Hi All, Kindly bear with me that my question may be very trivial; but still I need to get it clarrified. The question is this: If I take a shallow copy of a Rete object after loading the rules, the copy ( new reference ) does point towards the original Rete object including rules or the reloading of rules is necessary. Rete r = new rete(); e.executeCommand( "( batch \x.clp" ); r1 = r; Now, will r1 has rules of x.clp already loaded. With regards, Chinnaswamy Singapore Whether r1 will have the rules of x.clp or not __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------