What makes you think that using entry points "speeds things up"? The Engine still has to evaluate the entry-point attribute of a fact (handle), just like any other attribute.
Or do you have conclusive evidence based on solid benchmarks? -W On 10/12/2013, dunnlow <dunn...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I am sending events to drools integration server (5.5). I have a good > number > of rules so I am looking at using entry points to speed things up. My > client app will send to an entry point based on the value of one of the > event attributes. While I will typically know all possible attributes, I > may occasionally get an event that has an attribute value that I have 1) > not > foreseen, and/or 2) don't need any rules for. Whenever I insert an event > to > an endpoint however for which I have no rules, I get a nullpointerexception > from the drools server. > > Is there a way to handle this? I am considering having my client app do a > lookup in the ksession (which is persisted to a db) to determine all of the > entry points and then, if the event attribute received isn't one of them, > send to the DEFAULT entry point. Is there an easier way? > > Here's a sample use case: I have am receiving events based on automobile > models. I have rules for Ford models at the Ford entry point and Honda > models at the Honda entry point. I don't care about a car if it's a > Toyota, > so I have no rules (/entry points) for them. However, all events go to the > rule engine. If I send the Toyota event to the drools server, I get an > internal server error from the drools server. > > Any thoughts? > > Thank you, > -J > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://drools.46999.n3.nabble.com/Insert-to-non-existing-entry-point-causing-NPE-in-drools-server-tp4027204.html > Sent from the Drools: User forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users@lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users