Package org.rossonet.ext.rules.support.composite

Class ConditionalRuleGroup

java.lang.Object

org.rossonet.ext.rules.core.BasicRule

org.rossonet.ext.rules.support.composite.CompositeRule

org.rossonet.ext.rules.support.composite.ConditionalRuleGroup

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<Rule>, Rule

public class ConditionalRuleGroup
extends CompositeRule

A conditional rule group is a composite rule where the rule with the highest priority acts as a condition: if the rule with the highest priority evaluates to true, then we try to evaluate the rest of the rules and execute the ones that evaluate to true. This class is not thread-safe.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.rossonet.ext.rules.support.composite.CompositeRule

rules

Fields inherited from class org.rossonet.ext.rules.core.BasicRule

description, name, priority

Fields inherited from interface org.rossonet.ext.rules.api.Rule

DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION, DEFAULT_NAME, DEFAULT_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ConditionalRuleGroup()	Create a conditional rule group.
ConditionalRuleGroup(java.lang.String name)	Create a conditional rule group.
ConditionalRuleGroup(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String description)	Create a conditional rule group.
ConditionalRuleGroup(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String description, int priority)	Create a conditional rule group.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	evaluate(Facts facts)	A conditional rule group will trigger all its composing rules if the condition of the rule with highest priority evaluates to true.
void	execute(Facts facts)	When a conditional rule group is executed, all rules that evaluated to true are performed in their natural order, but with the conditional rule (the one with the highest priority) first.

Methods inherited from class org.rossonet.ext.rules.support.composite.CompositeRule

addRule, removeRule

Methods inherited from class org.rossonet.ext.rules.core.BasicRule

compareTo, equals, getDescription, getName, getPriority, hashCode, setDescription, setPriority, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConditionalRuleGroup

public ConditionalRuleGroup()

Create a conditional rule group.

ConditionalRuleGroup

public ConditionalRuleGroup(java.lang.String name)

Create a conditional rule group.

Parameters:

name - of the conditional rule

ConditionalRuleGroup

public ConditionalRuleGroup(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.String description)

Create a conditional rule group.

Parameters:

name - of the conditional rule

description - of the conditional rule

ConditionalRuleGroup

public ConditionalRuleGroup(java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.String description,
                            int priority)

Create a conditional rule group.

Parameters:

name - of the conditional rule

description - of the conditional rule

priority - of the composite rule

Method Detail

evaluate

public boolean evaluate(Facts facts)

A conditional rule group will trigger all its composing rules if the condition of the rule with highest priority evaluates to true.

Specified by:

evaluate in interface Rule

Specified by:

evaluate in class CompositeRule

Parameters:

facts - The facts.

Returns:

true if the conditions of all composing rules evaluate to true

execute

public void execute(Facts facts)
             throws java.lang.Exception

When a conditional rule group is executed, all rules that evaluated to true are performed in their natural order, but with the conditional rule (the one with the highest priority) first.

Specified by:

execute in interface Rule

Specified by:

execute in class CompositeRule

Parameters:

facts - The facts.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - thrown if an exception occurs during actions performing