Greg,
Thanks much for your suggestion...I think this will help!! Should have thought of this approach, before posting... Thanks again! Greg Barton wrote: > > > Note to drools devs: I didn't put the original poster up to this. :) > > Globals should be considered immutable, so shouldn't be used in this way. > You could do it with an object asserted in working memory, though. > > Just as good, though, you can use this kind of pattern to replicate else > logic: > > rule "EverythingMatches" > when > Condition0 > Condition1 > Condition2 > then > ... > end > > rule "ElseAtCondition2" > when > Condition0 > Condition1 > !Condition2 > then > ... > end > > rule "ElseAtCondition1" > when > Condition0 > !Condition1 > then > ... > end > > rule "ElseAtCondition0" > when > !Condition0 > then > ... > end > > --- On Mon, 6/15/09, Scott Reed <sr...@avacoda.com> wrote: > >> From: Scott Reed <sr...@avacoda.com> >> Subject: Re: [rules-users] Help -- Conditional Logic in DRL >> To: "Rules Users List" <rules-users@lists.jboss.org> >> Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 10:19 PM >> Looks like 5 rules with a global flag >> might work: >> >> global boolean flag = false; >> >> rule "name1" >> when >> (condition1 == true ) >> (flag == false) >> then >> consequence1(); >> flag = true; >> end >> >> ... >> >> rule "name5" >> when >> (condition5 == true ) >> (flag == false) >> then >> consequence5(); >> flag = true; >> end >> >> Does that work for you? >> >> Vishy [6/15/2009 11:06 PM] wrote: >> > Hi All, >> > >> > I am new to drools...and am trying to figure out as to >> how I can >> > represent the following logic in a DRL file. >> > >> > if (condition1) { >> > >> > if (condition2) { >> > >> > } else if (condition3) { >> > >> > } else if (condition 4) { >> > >> > } else if (condition 5) { >> > >> > } >> > >> > } >> > >> > In DSL, a typical rule is represented as follows: >> > >> > rule "name" >> > >> > when >> > condition is true >> > then >> > consequence >> > >> > end >> > >> > How can I represent the above mentioned if - else >> logic in DSL? Or is >> > it not possible? >> > >> > If it is not, can you please suggest any alternative? >> > >> > Thanks much!! >> > _______________________________________________ >> > rules-users mailing list >> > rules-users@lists.jboss.org >> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> rules-users mailing list >> rules-users@lists.jboss.org >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users@lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help----Conditional-Logic-in-DRL-tp24046912p24055432.html Sent from the drools - user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users