[rules-users] Ask for help on rule authoring

[Swindells, Thomas]

One option is to wrap the expression in an eval
Eg ad : ApplicationData(eval(Integer.parseInt(age) < 0).

A better option is to fix your ApplicationData class so that the type of age is Integer or int.

Thomas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rules-users-bounces at lists.jboss.org [mailto:rules-users-
> bounces at lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Benson Fung
> Sent: 25 March 2011 17:47
> To: Rules Users List
> Subject: Re: [rules-users] Ask for help on rule authoring
>
> so how can I change it to integer in the rule?
>
>
>
> 2011/3/26 Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun at gmail.com>:
> > If it's stored in a fact field of type int: yes.
> >
> > The way you write it: no.
> >
> > -W
> >
> >
> > On 25 March 2011 18:37, Benson Fung <benson.redhat at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> If the age is String type, can I use Integer.parseInt(age) to change
> >> to integer and then evaluate it?
> >>
> >> like
> >>
> >> when
> >>   ad : ApplicationData(Integer.parseInt(age) < 0)
> >> then
> >>  ad.setReturnMsg("age should not be negative 0")
> >> end
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2011/3/26 Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun at gmail.com>:
> >> > Sorry, I don't use guided editors.
> >> > -W
> >> >
> >> > On 25 March 2011 18:17, Benson Fung <benson.redhat at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi Wolfgang,
> >> >>
> >> >> I managed to author this rule(ApplicationData( age == null || age
> ==
> >> >> "" )) via Technical Rules editor of BRMS.
> >> >> However, I cannot create this rule via Business Rule Guided
> Editor of
> >> >> BRMS.
> >> >>
> >> >> Could you let me know how?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> 2011/3/26 Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.laun at gmail.com>:
> >> >> > You can't use a method call as the left hand side operand in a
> >> >> > constraint;
> >> >> > thus
> >> >> >    age.size() == 0
> >> >> > is not correct.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Do you really mean
> >> >> >    age == "null"
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Probably
> >> >> >   ApplicationData( age == null || age == "" )
> >> >> > is the right thing to do, provided that ApplicationData.age is
> a
> >> >> > String.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -W
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On 25 March 2011 17:32, Benson Fung <benson.redhat at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I got the following rule problem.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> The rule is like :
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> 1.      |       rule "Rule1"
> >> >> >> 2.      |           dialect "mvel"
> >> >> >> 3.      |           when
> >> >> >> 4.      |               ad : ApplicationData( age == "null" ,
> >> >> >> age.size()
> >> >> >> == 0)
> >> >> >> 5.      |           then
> >> >> >> 6.      |               ad.setReturnMsg( "age should not be
> null or
> >> >> >> empty"
> >> >> >> );
> >> >> >> 7.      |       end
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> where setReturnMsg is a method of ApplicationData Fact();
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> However, I got the validation error :
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> [Rule1] [ERR 101] Line 4:49 no viable alternative at input ')'
> in
> >> >> >> rule
> >> >> >> "Rule1" in pattern ApplicationData
> >> >> >> [Rule1] [ERR 102] Line 4:51 mismatched input '==' expecting
> ')' in
> >> >> >> rule "Rule1" in pattern ApplicationData
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Please help what the problem is.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Thanks
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