I think J. Michael Dean wrote: > Sorry. I was reading the manual Section 8.2 (Definstance facts), > where you postulate a Java Bean called ExampleBean. That's sitting > in Java. The next paragraph shows, from an interactive session with > Jess, the command (defclass simple ExampleBean). How does Jess know > about ExampleBean in the first place? Where does it get imported, or > how does Jess access the Bean, etc. That is my confusion here.
Jess just uses the normal Java ClassLoader mechanism for finding classes. That means, for example, in a standalone application, Jess will find any class on the class path if you mention it by name in Jess code. Jess will also use the "context ClassLoader" in a Web app, and you can even tell it to use a particular ClassLoader using the Rete constructor that takes an "app object" as a constructor parameter. "import" does the same thing as it does in Java -- lets you leave off the package part of the name, nothing more. "ExampleBean" is in the default package so no import is needed here. --------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Friedman-Hill Advanced Software 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------