org.drools
Class RuleBaseBuilder

java.lang.Object
  org.drools.RuleBaseBuilder

public class RuleBaseBuilder
extends java.lang.Object

Factory for constructing a RuleBase.

The RuleBaseBuilder integrates the added RuleSet s into the Rete network. A RuleBaseBuilder may be re-used after building a RuleBase but it may not be used to build multiple RuleBase s simultaneously by multiple threads.

See Also:

build(), RuleSet, RuleBase

Constructor Summary

RuleBaseBuilder()
Construct.

RuleBaseBuilder(RuleBaseContext ruleBaseContext)
Construct.

Method Summary

void	addRuleSet(RuleSet ruleSet) Add a RuleSet.
RuleBase	build() Build the RuleBase.
void	setConflictResolver(ConflictResolver conflictResolver)
void	setFactHandleFactory(FactHandleFactory factHandleFactory)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RuleBaseBuilder

public RuleBaseBuilder()

Construct.

RuleBaseBuilder

public RuleBaseBuilder(RuleBaseContext ruleBaseContext)

Construct.

Method Detail

addRuleSet

public void addRuleSet(RuleSet ruleSet)
                throws RuleSetIntegrationException,
                       RuleIntegrationException

Add a RuleSet.

Parameters:

ruleSet - The rule-set to add.

Throws:

RuleIntegrationException - If an error occurs while attempting to integrate the rules into the Rete network..

RuleSetIntegrationException

build

public RuleBase build()

Build the RuleBase.

Builds the RuleBase based upon all previously added RuleSets.

Returns:

The new rule-base.

See Also:

addRuleSet(org.drools.rule.RuleSet)

setFactHandleFactory

public void setFactHandleFactory(FactHandleFactory factHandleFactory)

setConflictResolver

public void setConflictResolver(ConflictResolver conflictResolver)