Hello,
me again. Sorry, I forget to mention that I have seen integration in
Apache ServiceMix (http://servicemix.apache.org/servicemix-drools.html).
Maybe this can be a good point to start of a discussion if this makes
sense or not...
Thanks,
Jens
Jens Goldhammer schrieb:
Hello mailinglist,
I have read some interesting articles about rules engines and their
part in the process orchestration. I want to share my thoughts about
Synapse being not only a mediation framework, but also a rules engine
in general.
Synapse provides me in writing rules via cbr (switch-case), but IMO
this is not effiently enough for bigger and complex rules. JBoss
Drools delivers an efficient way how to define business rools and
execute them. I have the idea to integrate Synapse with Drools as a
rules service into business processes. The business process calls the
rules-engine to get e.g. values of a credit limit which should not be
hard coded in the business process itself. The rules engine has to
have a wsdl-interface for integration into bpel processes, so Synapse
would be a good point because of the flexible interface. Synapse acts
as a service and send back the result of the query. Problem is now how
this integration should be done. Do you see any approach how
integration between them can be made?
Thanks,
Jens
