com.openrules.ruleengine

Class DecisionModel

java.lang.Object

com.openrules.ruleengine.DecisionModel

public class DecisionModel
extends java.lang.Object

A placeholder for OpenRulesEngine. Can create different decisions based on the same engine

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DecisionModel(java.lang.String xlsMainFileName) Creates an instance of OpenRulesEngine
DecisionModel(java.lang.String mainDecisionName, java.lang.String xlsMainFileName) Creates an instance of OpenRulesEngine

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Decision	createDecision(java.lang.String name) Creates and returns an instance of Decision based on the existing engine
Goal	createGoal(java.lang.String goalName) Creates and returns an instance of Goal defined in this decision model
void	generateJavaInterfaces(java.lang.String goalName, java.lang.String outputFolder, java.lang.String packageName) Generates java interfaces for business objects that will be passed to the decision model
java.lang.Object[]	getData(java.lang.String dataArrayName) Returns an array of objects defined in Excel Data table "name"
OpenRulesEngine	getEngine()
Glossary	getGlossary()
java.lang.Object	getVariable(java.lang.String variableName) Returns an object defined in Excel Variable table "name"
void	log(java.lang.String text)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DecisionModel

public DecisionModel(java.lang.String mainDecisionName,
                     java.lang.String xlsMainFileName)

Creates an instance of OpenRulesEngine

Parameters:

mainDecisionName -

xlsMainFileName -

DecisionModel

public DecisionModel(java.lang.String xlsMainFileName)

Creates an instance of OpenRulesEngine

Parameters:

xlsMainFileName -

Method Detail

getEngine

public OpenRulesEngine getEngine()

getGlossary

public Glossary getGlossary()

createDecision

public Decision createDecision(java.lang.String name)

Creates and returns an instance of Decision based on the existing engine

Parameters:

a - decision's name - can be a goal or a name a table of the type Decision

Returns:

an instance of Decision

createGoal

public Goal createGoal(java.lang.String goalName)

Creates and returns an instance of Goal defined in this decision model

Parameters:

a - goal's name

Returns:

an instance of Goal that is a subclass of Decision

log

public void log(java.lang.String text)

getData

public java.lang.Object[] getData(java.lang.String dataArrayName)

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 variableName)

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

generateJavaInterfaces

public void generateJavaInterfaces(java.lang.String goalName,
                                   java.lang.String outputFolder,
                                   java.lang.String packageName)

Generates java interfaces for business objects that will be passed to the decision model

Parameters:

outputFolder - - the name of the source folder for the generated Java packages and classes, e.g. "src"

packageName - - the name of the Java package that will be created in the "outputFolder" and in which the generated Java classes will be placed