com.openrules.ruleengine

Class DecisionData

java.lang.Object

com.openrules.ruleengine.DecisionData

public class DecisionData
extends java.lang.Object

A placeholder for OpenRulesEngine to access Excel-based data tables.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DecisionData(java.lang.String xlsDataFileName) Creates an instance of OpenRulesEngine

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.String name) Returns an object defined in Excel Data table or a Variable table "name".
java.lang.Object[]	getArray(java.lang.String name) Returns an array of objects defined in Excel Data table "name"
java.lang.Object	getVariable(java.lang.String name) Returns an object defined in Excel Variable table "name"
java.util.ArrayList<DecisionTest>	readTestCases(java.lang.String decisionTests) Reads an array of test cases from Excel table of the type "DecisionTableTest" called "decisionTests"

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DecisionData

public DecisionData(java.lang.String xlsDataFileName)

Creates an instance of OpenRulesEngine

Parameters:

xlsDataFileName -

Method Detail

get

public java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String name)

Returns an object defined in Excel Data table or a Variable table "name". This object can be an array of objects (e.g. "employees") or a single variable (e.g. "employee")

Parameters:

name - a string with the name of the Excel Data table (e.g. "employees")

Returns:

an objects that should be cast to already known Java type such as Employee[] or Employee

getArray

public java.lang.Object[] getArray(java.lang.String name)

Returns an array of objects defined in Excel Data table "name"

Parameters:

name - a string with the name of the Excel Data table (e.g. "employees")

Returns:

an array of objects that should be cast to already known Java type such as Employee[]

getVariable

public java.lang.Object getVariable(java.lang.String name)

Returns an object defined in Excel Variable table "name"

Parameters:

name - a string with the name of the Excel Variable table (e.g. "employee")

Returns:

an object that should be cast to already known Java type such as Employee

readTestCases

public java.util.ArrayList<DecisionTest> readTestCases(java.lang.String decisionTests)

Reads an array of test cases from Excel table of the type "DecisionTableTest" called "decisionTests"

Parameters:

decisionTests - a string that represents a name of Excel table of the type "DecisionTableTest"

Returns:

an array of test cases of teh type ArrayList