How about returning the rule itself? An alternative would be to return the current activation.
My 2cts... alan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: JESS: How to get rule name I think Richard Kasperowski wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I think Richard Kasperowski wrote: > > > >>In the RHS of a rule, is there a way to get the rule name? > >> > > > > > > Write a JessListener class which watches for DEFRULE_FIRED events. The > > event will arrive just before the RHS of the rule executes. Call > > getObject() on the JessEvent. It'll be a jess.Activation objects. The > > name of the rule will be in Activation.getRule().getName(). Call > > Rete.store("RULE", theName). Then on a rule's RHS you can (fetch RULE) > > to get the name. > > Can I request a new feature? It would be nice if there were a built-in > function like (rule) or (this) or (self) that would return the rule > object when you evaluate it on the RHS of a rule. OK, I'll stick it in as a function on Rete, so you can call it like (bind ?rule ((engine) getCurrentRuleName)) --------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Friedman-Hill Distributed Systems Research Phone: (925) 294-2154 Sandia National Labs FAX: (925) 294-2234 PO Box 969, MS 9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Livermore, CA 94550 http://herzberg.ca.sandia.gov -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
