Re: [rules-users] Pattern matching rules

2013-07-24 Thread Wolfgang Laun
I think that OP is looking for a "higher order function operator", i.e., applying pattern matching to all elements of a list returning true if there is a match. Cf. Perl's grep( /Action/, @likes ) It's not too difficult to implement such an operator. Also, a simple DRL function would do the tr

Re: [rules-users] Pattern matching rules

2013-07-24 Thread Mauricio Salatino
yeah you can use the matches operator and write your own regular expression there. Cheers On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:47 AM, rganesh84 wrote: > I was just wondering if there is a pattern matcher available in drools. > Below is a sample > > rule "Action Movies" > dialect "java" > whe

[rules-users] Pattern matching rules

2013-07-24 Thread rganesh84
I was just wondering if there is a pattern matcher available in drools. Below is a sample rule "Action Movies" dialect "java" when ui : UserInfo(likes contains "Action") then List sw = new ArrayList(); sw.add("Die Hard"); sw.a