Deriving a deftemplate from a Java class with, e.g.,
(deftemplate Account (declare (from-class Account)))
invariably adds a slot class, due to getClass() inherited from
java.lang.Object.
If you want to get rid of this, see the Jess userfunction I've added to the
Jess Wiki:
Interesting idea! I hadn't thought about ClassResearcher as a user
hook; It was introduced as a way to let Jess use reflection most of
the time, but use Eclipse's JDE libraries inside the JessDE so that
the JessDE doesn't actually load your classes. Therefore this must be
used cautiously
Can you rely on Jess ClassResearcher and whatever is used under Eclipse
to always produce the same result?
Granted (and I do assume) that you can: What is the benefit of using
some JDE library function as compared to the ClassResearcher? It can't
be a performance issue, because obtaining the
