2010/5/5 miguel machado <mls.mach...@gmail.com>: > Hi again, > Thank you for clearing that up. I didn't think it worked that way because > i've tried it before and it didn't work. Anyway, according to what you're > saying... > * this is the stack as soon as i insert my objects: | MAIN | > * this is the stack as soon as i setFocus on a specific agenda-group: | > FOCUSED_GROUP | MAIN | (from left to right) > * as soon as all activations from FOCUSED_GROUP fire, that agenda-group is > popped out of the stack and the rule engine fires the remaining activations > from MAIN > Is this the way it works? I've tried this before with no success. I get > rules firing from agenda-groups that *are not focused before* (besides MAIN, > of course). Maybe this has something to do with the rules being declared in > XML? Or some kind of bug?
If you don't have auto-focus, rules from other agenda groups should not fire. XML should not matter. A bug might be possible, e.g., due to misinterpretation of the rules in XML. -W > Thank you. > _ miguel > > > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.l...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> > @Wolfgang: >> > My problem is that i cannot have the different rule groups stacked. I >> > may do >> > as you suggested, but i'll have rules firing from other agenda-groups >> > after >> > the first agenda-group activations are all gone (because they go into >> > the >> > stack as well, right?). >> >> No, no, no! Nothing goes on the stack unless you setFocus()! >> >> What i'm looking for is a way to isolate the >> > execution and just fire the rules within a specific set (aka just one >> > group). Does this make any sense? >> >> This is *exactly* what my sketchy statement sequence does, in >> an existing application. >> -W >> >> > Thank you for your support. I appreciate all the help i can get. >> > _ miguel >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Wolfgang Laun <wolfgang.l...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I've been using agenda groups without any trouble for a similar >> >> problem, >> >> doing >> >> setFocus( ... ); >> >> insert( ... );... insert( ... ); >> >> fireAllRules(); >> >> repeatedly. >> >> >> >> You don't have to be afraid of the focus stack growing indefinitely:You >> >> control >> >> the "push" (setFocus()), and if an agenda group's activations are all >> >> gone, the >> >> group is automatically popped from the stack. >> >> >> >> -W >> >> >> >> 2010/5/4 Miguel Machado <mls.mach...@gmail.com>: >> >> > Hi there, >> >> > I'm having some trouble implementing the desired workflow of rule >> >> > firing >> >> > in >> >> > an application using drools expert. I've read the thread about the >> >> > difference between ruleflow groups and agenda groups, but it is still >> >> > unclear to me how to achieve what i need. >> >> > What i intend to have is the ability to fire a specific set of rules >> >> > according to the object i'm inserting into the ksession. >> >> > I do not want to use agenda-groups because it stacks all the agenda >> >> > groups >> >> > declared on the rule file (as far as i understand) and therefore it >> >> > may >> >> > fire >> >> > activations i do not want to be fired. Instead, i want to isolate >> >> > them >> >> > completely. I tried using ruleflow groups for this, but i cannot find >> >> > a >> >> > way >> >> > to activate a specific group programmatically, before calling >> >> > fireAllRules(), the way i can with agenda-groups (setFocus() method). >> >> > That being said, i'm asking for help in trying to use either one of >> >> > ruleflow/agenda groups or even both in order to get things working >> >> > the >> >> > way i >> >> > described. >> >> > Thanks in advance, >> >> > _ miguel >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > "To understand what is recursion you must first understand recursion" >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 > > > > -- > "To understand what is recursion you must first understand recursion" > > _______________________________________________ > 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