infrastructure for rules. Before I 
> actually create a snapshot (and make the rules available to the 
> clients), it would be nice to have a "playground" where I can simulate 
> some of the scenarios & validate if the rule-contents are getting 
> executed the way i want them to be.  Given that the rule definitions 
> are actually parsed by the system (drl file grammar), it should be 
> possible to automatically generate test cases that can walk through 
> different blocks in the rule definition. Also, generation of test data 
> should not be tough.
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Drools 5.0 has some capabilities for this. There is also a excel 
spreadsheet testing app that Qantas donated, but this won't make 5.0 as 
it needs someone to take the time to clean it up - any takers?
https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBRULES-1685
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> Thanks,
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> -ram
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