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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Writing DRL is not easy for people new to drools. Can
someone please help me understand how to write this simple rule? You can see
the approaches I have taken.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In this case I do not have getters and setters for the
attributes I am checking. I need to pass parameters to the object for it to
get the data.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I can’t get any of the code in the when block to be
syntax proper. Existing DRL doc is lacking in this area.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks John<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>rule</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=green face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:green'>"UCCnet_DVE_Depth_All"</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><b><font size=2 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>when</span></font></b><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> catalogObject : CatalogObject( getElementValue(</span></font><font
size=2 color=green face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:green'>"depth"</span></font><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>) == </span></font><b><font size=2 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>null</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>, getElementValue(</span></font><font size=2 color=green
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:green'>"depth"</span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>) == </span></font><font size=2 color=green face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:green'>""</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>)</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=olive
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:olive'># String depth =
CatalogObject.getElementValue("depth")</span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=olive
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:olive'># depth == null</span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=olive
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:olive'># depth == ""</span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=olive
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:olive'># catalogObject : CatalogObject( depth == null)</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=olive
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:olive'># catalogObject : CatalogObject( depth == "")</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> </span></font><b><font size=2 color="#960000"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#960000;font-weight:bold'>then</span></font></b><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> logWriter : LogWriter();</span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> logWriter.logDebug(</span></font><font size=2
color=green face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:green'>"Package Depth is Blank"</span></font><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>);</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> System.out.println( </span></font><font size=2
color=green face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:green'>"Package Depth is Blank"</span></font><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'> ); </span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color="#960000" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#960000;font-weight:
bold'>end</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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